"You bastard!"
Tang Ya covered her backside with both hands and staggered backward a few unsteady steps. She glared at Xu Lanqing, her face flushed red.
Not from embarrassment. She was furious.
She didn't dare move the hands covering her backside. Even the slightest touch made it ache, and she couldn't help sucking in a breath.
He'd actually hit her butt, and so hard, too. No one had ever hit her like that before. How could anyone hit a girl's backside?
She was so humiliated and furious that she wanted to bash her head against a wall. She felt terribly wronged.
"Pervert! Shameless! Despicable!..." Tang Ya cursed at him, racking her brains to hurl every insult she could think of.
Xu Lanqing ignored her incessant, noisy tirade and said calmly, "So, have you made up your mind? Are you going to abandon the darkness and embrace the light?"
Tang Ya fell silent, as if a Soul Skill had sealed her mouth.
She glanced at Xu Lanqing, who looked utterly unruffled, then turned her head away. Her disdainful expression silently expressed her defiance, even though he had just taught her a lesson.
"Seems you still haven't learned your lesson. I'll have to give you another full-body treatment. This time, I won't stop at your backside." Xu Lanqing raised an eyebrow, his tone teasing.
He took a step forward, and the invisible pressure made Tang Ya hurriedly retreat. Her eyes, which had just regained their composure, grew flustered again.
"Y-you stay back!" Tang Ya pressed her lips together. The defiant resolve she'd shown just moments ago vanished completely.
"Then think carefully about how you should speak to me. And remember, my patience is limited." Xu Lanqing looked at Tang Ya, who was cowering like a quail, and spoke calmly.
Tang Ya was