She was a girl of fourteen or fifteen, with a round face that still had its baby fat, bright golden eyes, a straight yet delicate nose, elegant willow-leaf eyebrows, and a head of silver hair. All in all, she was a classic young beauty who hadn't quite grown out of her childishness—the sort who might well be the undisputed prettiest girl in a middle school. And, indeed, she was still in middle school.
A mature adult like Yu Lian had no interest in blondies—no, white-haired little girls like her.
Still, the cool expression on her face was completely at odds with her actual age. She had the air of a little brat pretending to be a grown-up, which only made her cuter.
Yu Lian smiled, like any normal person looking at a cute little animal.
"A girl this adorable would probably cry for ages if you punched her, huh?"
Yu Lian gave Feifei a fish-eyed stare and waited. Those words hadn't come from him. They'd come from her.
Feifei glared right back, entirely unapologetic. "Why are you staring at me? I just said what you were thinking."
"Was I thinking that?"
"Were you not?"
Yu Lian thought it over seriously, then asked without thinking, "So, is she in Slenburg right now?"
"That's hard to say. She doesn't hold public office yet, so she could be in the Celestial Domain or at her own residence... By the way, Fish, you're not thinking of kidnapping an underage girl, are you?"
Yu Lian shrugged. "It's war. We let things take their course. No need to force anything."
"You mean even if that charming young beauty gets vaporized by a positron cannon, that's just part of the natural order?" Feifei looked stricken. "She looks about as old as Shali. Actually, looking closely, she even