"I'm not here to inspect your work. Dressing casually helps you all relax, too." At Wei Yun's teasing, Ji Yunhuai smiled faintly and nodded, answering with easy nonchalance.
Noticing something subtly different in Lu Xiaoxiao's gaze, he leaned a little closer. His smiling eyes soon returned to her, and he spoke with his familiar, infuriating playfulness. "What? Blown away by how handsome I look in this outfit?"
Lu Xiaoxiao did think he looked handsome, but she couldn't stand how smug he was about it. She immediately gave a little huff of denial. "So full of yourself. I was just looking!"
But confidence was the one thing Ji Yunhuai never lacked. Even without a compliment, he didn't back down. Instead, he raised his eyebrows and pressed on. "Really? Nothing about me caught your eye?"
"Hmm... well, you certainly are bright." Affecting a thoughtful air, Lu Xiaoxiao touched her chin and surveyed his lemon-yellow jacket before delivering her verdict. "It's just that your style's a bit like my little brother's. Looking at you makes my hand itch."
"Oh? How so?" Ji Yunhuai tilted his head, looking slightly puzzled at the words "hand itch."
Lu Xiaoxiao explained succinctly, "Because I'm used to smacking him."
Ji Yunhuai was briefly speechless, then laughed two seconds later, amused by her.
"All right. At least I feel familiar to you." He shrugged indifferently, then smiled at her even more broadly, teasing with interest, "Should I call you 'big sis' to help your imagination along? I don't mind."
Lu Xiaoxiao: "??!"
Good grief, she knew it! The things he said were always the most outrageous when he wore that smiling expression!!!
Had it been just the two of them, Lu Xiaoxiao's competitive nature would certainly have driven her to find some way to flirt right back just as