"Did you say that for my benefit on purpose?"
Only after Feng An watched Ye Fei coax Little Brat into a bout of tears, then watched Long Heng go home to sleep, did he appear beside Ye Fei.
"I was saying it to myself. It's not like I could control you showing up there."
Standing outside his courtyard, Ye Fei looked at Feng An, who was overthinking things again, and offered a somewhat helpless explanation.
He had not deliberately said it for anyone to hear. It was just the New Year, and seeing the concern between those brothers had stirred his feelings a little.
As for Feng An...
He had gone to Long Heng's doorstep himself to eavesdrop, and now he had complaints?
"What, do you feel Psychological Pressure too?"
Feng An looked up at the Phoenix Tree, then continued discussing certain topics with Ye Fei.
Ye Fei had always been optimistic, and his sudden pensiveness had even gotten the tree worried.
"Of course. Look, I'm so weak, and I've only made it this far because luck protects me. If one day you no longer owed me anything, you could slaughter me whenever you found me boring. How could I not feel pressured..."
Ye Fei smiled and told Feng An quite bluntly that this was currently his greatest source of pressure.
Still, he really was no longer afraid now. When even Long Heng had been dragged over from another region to take the brunt of a disaster while Feng An could only watch helplessly, much of a certain fear in his heart had already dissipated.
"I'll never finish repaying it, so I can't possibly kill you. Other players are another matter, though. To make sure there's more fun in the future, I've found you plenty of Debt Contacts. If you