Three Steps Back
Gu Youxuan hurriedly waved her hands.
"I just think Master Xiao has a very refined air about him."
"Very... old-fashioned and elegant."
"He's very steady in everything he does."
"Of course."
Realizing at once that her words could be misunderstood, Gu Youxuan hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean Master Xiao wasn't steady."
"Haha~"
Zhuge Yun laughed.
"No need to explain."
"We know what you mean."
"Third Brother does tend to give people that impression."
"And most of the time, he really is like that."
"It's just that sometimes, he'll also..."
Zhuge Yun winked at Gu Youxuan. "You know."
"Pull a little prank now and then."
"Oh, oh."
Gu Youxuan nodded.
"I understand."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "Would you really call what I did a prank?"
"Deliberately scaring a kitten isn't a prank?"
Zhuge Yun pursed his lips.
"You scared the kitten into taking three steps back."
"I'd quite like to see that."
Zhao Luzheng spoke up. "I've never seen a kitten take three steps back."
"I have been scratched by one, though."
"Me too."
Zhang Bo nodded.
"Don't kittens all scratch people?"
"Or just run away."
"Taking three steps back..."
"Third Brother, the kitten you ran into was pretty unusual."
"Didn't Gu Youxuan run into one?"
Xiao Xiao looked at Gu Youxuan.
Gu Youxuan paused.
Then she shook her head. "No."
"What happened to me was a little similar to your story."
"But it wasn't the same."
"I once came across a kitten that was so hungry it was skin and bones."
"I went to the supermarket nearby and bought it some food."
"I put the food on the ground."
"The kitten really wanted to eat, but it was afraid of me."
"So I stepped back a few paces."
"Hey."