Li Changsheng looked at Li Jinyue's face, filled with nothing but pure curiosity, and those golden eyes so clean they seemed untouched by a speck of dust. The explanation that was about to leave his lips caught in his throat.
Explaining "liking," "possessiveness," and "misunderstandings" to an Imperial Beast that had only just taken human form and knew almost nothing about human emotions? That was like playing music to a cow.
He fell silent for a moment. In the end, with a trace of helpless amusement he did not even notice himself, he answered vaguely, "More or less... though there are some differences."
"Differences?"
Li Jinyue's eyes instantly lit up, as though she had discovered a new continent.
She immediately forgot the confusing commotion from before and eagerly pressed on, "What's different? Tell me!"
She even let go of Li Changsheng's sleeve, instead grabbing his arm with both hands and gently shaking it to urge him on.
"..."
Li Changsheng's head began to ache from her shaking. Seeing her look like a curious child begging, Tell me already, the heaviness in his heart caused by Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong'er somehow faded by more than half, replaced by a helpless feeling that left him unsure whether to laugh or cry.
He truly had no idea how to explain the tangled complexities of human emotions to this pure-minded ancestor of soul beasts.
"What are you asking so much for, kid?" Li Changsheng raised a hand irritably and flicked her smooth forehead, neither too hard nor too lightly.
The gesture came as naturally as disciplining an unruly younger sister.
"Ow!"
Li Jinyue winced in pain and immediately covered her forehead. Her little mouth puckered, and tears of grievance instantly welled in her golden eyes as she glared accusingly at Li Changsheng. "Why