Their lips parted, but their lingering breaths still entwined in the air.
Lu Yuan slowly raised a hand and lightly brushed his lips with his fingertips. They seemed to still retain the softness and warmth of her lips. The tip of his tongue pressed against them, and amusement and satisfaction rippled in his eyes.
He looked at Ye Qingyue, whose cheeks were flushed and whose breathing was slightly uneven. A smile that was almost a smirk curled his lips, and his low voice held a teasing note. "Didn't you say you didn't like little brats like me? So what was that just now?"
His words instantly sent the flush that had only just begun to fade from Ye Qingyue's cheeks blazing hot again. Red spread from her ears all the way down her neck, even coloring the tips of her ears.
Her eyes darted about in a panic, unable to meet Lu Yuan's teasing gaze. Her long lashes fluttered rapidly, and she nervously clutched the hem of her clothes. So mortified she wished the ground would open up and swallow her, she stood there in utter disarray.
Why had she said something like that back then!!!
She hadn't expected to dig such a huge pit for her present self.
If she could master time travel, she'd go back to the past and give her former self a good, hard stop.
So she quickly turned her head away, her voice light and flustered as she hurriedly tried to change the subject. "I-I'll go pick up the vicious beast crystal..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was already stumbling toward the Illusory Charm Butterfly's corpse nearby, her retreating figure radiating the air of someone fleeing for her life.
Lu Yuan watched her shy, flustered manner and chuckled softly before following at an