After settling Zuo Xiaonian back on the bed, Zuo Xiaoduo suddenly remembered something and hurriedly pulled out every mid-grade Star Soul Stone he had on hand in one go. He put one in her right hand, one in her left, one on her chest, and one over her dantian, even placing one against the sole of each foot.
When he lifted Zuo Xiaonian's slender feet to position the Star Soul Stones, he could only hold her little feet and lower them onto the stones, muttering, "I'm not doing this on purpose... once I've got them in place, I'll activate them and channel the energy into your body..."
"Hehehe..." With her soles being tickled, Zuo Xiaonian finally couldn't keep pretending to be unconscious. Unable to hold back her laughter, she scrambled up from the bed and chided him with a laugh, "Doggie, why are you tickling my feet?"
"I wasn't..."
Zuo Xiaoduo instinctively defended himself first, then froze on the spot. Only after a long while did he realize he had been tricked and ought to fly into a rage. Naturally, he went along with that and snapped furiously, "What are you doing? Is pretending to be unconscious to scare people that much fun? Don't you know people can scare each other to death? You're already this grown-up, so why are you still fooling around like this? Can't you be a little more mature?"
Although he was raging, even to his own ears he didn't sound remotely furious. Instead, there was a sense of ease, as though he had suddenly let out a breath of relief.
Oh, thank goodness! Thank goodness! Nian Nian Cat was all right! Thank goodness!
"Who... who was pretending to be unconscious?!"
At first, Zuo Xiaonian felt a little awkward and embarrassed, as though she had been