Her thoughts drifted back to that perilous moment in the daytime, and Raven's cold dagger edge seemed to still be pressed against her skin.
In that instant, the shadow of death had felt so real. If Mo Wang had not arrived... she did not dare think any further.
And when he had used his back to block that fatal strike for her, then turned and shown her that unusually gentle smile, Kongming felt as if her heart had skipped a beat. What followed was an indescribable ache and softness, as though even her bones had gone a little weak.
"Mo Wang, that... idiot..." She buried half her face in the water and mumbled out a few bubbles, her voice so soft only she could hear it.
"Oh? I think I heard someone calling me?"
A familiar voice, laced with laughter, rang out by her ear without the slightest warning!
"Eek—!!!"
Kongming went rigid all over and abruptly sat up straight in the water, sending up a great splash.
She turned her head in terror, only to see that Mo Wang had appeared behind the bathtub at some point and was looking at her with a beaming smile!
"You, you idiot! What are you doing coming in here?! Are you a pervert?!" Kongming's face instantly flushed bright red. In a flurry, she grabbed the bath towel prepared beside her and wrapped it tightly around herself, practically shrinking into the water until only a pair of eyes filled with shame and anger remained visible.
Faced with her furious glare, Mo Wang looked thoroughly innocent. He lifted the neatly folded set of clean clothes in his hand. "Obviously, I came in to bring you some clothes. You weren't planning to keep wearing that tattered outfit later, were you?"
"Th-then couldn't you have left