After securing the Sumeru Ring and token, Li Tianming's excitement gradually calmed down.
When he looked again at Yue Li Lian before him, that cold and alluring woman beneath the red moon was sincerely happy for him. The concern, encouragement, and attentiveness in her gaze moved Li Tianming deeply.
"You brat definitely have something special, or how could you have run into so many auntie fans along the way, every one of them pouring out their heart and soul for you?" Sui Shen Yao was speechless as she began counting them off. "I won't even mention someone roughly our generation like An Ning. There was Long Wanying before... Right, and my aunt!"
"This is called pure charisma, the kind without any wicked thoughts," Li Tianming replied with a straight face.
"Without wicked thoughts? Then what were you and my aunt doing, tangled up in that Yin-Yang Realm for ten years? Calling each other Little Pink and Little Purple?" Sui Shen Yao said disdainfully.
Those words made even Aurora feel embarrassed. After all, that had been where the dream began, the place that had stirred her heart most in her entire life.
"Tianming is a good child. Kind-hearted women are all willing to help him," Aurora explained.
"Did you hear that?" Li Tianming chuckled.
"He's kind of a pervert!" Sui Shen Yao muttered inwardly, utterly unconvinced.
At that moment, Yue Li Lian saw the strange, almost smiling expression on Li Tianming's face as he looked at her. Her elegant brows shot up, and she slapped him on the forehead. "What are you looking at? Watch your boundaries! I'm your teacher. No matter how beautiful I am, you can't keep staring at me."
Heaven and earth bear witness—Li Tianming had merely been lost in thought.
He did not deny that "no matter