"Pfft—hahaha!"
Zhang Bo and the others burst out laughing. "Isn't Guanyin Bodhisattva a woman?"
"And what you've got there is obviously just water, isn't it?"
"Who says? Guanyin Bodhisattva was a man to begin with."
Li Yan spoke with absolute conviction. "And this really is tears."
"Speaking of which, Li Yan, how did you end up being chased by hornets?"
Zhao Luzheng wiped away the tears of laughter at the corners of his eyes and asked curiously.
"Yeah, you're a real warrior, kid."
Zhang Bo gave Li Yan a thumbs-up. "After all the commotion at noon, you still dared to provoke those little demons?"
"How was it? A pretty thrilling experience?"
Zhuge Yun waggled his eyebrows. "Getting chased by a whole swarm of hornets, then getting trapped in the water with nowhere to go."
"Heh, yeah. Pretty thrilling."
Li Yan's mouth twitched. He'd nearly lost half his life. "You can try it yourself next time."
Then he looked at Xiao Xiao with a serious expression. "Master Xiao, thank you so much for this."
"You were so cool."
He hadn't seen how Xiao Xiao had driven the hornets away.
But later, when the hornets were scattering in all directions, he'd seen Xiao Xiao standing by the bank, with not a single hornet daring to go near him.
It had left Li Yan, who'd been chased into such a miserable state, both astonished and impressed.
How had he done it?
Wondering about it, he asked outright.
Xiao Xiao smiled.
Zhuge Yun shot him a sidelong glance. "Well, that's why he's called Master Xiao."
"Kid, know your place. Don't ask questions you shouldn't."
Zhang Bo put a hand on Li Yan's shoulder. "Understand?"
"Eldest Brother, are you in the mafia or something?"
Zhao Luzheng couldn't help making fun of him.