At those words, Lin Chen's heart lurched, turning cold through and through.
He instantly came to his senses and wanted to slap himself across the mouth. Why had his tongue slipped out of nowhere?
He hurriedly sat up straight, his expression utterly sincere, and hastily apologized to Bai Qingqing. "I'm sorry, Teacher Bai! I really didn't mean it! I absolutely wasn't saying you were old. It was just a slip of the tongue. Please don't take it to heart!"
Bai Qingqing said nothing, merely watching him coldly. Her eyes were frighteningly calm, and the longer she remained silent, the more his heart quailed.
Just as Lin Chen thought he had escaped disaster and breathed a small sigh of relief, Mo Yuan, beside him, suddenly cleared his throat softly. His voice drifted over, mild but carrying a faint edge of gritted teeth.
"So, you're saying I'm old?"
Lin Chen instantly froze.
He stiffly turned his head and met Mo Yuan's seemingly gentle eyes, which were actually already blazing with anger. His scalp prickled at once. This was bad!
Only then did he realize that the unfinished remark he had just made had included both of them!
After offending Bai Qingqing, he had gone and offended Mo Yuan too!
A double critical hit!
Lin Chen panicked instantly, his mind going blank. His mouth opened and closed as he tried to say something to salvage the situation, but in his desperation, he couldn't string together anything suitable. The more frantic he grew, the more muddled he became, until he was utterly at a loss for words.
At that hair's-breadth moment, he simply threw caution to the wind and launched himself forward, clamping tightly onto Mo Yuan's leg. His movements were swift and mortifying, his tone exaggerated yet sincere as he wailed loudly, "Teacher!