He was somewhat at a loss, like a child caught stealing sweets.
And so the whole scene fell quiet.
Outside the window, wind rustled through the leaves, while the air inside the room seemed to have frozen.
Su Su blushed and kept her head lowered, looking up at neither Cui Jiuyang nor Li Mingyue.
Her eyes stayed fixed on the tips of her shoes, her long lashes trembling softly like fluttering butterfly wings.
Li Mingyue leaned against the doorframe with the hint of a smile, shot Cui Jiuyang a fierce look, then studied Bai Susu with interest.
She folded her arms, a teasing smile at the corners of her mouth. Her gaze moved between the two of them several times, making Cui Jiuyang all the more embarrassed.
Cui Jiuyang looked at Su Su, then turned to look at Li Mingyue. After looking back and forth three or four times, he kept urging himself to think of something, to say something that would ease the situation.
But the more anxious he became, the blanker his mind grew. His usual quick wit had flown off somewhere.
He opened his mouth, but could not get a single word out for a long time.
Only after quite a while did he remember that he ought to introduce them. It was a lifesaver!
He hurriedly took Su Su by the hand and helped her stand. "Su Su, this is my senior sister, Li Mingyue.
"After leaving the Capital, I went Beyond the Pass, where I met Senior Sister. Later, we came here to Southern Heaven. She took care of me all along the way.
"She comes from Full Moon Pool in the Greater Khingan Range. That should count as a prestigious, orthodox lineage among you demons, shouldn't it? You can call her Senior Sister, just