What Was That? Teasing

Wang Yue saw Zhao Ling'er's expression and realized the girl had only taken his words as a story. Delighted, he thought that any seed that failed to sprout for ten years must have died under the little girl's care. It seemed their agreement was doomed to fail.

So Wang Yue pretended to be curious and said, "What kind of seed? Take me to see it."

Seeing that Wang Yue was interested, Zhao Ling'er nodded. She glanced regretfully at Li Xiaoyao, then said obediently, "Then come with me, Brother A Yue and Brother Xiaoyao."

Seeing Wang Yue still had the leisure to go look at some seed with Fairy Sister, as if he'd forgotten what he was there to do, Li Xiaoyao felt a little annoyed. But then he remembered that Wang Yue had come to the island for the fairy, and they weren't even related. There was no reason for him to help. Wang Yue's behavior was only to be expected.

Li Xiaoyao remembered how long he usually spent fooling around with his maids and concubines, and had no idea how long Wang Yue would delay things. Anxiously, he went over to Wang Yue and said in a low, urgent voice, "Brother Wang, I—I'm in a hurry to get back and save my aunt. You know this fairy sister. Could you ask her to give me some medicine so I can go back first?"

Wang Yue was more than happy to help, but this wasn't his decision to make. Pretending to be troubled, he turned to look at the eager Zhao Ling'er and gave her a look, signaling that she should decide for herself and not take him into account.

In fact, Wang Yue was overthinking things. Zhao Ling'er was kind-hearted and didn't really believe what he'd said. She assumed