"You—"
"You kept quiet just now!"
"Speak up!!!"
"Were you secretly cooking up some devious scheme all by yourself again?"
With my hands clasped behind my back, I paced back and forth in front of the slightly silent Ye Qingxian.
My bare feet landed on the spotless floor.
Without making a sound.
Facing my somewhat spoiled yet playful little gaze, Ye Qingxian's eyes held a trace of helplessness at having been seen through. "It's not anything major. Just come with me later, and you'll find out." Ye Qingxian was already out of options and could only explain a little. Otherwise, if Junior Sister discovered she'd been fooled and got angry later, the small loss would truly outweigh the gain.
Her wits now—
Had completely failed her whenever she faced Junior Sister.
There was one matter Ye Qingxian simply could not wrap her head around.
Even now, she had no accurate answer.
Her mind, which had always been invincible and usually worked brilliantly—
Why did it catch some illness that always lowered her intelligence whenever she was in front of Junior Sister?
Seeing Ye Qingxian flusteredly trying to explain herself, I gave a soft huff and withdrew my seemingly fierce but actually soft and adorable little glare. My little hands, held behind my back like a tiny teacher's, were brought to my sides as well. All I left Ye Qingxian was a beautiful afterimage, though I somehow felt Junior Sister's fair, tender little hand would be very nice to hold too.
"Fine, I won't hold this against you."
"I, this young lady, have a generous heart, so I won't stoop to your level."
Ye Qingxian blanked for a moment. "Junior Sister, you should refer to yourself as 'this Princess' or 'this Highness'..."
I immediately rolled my eyes at her. "What are