After leaving the Snow Emperor and Ice Emperor's castle and stopping by Bai Li's Palace to say goodbye, Mo Xie rode Little Sky Tiger back.
When he returned to the Cave Grotto, Qin Yuer and Mu Ningxue, whom he had not seen for a week, came out. Both women's beautiful eyes immediately lit up at the sight of him.
They also noticed the doll-like Little Snow Woman on his shoulder, besides Little Sky Tiger in his arms.
"Little Evil, this is..."
Qin Yuer gazed at Little Snow Woman with sparkling eyes. Her exquisite, adorable appearance was almost too cute for Qin Yuer to bear.
"Oh, she's Little Snow..."
Mo Xie immediately gave them a rough account of Little Snow Woman's origins. Qin Yuer took it in stride, but Mu Ningxue looked dazed.
Little Snow...
She stared at Little Snow Woman and her silky silver-white hair, unable to help imagining whether her daughter would look just as adorable if she married Mo Xie and had children with him someday.
At the thought, a faint smile appeared on Mu Ningxue's face, and she opened her arms to hold the adorable Little Snow Woman.
Yet Little Snow Woman merely glanced at Mu Ningxue with her lively eyes, nimbly dodged the grasping hands, and flew into Qin Yuer's soft, full embrace instead.
Clearly, she preferred Qin Yuer's rich aura of ice to Mu Ningxue's.
Holding Little Snow Woman, Qin Yuer gave Mu Ningxue an apologetic look and said with a smile,
"Sorry, little sister Ning Xue. It looks like Little Snow likes me more."
Mu Ningxue's outstretched hands froze in midair before she lowered them as though nothing had happened. The heart that had finally mustered its courage quietly shattered.
Suddenly, she felt someone pinch her cheek. Looking up, she found Mo Xie smiling