" Mengmeng is timid. Don't scare her." Granny gave him a couple of warnings before turning around with a smile.
Lu Yang instinctively sat up straight, less like a guest and more like a criminal on trial. When had he ever seen Eldest Senior Sister soften her tone?
Compared with other people, what Eldest Senior Sister had just said still sounded ice-cold, but compared with how she had been before, the difference was striking.
"Sorry you had to see that. Mengmeng said that you've been taking care of her outside, and she often comes back praising you to me."
"That child Mengmeng has no mind of her own. She's kindhearted and timid. When she took the initiative to leave the secret realm back then, I was worried about her the whole time."
"Luckily, the first person she met after leaving was you. Otherwise, I really would have been afraid that some bad man would trick her away."
Lu Yang said with a smile, "Sister Mengmeng is innocent and adorable. Who wouldn't like her after meeting her? I imagine that even those villains wouldn't have the heart to trick her."
Yun Mengmeng listened from the side and giggled.
"It wasn't easy being Little Zhi's junior fellow apprentice, was it?"
Pfft—
Lu Yang, who was drinking peach blossom tea, sprayed it straight out. Why had she suddenly brought up this topic out of nowhere?
"What's wrong?" Granny asked, slightly surprised by his reaction.
Lu Yang waved his hands repeatedly. "Nothing, nothing. The tea scalded my throat. I drank it too quickly."
Seeing this, Yun Mengmeng hurried over with a handkerchief to wipe Lu Yang's mouth and lightly pat his back.
"Little Zhi—er, I mean, Eldest Senior Sister usually takes very good care of me. She's saved me several times already. I can't