Feng Guang was thinking of just pouncing on Xue Ran right there when her stomach growled at the most inopportune moment. She hadn't eaten anything, and her recent vomiting had brought it all back, leaving her stomach even emptier. She said pitifully, "I'm so hungry..."
Xue Ran found her pitiful appearance quite amusing, but since she was so hungry, he couldn't tease her. He could only cover it up with a light cough and handed her a paper packet, saying, "Eat."
"It's a steamed bun!" She took out a steamed bun, took a big bite, and said indistinctly, "I was wondering why there weren't any steamed buns in the kitchen. Turns out you took them."
“I guessed you would be hungry since you didn’t have dinner, so I went to the kitchen.”
"Xue Ran, how can you be so good to me?" She bit into the steamed bun in her hand, looking at him with great admiration, her eyes seemingly sparkling with stars.
As she stared intently at him, Xue Ran's face began to burn with embarrassment. "I noticed you weren't in your room, so I came out to look for you, but I never expected to witness you being arrested."
"And this mask of yours..."
"This is something I... borrowed from a young girl from the Tang Clan."
"Little girl, how little?"
When pressed for an answer, Xue Ran just smiled and said, "She's only six or seven years old."
Thinking back to how he had tricked the little girl out of her mask with a piece of osmanthus cake, Xue Ran couldn't help but feel that he had become quite childish. It wasn't that he was afraid of the Demonic Sect Leader seeing his true appearance; he just had a sudden thought: what interesting reaction would Feng Guang have if she saw a masked man descend from the sky to save her? Would she also say, "I will repay your life-saving grace with my body"?
Looking back now, what did he do that made him seem like such a young kid?
When Feng Guang heard that the little girl was only six or seven years old, she laughed more happily than anything else. She grabbed his hand and said, "Let's start finding our way out now."
"Mmm." Xue Ran took her hand, and the two walked deeper into the cave.
Gradually, the sound of water dripping on the stone could be heard. The Tang Clan's mechanical skills have always been regarded as the best in the martial arts world, and the Tang Clan's secret chamber is a forbidden area. One can imagine how many traps and mechanisms are hidden here.
Feng Guang followed Xue Ran warily, her nerves on edge. Suddenly, Xue Ran pulled out a drawing. She paused for a moment and asked, "What is this?"
"The map to the Tang Clan's secret chamber was given to me by Senior Sun."
"...Why didn't you say you had a map sooner?" You made her worry for nothing!
Xue Ran said seriously, "You didn't ask me."
This conversation suddenly reminded her of the conversation she had with Shan Ya in the bamboo forest that day. It would be fine if one person said it, but when two people said it, she couldn't help but wonder if there was really something wrong with her.
She fell silent, but Xue Ran wasn't used to it; he was used to her chattering. "What are you thinking about?"
She casually replied, "I was thinking about how beautiful you are."
"Mm." He nodded and continued to hold her hand as they walked forward.
Feng Guang's eyes widened, and his reaction was just an "hmm," and that was it! In the past, whenever she said he was handsome, he would look like a little wife who had been teased. She even had the illusion that she was a lecher. But thinking about it carefully, recently, he has become more and more calm in response to her occasional verbal flirting, and sometimes he can even flirt back.
When someone tells you you're good-looking, and you can admit it without blushing or skipping a beat, it seems a bit narcissistic.
Feng Guang felt as if he had discovered some hidden attribute of Xue Ran.
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