"Xian'er, you're so happy. Shouldn't you thank me properly?"
Xiao Yi Xian blinked, looking utterly innocent. "Didn't I already thank you?"
"Just one kiss?"
Liu Bai raised a brow.
"Isn't that a little too perfunctory?"
Xiao Yi Xian could not help laughing at his shameless expression.
"Then how do you want me to thank you?"
Liu Bai leaned close to her ear and whispered something in a low voice.
Xiao Yi Xian's face visibly turned crimson.
The blush spread from her cheeks all the way to her ears, even tinting her neck with a faint shade of pink.
She stared at him with wide eyes, filled with embarrassment and indignation.
"Y-You're asking to die!"
Liu Bai spread his hands innocently. "How am I asking to die? What did I say?"
Xiao Yi Xian bit her lower lip and glared at him resentfully, yet could not utter a word.
Her face was so red it looked ready to bleed, her lashes trembling lightly as even her breathing grew somewhat hurried.
Chapter 186: Fallen Heart Flame Acquired
The amusement in Liu Bai's eyes nearly overflowed as he watched her like this.
He leaned closer and whispered into her ear, "What? You're unwilling?"
Xiao Yi Xian lowered her eyes without answering.
Yet she did not push him away either. The mountain breeze brushed past, lifting her hair as it lightly swept across his cheek.
The two stood embracing, neither of them speaking.
In the distant sky, the setting sun slowly sank, dyeing the entire mountain range a warm orange-red.
After a long while.
Buried in his arms, Xiao Yi Xian gave a very quiet "Mm."
Her voice was as light as a feather, almost inaudible.
But Liu Bai heard it.
The corners of his lips curved up as he tightened his arm around