The warm breath mixed with the slight tickle of hair, making Su Yu's earlobes burn as if they were about to catch fire.
He had just wanted to argue back when the little girl in his arms asked again, with a hint of smugness:
"Besides, older brother had a nosebleed last night too, right? I even saw the tissues in the bathroom!"
Su Yu's footsteps abruptly halted. He felt as though a basin of hot water had been splashed across his face, the redness spreading down his neck.
He had not expected this girl to notice even that. At a loss for words, he could only cough twice before pretending to be stern and quickening his pace:
"Don't talk nonsense, little girl. It was... it was because the weather was too dry."
"No, it wasn't."
Ning Rongrong laughed even more happily in his arms and gently patted his shoulder.
"Older brother only got a nosebleed because he saw Rongrong, right?"
Su Yu was rendered speechless by her question. He could only lower his head and keep walking, though his ears had reddened so much they looked ready to drip blood.
"Older brother is shy! You definitely saw it. Hurry and tell Rongrong, is Rongrong's figure nice?"
Ning Rongrong refused to let the matter go. She twisted around on his back, her voice soft and clinging.
Su Yu truly had no way to deal with her question. In desperation, he raised a hand and lightly slapped her bottom, his tone carrying a hint of feigned disdain and perfunctory dismissal:
"You're just a little girl. Your figure is plain. What's there to look at? Satisfied now?"
Ning Rongrong was not angry in the slightest. Instead, she laughed even more slyly, tightening the arm around his neck and rubbing her cheek against the