It seemed that under extreme embarrassment, Mei had managed to regain a little control of her body.
Of course, Jiang Lianqiu going easy on her had something to do with it.
But the moment he gave her that opening, the Herrscher of Thunder seized the chance to slip back in. The oni horns on the girl's head vanished amid the glow, and her eyes blinked in confusion—Mei was back.
She looked at the intimate posture she was still in, sitting in Jiang Lianqiu's lap, and then—
She shut her eyes and pretended she knew nothing.
Kiana: "..."
Yao Guang slowly set her teacup down on the coffee table and laughed. "Is this what Boss Jiang's daily life is like? Teasing young girls in all sorts of ways?"
In the end, Mei still broke free from Jiang Lianqiu's arms.
Calling it "breaking free" was a stretch. In truth, she only blushed and lightly pushed at his chest, then used "the tea's gone cold, I'll go brew a fresh pot" as an excuse to flee into the kitchen in quick little steps.
Kiana looked at her back, then at Jiang Lianqiu, gave two little heh-heh laughs, hopped down from the sofa, and chased after Mei—she claimed she was "going to help Mei carry the tea," but from that sneaky expression, no matter how you looked at it, she was clearly going to harass her.
The living room fell quiet again, leaving only the faintest hum from the silver-white law threads on Yao Guang's body as they slowly writhed within the golden halo.
Jiang Lianqiu sat back down across from Yao Guang and casually picked up his cup of tea, which had yet to cool.
"All right, that unexpected performance just now was entertaining enough." He took a sip of tea, then looked