"Ice Empress, are you a dog?"
Dugu Chen raised a hand and pinched Ice Empress's cheeks. They felt cool and delicate, soft and springy beneath his fingers, like kneading jelly.
"Leth go, you let go of me..."
Ice Empress's cheeks were kneaded flat and rolled round by Dugu Chen, stretched back and forth like springs.
"You let go first, then I'll let go!"
Dugu Chen smiled faintly, inwardly marveling at how nice she felt to the touch.
"Fine, let go of me already."
Ice Empress was so aggrieved she was nearly in tears. Damn Dugu Chen, just you wait...
She secretly cursed him in her heart, planning to bite him again once he let go.
"I'll count down from three. We let go together."
"Okay!" Ice Empress nodded.
"Three."
"Two."
"One!"
Dugu Chen released his hand first, and Ice Empress let go immediately afterward.
But in the next instant, Ice Empress lunged at him again, seemingly trying to win back some face.
But now that Dugu Chen was prepared, how could he let her have her way?
He raised his hand and pressed down on the top of her head!
"Damn it, Dugu Chen, let me go, let go..."
Ice Empress's eyes widened like bronze bells as her two slender arms flailed nonstop, but she was too far away to reach him at all.
"Enough. Things are already like this, so settle down for a while!"
Dugu Chen sighed helplessly, swept out an arm, and pinned Ice Empress against the shore. He held down her arms with both hands, a smile curling at his lips.
"Y-you... What are you doing?"
"I'm warning you, don't try anything..."
At that moment, Ice Empress was pinned against the shore by Dugu Chen. Her lower body remained submerged in the water while her