Nie Li immediately objected. Ning'er wasn't an object-how could anyone pass her back and forth? If Ning'er really liked Xiao Yu, he naturally couldn't stop him. But if she didn't, and Xiao Yu still shamelessly clung to her, then he couldn't blame Nie Li for showing no mercy.
Xiao Yu chuckled and said he was only joking, telling him not to get worked up and brushing aside the slightly tense atmosphere.
Beneath the Sky Screen.
This pretty boy hasn't actually taken a fancy to Ning'er, has he?
Nie Li felt a surge of irritation. He knew perfectly well how Ning'er felt about him and had never worried about that. What annoyed him was that someone had set his sights on her.
Tsk, seriously. My cultivation seems to have progressed a little too slowly lately. I haven't even broken through to Legendary rank yet.
On the Sky Screen.
Xiao Yu reached into his Space Ring and took out the golden hairpin shimmering with iridescent light.
That only puzzled Nie Li even more. A grown man using a hairpin as a weapon? Is he really a martial artist?
Looking closely, how are those hands any different from a maiden's fingers that have never touched dishwater? They're so fair and soft. Rather than handsome, he's better described as beautiful.
Nie Li began to lose a little confidence. Ning'er, could this be your type?
As though he had noticed Nie Li's confusion, Xiao Yu volunteered an explanation: the jade hairpin was a keepsake his mother had left him.
Nie Li could only apologize. But he had merely wondered about it, hadn't he? He hadn't said anything aloud. Why was Xiao Yu explaining this to him?
Walking behind them, Xiao Ning'er covered her cherry lips lightly with her delicate hand and smiled.
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