The days spent improving one's strength were long and tedious.
During this time, Zi Yan would always burst into Xiao Fan's secluded training quarters like an impatient little troublemaker.
"Big Sister Zi Yan... you can't disturb Brother!" Little Qing Lin tugged desperately at Zi Yan, who was forcefully pushing open the door to enter the room.
Even Little Qing Lin understood this, so how could Zi Yan not? Yet Zi Yan simply could not stand the loneliness, and she dragged Little Qing Lin inside with her.
"Mmgh..." Little Qing Lin used all her strength, but Zi Yan did not budge in the slightest.
"Big Sister Zi Yan, this isn't good. Brother will be angry with us!"
Little Qing Lin still wanted to persuade her, but Zi Yan warned her with a gesture. "Shh... Xiao Fan is cultivating. Let's take his Storage Ring."
"You can't!"
Little Qing Lin's face flushed red. No matter what Zi Yan said, she would not let her do such a thing.
"Little Qing Lin, you're my accomplice. You don't want Brother to get angry either, right?"
"Ac... accomplice?" Little Qing Lin blinked innocently. She had clearly been trying to persuade Big Sister Zi Yan not to do bad things, so how had she become an accomplice?
"I..." Little Qing Lin had a bellyful of words, yet she did not know how to explain herself.
For Zi Yan, who loved twisting right and wrong around, someone like Little Qing Lin, whose worldview had not even fully formed yet, was simply the easiest person to fool.
"Alright, Little Qing Lin. From the moment you entered this room, you became my, Zi Yan's, accomplice!" Zi Yan declared righteously, and for a moment, Little Qing Lin no longer even had the courage to refute her.
"Can't make... Brother angry..." Little