Profound Heaven Street (7)

Su Miaoxi's gaze followed that cool, aloof figure. Watching as the senior sisters all left, while the Ling siblings and Zhu Yaoyao headed down another street, she bit her lip as though making some kind of decision. Quietly adjusting her direction, she followed closely at Shen Yuxi's side.

Shen Yuxi did not stop walking. He merely turned his head slightly and gave her a questioning look.

Su Miaoxi's cheeks reddened, but she did not retreat. In a soft voice, she said, "Second Senior Brother, I have something I want to tell you alone."

Shen Yuxi said nothing, which counted as permission. The two continued one before the other, gradually leaving the clamor of the main street behind. His spiritual perception caught several carefully concealed auras nearby. Sheltered by the crowd and market stalls, they were furtively tailing them.

...What are you girls doing?

Shen Yuxi was speechless, yet could not be bothered to expose them.

Follow if you want. It's not like I'll lose a chunk of flesh from being followed.

Su Miaoxi, on the other hand, was too nervous to spare attention for anything else. She led Shen Yuxi to a relatively secluded alleyway connecting two side streets. One side had not yet opened, so there were few passersby, with only the faint sounds of the marketplace in the distance as background.

"Junior Sister?" Shen Yuxi stopped. Looking at her tense profile and slightly trembling fingertips, he had an ominous premonition about what she was about to do.

Su Miaoxi raised her little face, already red as peach blossoms in March. With both hands, she held up a delicate storage ring. Her voice trembled from extreme nervousness, but she tried hard to keep it clear as she said, word by word:

"Second Senior Brother! Th-this is a gift I