"I wasn't thinking about anything!" the Ice God said softly, her voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz. How could she possibly voice such embarrassing thoughts?
She was actually quite thin-skinned. Though she had once looked valiant and heroic, like a female war god, she was in truth very innocent.
She had devoted all her time to cultivation. Otherwise, she could never have reached the Pinnacle of the Spear, nor could she have become the foremost among the First-Class Gods beneath the Sea God.
She had never been involved in matters between men and women. She knew practically nothing about such things, which was precisely why she was so easily embarrassed.
Just one compliment from Lu Yuan was enough to make her pretty face flush crimson.
If it had been another woman, she would probably have accepted it without a ripple, perhaps pretending to be bashful at most. That was completely different from the Ice God's genuine shyness.
"Not thinking about anything?" Lu Yuan's lips twitched as he looked at her strangely. Did this woman take him for an idiot?
She had been so lost in thought that she had stared blankly into space, yet she claimed she had been thinking about nothing.
Lu Yuan shook his head slightly. Since the Ice God did not want to say it, he could not be bothered to press her. He had kept her here because he genuinely had something important to discuss. He had no interest in such trivial matters.
"Do you know why I kept you behind?" Lu Yuan rose to his feet and looked down at her.
"I don't," the Ice God replied softly, shaking her head.
She suspected that Lu Yuan might have improper intentions in keeping her behind, but she did not dare say it aloud.
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