Ye Qingxian was speechless for a second.
All she knew was that if she hadn't done that just now, the violent emotions surging inside her would have made her lose all her reason and become someone she could no longer control.
Neither the multicolored iron chain nor the countless other dark thoughts circling in her mind would have done anything but push her toward a fate beyond redemption—a fate her Junior Sister never wanted to see.
She licked her lips slightly. "Junior Sister, do you believe me?"
"I only wanted to confirm what strengthening a water spirit root tastes like. Now that I know, it'll be easier to fulfill my duty as Senior Sister and protect you in the days to come." Things had come to this, so she could only make up an excuse. She couldn't exactly say that she'd chosen a way to keep her emotions in check because she didn't want to hurt her Junior Sister—and that the way was to make out with her.
Hearing Ye Qingxian's utterly absurd, self-righteous excuse,
I stared at her, so furious I nearly cried.
"You—"
I choked on my words for a long while, then finally managed to get out a complete sentence. "You're shameless."
Ye Qingxian's mind was now filled with what she'd done.
She knew she'd acted impulsively just now.
But there hadn't been any other way.
If she hadn't done it, she really would have become the deranged person she herself couldn't bear to see.
Ye Qingxian sighed inwardly.
Who would believe her?
She... had never actually wanted to hurt her Junior Sister.
I glared at Ye Qingxian, cursing her as a beast over and over in my mind.
I really couldn't understand Ye Qingxian anymore.
What—what was she trying to do?
She said she didn't like