Helian Yi's long, slender fingers gently stroked the little girl's pert nose, his gentle, jade-like face filled with tender affection.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Come on, tell your brother why you went to see He... cough, why you went to see Father, hmm?"

He hadn't forgotten what Hui Meiren had just said; he had clearly made an agreement with the girl last night.

I came to visit her this morning, and what did she do? Not only did she not take what I said to heart, but she also went to find Helian Nie first thing in the morning.

It really is unpleasant.

"Because Sisi is going to deliver candy to Father Emperor!..."

Helian Si was consumed by regret at how he could have forgotten such a stunningly handsome man as Wenren Yu.

Without noticing the displeasure in Helian Yi's words, he blurted out a string of truths.

The words had barely left his mouth when he felt the surrounding air pressure drop sharply. Looking up, he saw Helian Yi's dark, increasingly sinister eyes.

His heart skipped a beat. Remembering the character relationships he had initially envisioned, Helian Si abruptly covered his mouth with his two small hands.

On her rosy little face, her grape-like, moist eyes blinked incessantly with guilt, and she stammered as she spoke.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, well, Sisi can explain it, really, really."

The little girl's extremely guilty appearance only made Helian Yi feel both angry and amused.

Not wanting the little girl to be afraid of him in the future, Helian Yi sighed softly to himself, closed his eyes briefly to suppress the sinister look in his dark pupils.

When he opened his eyes again, the dark, sinister look in his eyes was gone. He reached out and rubbed the little girl's head in his arms. "Well, Sisi will explain. Your Majesty, listen."

Helian Si was stunned.

Oh? You really need to explain?

Shouldn't someone just say "never mind" at this point?

Waaah, okay, she admits it, she confesses, she's just a biased mother who only wants to give candy to her baby.

But when he met Helian Yi's dark, captivating eyes, Helian Si silently swallowed the words he was about to say.

Oh no, no, how can she not see the handsome boy as a handsome boy!

That's wrong!

Helian Si's grape-like eyes darted around, his little head working at lightning speed.

"Well... because, because Master taught me that good things should be shared, and I think Master is right, so I shared the candy with Father."

"Yes, that's exactly it!"

The more Helian Si talked, the more reasonable it seemed to him, until he even started to believe it himself.

Tsk tsk tsk, she's such a clever little devil!

A smile crossed Helian Yi's gentle and refined face. He couldn't help it; the little girl's nonsensical yet serious demeanor was simply too amusing.

My initial unpleasant mood dissipated considerably because of the little girl's amusing appearance.

He couldn't resist reaching out and pinching the little girl's soft, pink cheeks again. "So, how many pieces did Sisi share with Father Emperor, hmm?"

"Three... Ah, no, no, no, one piece, we divided it up."

Helian Si, whose cheeks were being pinched like cotton by her handsome older brother, suddenly felt like she didn't want to be human anymore.

However, faced with Helian Yi's handsome face, which, though still youthful, was gradually taking shape, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

Waaaaah, life is tough! This is just a sigh from someone obsessed with good looks. *sobs*