"Here, does that count as a little better?"
The cool sensation quickly eased the pain in the wound, and also made Xun'er draw in a soft breath. Her originally tense body gradually relaxed with it.
"...Not even a little."
Xun'er leaned against Yao Wan's shoulder and said weakly.
"If you hadn't come out of seclusion so late, we wouldn't have ended up like this."
"If we didn't come out, you didn't know to call someone?"
Her pretty willow eyebrows furrowed slightly. Speaking of this, she was annoyed too. Every single one of them had leaves on them—she and Xiao Yan had left one with each person. As long as even one leaf was triggered, no matter what, they would have come out of seclusion.
But they were something else. Not a single one of them used theirs. By the time she and Xiao Yan had smoothly stabilized their states and emerged from seclusion, they had almost failed to make it in time. Even the two of them had been shocked.
"Or did you all make some agreement while we weren't around that you wouldn't use them no matter what?"
Xun'er slowly shifted her gaze away. "That's... not exactly it."
"Not exactly?"
Yao Wan only felt her temples throbbing, but after hesitating for a moment, she still did not torment her any further.
"All right—anyway, everyone's fine, aren't they? It's not like you're Xiao Yan Gege. You don't need to say things like that in front of me. I'm not buying it..."
Xun'er gave a soft snort, angering Yao Wan so much that she bared her teeth. "You don't know a kind heart when you see one!"
"You're a good person?"
"If I weren't a good person, would I be treating you? I should've let you hurt a little longer and