Su Shengnan began controlling the stone. Her movements were awkward at first, but it flew faster and faster until all that remained was a blur.
"Hehe... this is so much fun." Su Shengnan played to her heart's content, like a little girl who had just received her favorite toy.
Only now did Li Yichen realize that she was still young herself, yet she shouldered the burden of an entire great family.
"Maybe this is who she really is." As Li Yichen watched her, he couldn't help becoming captivated.
Just then, Su Shengnan suddenly called out playfully, "Sneak attack!"
The moment she spoke, the stone abruptly changed direction and shot toward him like a cannonball.
"Holy shit..." Li Yichen went pale. If that hit an ordinary person, the best they could hope for was instant death.
"You're trying to murder your husband!" he yelped. Then he moved, leaving only an afterimage behind as he shifted sixteen feet sideways.
A heavy thud followed as the stone slammed into a foot-thick tree behind him. The entire tree shook violently, showering the ground with leaves and branches.
A large patch of bark had been knocked off where it struck, and the trunk had been smashed into a deep hollow, with the stone embedded inside.
"How dare you take liberties with me!" Su Shengnan snorted. With a thought, she made the stone spring out of the trunk as though it were alive. It traced an arc through the air and hurtled viciously toward Li Yichen again.
"Again?" Li Yichen yelped, his movements becoming erratic as he darted left and right, forward and back.
Su Shengnan's eyes gleamed as she willed the stone to swoop up and down through the air. But no matter how hard she tried, even when it scraped sparks against the air,