After a long, long time, Zuo Xiaonian finally stopped roaring with laughter, though she was already breathless from laughing, crystalline tears of mirth still clinging to the corners of her eyes. "Keep bragging... er, no, keep talking."
"..."
At this point, Zuo Xiaoduo felt wave after wave of listlessness, as though he were chewing wax. He looked helplessly at Zuo Xiaonian and rolled his eyes more than a dozen times in succession.
Now, he could not muster even a shred of enthusiasm for his original plan to brag to his heart's content.
"I know what you're trying to say, and I know even better what you're really trying so hard to prove."
Zuo Xiaonian stopped laughing and said softly, "You're bent on proving that you really can read faces, and that you're quite accomplished at it. You also saw through face-reading that I was about to break through. Most importantly, you also saw that I would be in danger, that I would face danger when breaking through my bottleneck-a life-and-death tribulation!"
"So over these past few days, whether directly or indirectly, you've been doing everything you can, leaving no means unused, to remind me that danger will descend on me when I break through, and that I must be careful, then more careful, cautious, then more cautious?"
Zuo Xiaonian's voice was very soft and gentle, yet it also carried an indescribable sense of oppression.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Zuo Xiaoduo nodded over and over like a chick pecking at grain, nearly snapping his neck. "Yes, yes, yes, that's exactly it! You understand all the pains I've taken now, right?"
Zuo Xiaonian narrowed her eyes and stared into space, murmuring, "Doggie, I believe you."
Zuo Xiaoduo smiled in relief. At last, someone was willing to acknowledge his unparalleled Physiognomy. But then he