An Yang's Smile

"Uh..."

An Yang was terribly embarrassed.

Although he had just said that there was nothing wrong with a younger sister giving her older brother a kiss under certain circumstances, their situation was special, after all.

When had the two siblings ever been this close, from childhood to now?

Probably only when An You was very little, and An's mother put her in the bathtub An Yang was using to bathe.

So that had just been an excuse. If An You really kissed him, she wouldn't be the only one who felt awkward—he would be terribly embarrassed too.

But An You was already urging him on, sounding as if she was ready to bite the bullet. "Hurry up. Stop dithering!"

"Uh..."

An Yang took a hesitant step forward.

He had been through so many worlds, unified three entire planets, and founded three great empires. Most of the time, he had been calm and collected; sometimes, he had even killed without batting an eye...

Yet at this moment, he was getting cold feet.

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Meanwhile, Sister Xiao Qian stood quietly at the entrance to the headquarters compound, with Huang Lan on one side and Xiaochán on the other.

Xiaochán had never been much of a talker, while Xiao Qian and Huang Lan had tacitly kept quiet. One held her breath, the other pricked up her ears slightly, listening for the commotion not far away.

Xiao Xueer held her phone but wasn't using it. With an expectant, amused expression, she paced back and forth beneath the lights.

Her footsteps rang out crisply, tap, tap, tap.

The Rabbit Demon craned her neck, trying to look in the direction An Yang had gone, as if she might follow him at any moment to see what was going on. But a figure that only came up