Xiao Hua did not know whether to laugh or cry as he looked at the girl before him, who did not even reach his chest. Her face still bore traces of childishness, while her eyes held flickers of enthusiasm. He hurriedly waved his hands. "Little Fellow Daoist Cai, you are mistaken. The person in Fellow Daoist Cai's heart..."
At this point, Xiao Hua hurriedly stopped himself. Li Zongbao's affairs concerned the Joyful Sect's reputation—how could he speak of them? Besides... Li Zongbao and Cai Zhuoxia's affair had already vanished like ashes scattered in the wind with Cai Zhuoxia's passing. He absolutely could not spout nonsense!
"Eh? Isn't it Fellow Daoist Xiao? Could there be some other handsome talent?" Cai Mingxia blinked her large eyes in surprise.
"Him? He is merely a Rogue Cultivator. Even if the eldest young lady were willing, the family head would never agree!" Cai Mingsong curled his lip disdainfully from the side.
"Uncle Mingsong, dual cultivation is a matter for the eldest sister's direct line. How can we of the collateral line speak too much about it? Seeing Fellow Daoist Xiao so slender and graceful, perhaps the family head might even nod in approval!" Though Cai Mingxia was young, she understood quite a lot. She spoke to Cai Mingsong like an adult.
Xiao Hua, standing nearby, truly could not bear it any longer. He hurriedly waved his hands. "Little Fellow Daoist Cai, 'slender and graceful' is... probably used to describe female cultivators, isn't it?"
"Fellow Daoist Xiao is so thin and tall, truly graceful as jade. I think you are more suited to the word 'graceful' than anyone else!" Cai Mingxia explained with utter seriousness.
"This..." Xiao Hua opened his mouth but found himself speechless, not knowing what else to say. Just as he was feeling