"Wah! You bastard, let go of me!" Lu Yuan grabbed both of Ice Empress's hands in his left hand, then gently pinched her little cheeks with his right, a faint smile on his face.
But to Ice Empress, that smile was utterly hateful.
"Don't pinch my face, you bastard!"
"Ah, that hurts!"
"Wah, Sister, save me!"
Ice Empress glared fiercely at Lu Yuan as he pinched her cheeks. Her little face looked pitiful, her tiny mouth pouted high, and she kept letting out indignant cries.
In the end, unable to withstand Lu Yuan's cheek-pinching torture any longer, she could not help calling out to Snow Empress for help.
"Alright, stop teasing Bing'er. She's still young!"
Snow Empress drifted down gracefully, took Ice Empress from Lu Yuan's hands, and spoke softly.
"She's still young?" Lu Yuan's mouth twitched. She was a three-hundred-and-eighty-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and she was young?
"Though Bing'er is old, her heart is actually very pure," Snow Empress said softly.
"Pure, just like you?" Lu Yuan looked at Snow Empress and said with a smile.
Snow Empress's pretty face reddened slightly, and she lowered her head gently.
But she soon raised it again, a trace of confusion in her eyes. "Why won't you let Bing'er become Qian Renxue's soul spirit? I'm not trying to boast about Bing'er, but she truly is the most outstanding of the remaining ice-attribute Soul Beasts."
"Exactly! This guy actually looks down on me!" Ice Empress said indignantly as she lay in Snow Empress's arms.
"It's not that I'm unwilling. The time just hasn't come yet."
Lu Yuan shook his head.
"What do you mean?" Snow Empress asked, somewhat puzzled.
"It's simple. No one can become fat in one bite. Food takes time to digest, or you'll be stuffed to death."
"Xue Er