Before long, Qing Lin exhaled a breath of stale air and opened her eyes to find a familiar, smiling face.
"M-Miss Xiao Yan..."
Almost instinctively, Qing Lin tried to rise and bow, but Xiao Yan raised a hand to stop her. "Qing Lin, just stay seated."
Although Qing Lin could not quite figure out what she was up to, she obediently sat back down.
Her fingers, however, clutched the hem of her clothes, and she seemed rather nervous.
What did the third commander want with her so late at night?
Xiao Yan noticed Qing Lin's nervousness too. She smiled, signaling for her to relax. "Qing Lin, don't be nervous."
Qing Lin grew even more nervous.
"Ahem." Xiao Yan gave a slightly embarrassed cough. After all, she was not actually all that good at talking people through their problems.
Find an opening first.
Xiao Yan took a pendant out of her Storage Ring and offered it to Qing Lin. "Here, a little present for you."
[Step one: divert attention and take the initiative.]
Qing Lin instinctively wanted to refuse, but once she saw the pendant, the words of refusal would not leave her lips-
The pendant was not a gemstone or a piece of jade, but a... multicolored scale.
For some reason, Qing Lin felt an immense attraction to that seven-colored scale.
[Seven-Colored Snake Scale Pendant-Medusa limited edition]!
Did you think Xiao Yan had picked up that scale underground just to keep it and play with it herself? Think bigger!
Even if she wanted to use it as a "Band-Aid" or something, she would need a pair!
Besides, Xiao Yan's tastes were not quite that peculiar.
Seven-colored snake scales were strange scales that only appeared on Medusa's skin when she fought with all her strength.
These snake scales carried an intensely