[Wu Xing: Xiao Wu.]
[Xiao Wu: Here!]
[Wu Xing: Come over here. I promise I'll take good care of you.]
[Xiao Wu: ...Brother Wu Xing, Tang Hao's watching me right now. I can't come over.]
[Wu Xing: It's fine. I said I'd make sure you were undying and indestructible. Tang Hao's nothing. Even if he really peeled off your skin, ripped out your tendons, and took your Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, I could still bring you back to life, perfectly whole.]
Xiao Wu stared at the screen.
In an instant, she pictured herself bound, with Tang Hao gripping a blade and walking toward her step by step.
She shuddered.
[Xiao Wu: Brother Wu Xing, I was wrong.]
[Wu Xing: No, you weren't.]
[Xiao Wu: Really?]
[Wu Xing: Absolutely. Truer than a pearl.]
Dugu Yan lay against Wu Xing's chest, watching the two of them converse with straight faces. At last, she couldn't hold back a giggle.
One of the straps of her nightdress slipped down, exposing a smooth, pale shoulder. The faint hollow beneath her collarbone trembled with her laughter.
Wu Xing glanced down.
Then glanced again.
Then silently looked away.
[Xiao Wu: Then, Brother Wu Xing, if I come over now, can I join your team?]
[Wu Xing: Sure.]
[Xiao Wu: And live in the same dorm as you?]
[Wu Xing: Fine.]
[Xiao Wu: And sleep in the same bed as you!]
[Wu Xing: ...]
Wu Xing's mouth twitched. This Hooligan Rabbit really climbed right up the pole the second he stopped correcting her!
He was about to end the conversation when Dugu Yan suddenly moved in his arms.
She shifted closer, pressing herself against him. Before Wu Xing could react, two messages popped up in the Chat Group.
[Dugu Yan: Xiao Wu, did you say you wanted