Xiao Yan looked at Zi Yan before him and smiled. "I'm a genuine human, not some Heavenly Treasure that took human form. But I could tell at a glance that you weren't human."
Zi Yan gave Xiao Yan a startled look and asked in her childish voice, "How could you tell? Oh, I know! That old man Su Qian must have told you, right?"
Zi Yan lifted her snow-white chin, looking immensely pleased with her own cleverness. Her little expression was utterly adorable.
Then Xiao Yan changed his tune, deliberately drawing out his words as he teased her. "Ohhh, so you really aren't human! I was only bluffing. I didn't expect you to actually give yourself away."
At that, Zi Yan's big eyes went wide, and the sound of grinding teeth came from her cherry-red mouth.
Her adorable little face scrunched up like a little steamed bun. She glared at Xiao Yan, puffing angrily through her nose.
"You dared to trick me! Now I'm angry!"
"I'm going to beat you to death!"
As Zi Yan spoke, she clenched her little hands into fists beneath her loose white robe.
Xiao Yan smiled. "You're a little girl. Careful, getting too angry is bad for your health. Here, have a pill to calm your nerves."
As he spoke, Xiao Yan turned his hand over and produced a Second-Grade Energy-Gathering Pill.
He had originally refined these as snacks for Little Lan and Shi Batian, and they were even fruit-flavored.
Zi Yan was just about to attack when she saw Xiao Yan take out a round pill that gave off an enticing fragrance.
Looking at Xiao Yan's smiling face and then at the pill in his hand, Zi Yan instinctively leaned her little nose closer and sniffed, swallowing despite herself.
But her eyes darted about,