Downtown Milan · Aman Milan Hotel.
Splash, splash-
Clear water poured out. Xia Xiu lowered his head and immersed his palms in it. As he bent down, his blond hair hung gently on either side of his cheeks, gleaming like sunlight. Water droplets danced between his palms, like countless sparkling little diamonds.
Then the blond young man cupped the water and splashed it onto his face, wetting his finely sculpted features. Under the running water, his eyes narrowed slightly, crystalline droplets clinging to his long lashes, and his nose looked even straighter.
"Ow~ That hurts! Why did you hit me as soon as you woke up? Being grumpy in the morning is a very bad habit!"
The purple-haired woman standing beside him in the washroom pouted in displeasure as she watched the blond young man in front of the mirror.
Before the mirror, Xia Xiu kept his head lowered, gently wiping his face with both hands, his fingers massaging softly but firmly. After washing for a while, he slowly raised his head, water dripping down his cheeks. The assorted drawings that had covered his face had now been washed clean.
"Drawing on someone's face while they're asleep isn't a good habit either."
Xia Xiu rolled his eyes at [Hope] in the mirror, then reached out to turn off the tap. He picked up a towel beside him and gently dried his face, restoring its sculpted features to their usual handsomeness.
"Ahahaha... Ah, didn't you defeat Atlif? Why haven't any balls of light come looking for me this time?"
With Xia Xiu exposing her little prank to her face, [Hope] immediately gave an awkward smile, but she quickly changed the subject.
"You mean evolution?" Xia Xiu draped the towel around his neck, then brushed back the damp blond strands on his