"Wah, stop pinching me! It hurts! I really won't dare curse you again!" Xiao Wu stared straight at Lu Yuan with her big eyes, pleading aloud.
"You really won't? What if I let go and you curse me in your heart again? I can't keep an eye on you all the time." Lu Yuan looked at Xiao Wu with a faint smile, though his hand finally stopped moving.
"Xiao Wu wouldn't! Xiao Wu is very well-behaved. Xiao Wu won't curse you." Xiao Wu shook her little head like a rattle drum and said sweetly.
"You, well-behaved?" Lu Yuan's mouth twitched. "Don't you know whether you're well-behaved or not? It's not like I've only known you for a day. Haven't you caused enough trouble before?"
"And now you're telling me you're well-behaved? Do you take me for an idiot?" Lu Yuan said with amusement, then lightly pinched Xiao Wu's cheek again.
"Wah!" Xiao Wu cried out in pain and looked at Lu Yuan pitifully. "Xiao Wu really has been good lately. Xiao Wu hasn't caused any trouble!"
"Really?" Lu Yuan's gaze swept toward the Sky Azure Bull Python.
"Your Excellency, it's true. Sister Xiao Wu hasn't caused trouble in a long time," the Sky Azure Bull Python said.
"Is that so, Qiu'er?" Lu Yuan turned to Wang Qiu'er again.
"Yes, Sister Xiao Wu really hasn't caused much trouble lately. I don't know what happened to her, but she's become much more obedient these days," Wang Qiu'er said softly.
"Looks like you really have become a little more obedient. But your personality hasn't changed—you even dare to mock me."
Having heard Wang Qiu'er, Lu Yuan believed it. Yet when he recalled what had just happened, he could not help pinching Xiao Wu again.
"I won't dare do it again!" Xiao Wu said