Teasing My Childhood Friend's Older Sister Is the Most Fun

He deliberately drew out his tone, his gaze turning a little teasing as it slowly moved down from her face. "Your figure? It feels like... you've gotten sexier? Let me see if you secretly grew behind my back..." As he spoke, he reached out with both hands, making as if to wrap them around Kiana's slim, springy waist.

Smack!

With a crisp little sound, Kiana irritably slapped away those misbehaving claws of his. The blush on her face deepened, and she shot him a reproachful glare. "We're talking about serious things! Can you be serious for once?"

"Heh heh." Mo Wang awkwardly pulled his hands back. Knowing he couldn't bluff his way through this, he finally put away the joking look on his face. His gaze became gentle and focused as he looked at her seriously and said, "You do feel more mature. Your eyes, your presence... You seem steadier than before, and more dependable. My Kiana really has grown up."

Hearing the first half of his sentence, which actually sounded like a proper compliment, Kiana's lips had only just started to curve upward when the "my Kiana" in the second half made her heart skip. She rolled her eyes at him in annoyance. "Who's yours!" Still, she wasn't truly angry. She merely gave a soft huff, her tone carrying a bit of complaint, a bit of helplessness, and a barely perceptible trace of heartache. "Isn't it all because a certain bastard stirred up so many messes? Schicksal is so busy right now that everyone's practically dying, and Auntie is about to pile all the documents onto my desk... If I don't hurry up and mature, am I supposed to just watch everyone run around in chaos?"

Those words instead made the smile on Mo Wang's face stiffen for a