"What? You don't want to go out anymore? If I hadn't gone, were you planning not to go either? When all's said and done, you just wanted to come with me, didn't you?" I couldn't help laughing.
Bei Muxi was thoroughly embarrassed after I saw straight through her thoughts.
"Come on, tell me. Why do you want to follow me? Don't tell me you're craving my body?" I said as I leaned closer to her.
"You... You—you—you..." Bei Muxi retreated in fright until her back pressed against a pillar.
"I'm your Divine Venerable. What? You don't recognize me anymore? That Supreme God worship you mentioned before wasn't fake, was it? You should respect me a great deal, shouldn't you?" I pressed her against the pillar and leaned in. With this little girl, it was honestly hard for me not to tease her.
After hearing that, Bei Muxi's face flushed bright red, and she completely fell silent.
However, just as I was about to give up teasing her, her hand suddenly caught hold of my lapel, as though she didn't want me to leave just like that.
Seeing her lower her head while still clutching my clothes, I laughed. "Don't tell me you really are craving my body?"
"Mm... I am. So what? Besides, don't you already know what I'm thinking, Divine Venerable?" Bei Muxi suddenly released me and said it outright.
I froze for a moment, thinking, Well, this time I really stepped on an iron plate. This little girl actually stopped pretending!
"What are you thinking, child?" I pinched her cheeks and shook my head. "At your age, you're at most about the same age as the children in my household. If all you want is my protection, then become my adopted daughter. My household has quite a few