Lan Ran furrowed her brows as she looked at me, seemingly growing suspicious. "You're not a spy sent by Sky City to stay by my side, are you?"
I froze for a moment. "Senior Lan, setting everything else aside, I've already helped you twice. Why do you still doubt me? If I'd wanted to kill you just now, it would have been a piece of cake, wouldn't it?"
Lan Ran was stunned, then the crease between her brows finally relaxed. "Forget it. I just have trouble trusting people. Don't think I'm being overly sensitive."
I pretended to let out a sigh of relief. "It's fine. I just feel a little sad that I sincerely pledged myself to you, Senior Lan, only to arouse your suspicions instead."
Of course, I can't tell you that I'm casting a long line to catch a big fish. Catching just you isn't enough. It'll be fun only after I've netted your entire family, from the eldest to the youngest.
"Sad? Why?" Lan Ran asked in confusion.
"Senior Lan, the moment I first saw you, I was captivated by your beauty and bearing. I thought that although there might be women more beautiful than you in this world, none could match your temperament. Naturally, you took a place in my heart. So when my wholehearted actions instead made the woman in my heart doubt me, wouldn't that be the greatest sorrow in the world?" I said shamelessly.
"Shut up. If you say that again, I'll tear your mouth apart." Lan Ran glared at me, and I hurriedly said, "Senior Lan, you don't believe me?"
Lan Ran was irritated now, but she couldn't do anything to me at present. With her current cultivation, she would probably have trouble fully recovering without a quiet place to recuperate. Thus,