He had never expected that, once the man came out, he would treat him like a stranger and not spare him the slightest warmth. He could barely keep his composure.
"Did I overlook something and offend him?"
Xiao Jinghong was baffled. He glanced instinctively at Senior Brother Beichen and Junior Sister Bing Xuan behind him.
He had heard before coming that this kid had a bad temper, but he had not expected it to be this bad.
If he remembered right, the man had been easy enough to talk to when they had drunk together in Cloud Prefecture.
"Could this Luo Yi kid's arrogance rub Senior Brother Beichen the wrong way?"
But that glance left Xiao Jinghong rooted to the spot.
Wei Beichen's delicate features had changed dramatically. His eyelids kept twitching, and even his normally steady breathing had turned ragged.
He looked as if lightning had struck him, his gaze fixed on the handsome face beneath the blue-robed young man's dark hair.
Wait. The brothers in the Dao Alliance do whisper that Senior Brother Beichen likes men, but isn't showing it in front of all these people a bit much?
Besides, in Xiao Jinghong's eyes, Luo Yi might be fair-skinned and good-looking, but surely not enough to make Senior Brother Beichen, a True Person of the Dao Alliance, lose his composure like this.
Sensing the strange atmosphere, Xue Bingxuan blinked and noticed the change in the delicate-looking man before her.
A peculiar thought sprang into her mind.
Could he be so outstanding that he charms men and women alike?
Just then, a calm voice reached her ears.
"Come here."
Luo Yi beckoned lightly.
Xue Bingxuan was about to step forward when Wei Beichen, standing in front of her, went over first.
"Uh... No way?"
At the sight, she fell