It was such a close, close distance. The pond was already nearby, and different scents mingled in the air. Ye Qingxian was forced to breathe in the delicate fragrance that belonged to her Junior Sister.
It was a very special scent. It wasn't cloying in the slightest; instead, it was sweet, like gardenias, with a tempting hint of lemony tartness mixed in, a fragrance that pierced through all the others and struck straight at the heart.
That was exactly how Ye Qingxian described it.
Her Junior Sister was probably something like a raging flood or ferocious beast.
That was why she kept retreating.
Ye Qingxian replied, "I was only talking to you and forgot to take your pulse."
I gave a couple of quiet snorts in my heart, my foxlike eyes filled with undiminished delight.
Nervous...
She was nervous.
Now she must have felt my charm, and gained a solid five points of affection for me, right?
I didn't move any closer to Ye Qingxian. Instead, I stretched out my little hand and lightly touched the air in front of her with my fingertip.
"Foolish Senior Sister, just follow your heart~"
"Your heartbeat is telling me you're not as calm as you seem."
I blinked my big eyes at her. Ye Qingxian quickly explained, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I, Ye Qingxian, ever linger anywhere but on the Immortal Path?"
I snorted again.
This time, I didn't believe a word of Ye Qingxian's nonsense.
That first heartbeat because of you was already the beginning of falling in love. After all, I had seen Ye Qingxian at her most proactive when she had a love thread. I had also seen her deny her own feelings even as her words said one thing and her heart another, then find