"Really?" Cangyao was utterly astonished.
"Naturally."
"So it was because Di Bi came to Xia Ye's aid that you began treating her as one of your own?" Cangyao countered.
"No. 'One of my own' means she's my woman."
My eyes blazed with such intensity that Cangyao could not look away. Her eyes were filled with disbelief and shock; those words had truly frightened her.
"How... how... Fine, no wonder that pendant was called Bìyè's Love... So Cangyao wasn't reading too much into it after all." Both of her "how's" were refuted by herself. In truth, I understood her doubts perfectly well.
"Is that so? Looks like you've speculated in that direction too. I thought you wouldn't." I leaned toward her with interest. Her snow-white skin was like mutton-fat jade, making one unable to resist the urge to gently caress it.
When my finger brushed across her cheek, Cangyao's whole body shuddered. That contact between souls truly felt like an electric shock to her. After all, it was far deadlier than physical contact.
"Please... stop..." Cangyao finally took a step back. Her expression could not exactly be called rejection, but she was clearly unwilling to yield.
I withdrew my hand and smiled. "Looks like you have no intention of becoming one of my own."
"I'm sorry. Cangyao truly... truly cannot summon the slightest interest in men. Even if you are as distinguished as you are, I still have no such thoughts." Cangyao hurriedly explained herself.
"Oh? You like women?" My interest immediately piqued. Cangyao was actually a lesbian? Could she be making that up just to turn me down?
"No... It's the same with women." Cangyao denied it once again.
"You like neither men nor women? Then what do you like?" Could she have cultivated the Heartless Path? I wondered. *But