"Hey, didn't I say just now not to remove your clothes?" I asked in surprise. Across the clouds, Sun Moxue fell silent for a moment before saying, "You... you never said that..."
"Huh? I thought you understood!" I was utterly depressed. Great, now it looked like I had deliberately kept it from her and caused her to strip off all her clothes.
The silence on the other side was terrifying. Sun Moxue was probably mortified, and a while later, sobbing reached my ears. Her low, halting cries instantly filled me with regret. With one careless oversight, I had become a sinner condemned for all eternity.
Anyone could see that Sun Moxue was different from other women, but having something like this happen to her was truly unfortunate. I really had no way to make it up to her, so I could only comfort her. "Fellow Daoist Sun, I'm sorry... I really didn't deliberately keep it from you. This was my fault..."
"But you... shouldn't you have treated it as alchemy...? Why are you apologizing again..." Sun Moxue was probably still crying silently, and her words came out in broken fragments. From what she was saying, the correct thing would have been for me not to treat the matter of her being naked as anything important. By bringing it up now, I had only made it harder for her to accept.
I felt awkward and deeply regretted not explaining things more clearly. If I didn't handle this properly, it would inevitably leave a shadow over her for the rest of her life. Although what she had said was simple, it was actually the best approach. I really should have treated it as nothing more than alchemy.
"Don't worry... don't worry. I treated it as alchemy. I didn't see anything just now