The evening glow was like curtains being drawn, gradually covering the sky.
Xianli straightened her disheveled clothes, but the flush on her face had yet to fade.
I had not actually wanted to begin my meeting with her this way. However, she seemed even more plain and elegant than before, making me unable to resist the urge to rekindle the last remaining flame in her heart.
I pulled Xianli, who had sat up, back into my arms. She did not move, merely asking softly what else I wanted.
"I just feel that sometimes, having you lie here with me like this is pretty nice too," I said calmly.
"Mm..." Xianli fell silent for a moment before turning around. When she looked at me, her expression was clearly complicated.
"What? Does it feel unfamiliar?" I leaned over and lightly pecked her red lips.
Xianli thought for a moment, then clumsily returned the gesture. But unlike the initiative shown by the other members of the women's legion, there was clear reluctance in her eyes even as she welcomed it.
I had not seen such passivity in a very long time.
Seeing that I had stopped wanting to continue, a hint of curiosity appeared on her face. "You don't want to anymore?"
I laughed in spite of myself and asked after a long while, "Tell me, what are you really thinking?"
"Did Xianli... do something wrong? Whatever the Venerable wants to do, anyone would do everything in their power to satisfy him. As for what Xianli thinks, it isn't important, is it..." Xianli said slowly.
My expression stiffened, as though this senior sister had come to dislike me.
"Looks like you didn't really want me to come," I said with a bitter smile.
She looked at me, relaxing from her guarded state. Her