Please Recommend Xiao Yi instinctively wanted to pull the quilt up to hide her face, but stopped.
Meeting Xixi's sincere, warm gaze, her usually cool, distant eyes showed a rare trace of bewilderment, a little embarrassment at being seen through, and a hint of relaxation-even she had not noticed.
Her lips parted slightly, but in the end, she only made a nearly breathless nasal sound, a little uncomprehending and innocent: "I didn't smooth things over."
"All right, all right, then thank you." Xixi's lips curved. "Looks like I've got another reason to beat that guy up. Hehe, four reasons, and you account for three of them, Xiao Yi."
Xiao Yi: "U•ェ·*U."
Just then, light and shadow flickered at the courtyard entrance, and a tall, slender figure came striding in, his steps light and his face wearing its usual, rather punchable smile-to Xixi, at least. It was Chen Xiaojun.
Catching sight of him out of the corner of her eye, Xixi immediately knitted her relaxed brows and huffed irritably, "What are you doing here?"
Seemingly oblivious to Xixi's signals of disdain, Chen Xiaojun looked past her, his gaze landing directly on Xiao Yi, wrapped in her quilt and bathed in sun-
light. He grinned. "I'm here to see Xiao Yi. Move aside, auntie."
He even made an "after you" gesture.
"Auntie, my ass!" Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Xixi nearly sprang off the reclining bench, her eyes wide. "Do you know how to talk? Do you?! Who are you calling auntie?"
Chen Xiaojun spread his hands innocently, though mischief lurked in his eyes. "Well, after all these years apart, you've grown old."
He deliberately drew out the words "grown old," his gaze sweeping meaningfully over her face, as though he were really checking for the marks of