At the same time, the vines behind him visibly retracted.
"What's wrong, kiddo? Done already? This isn't your true strength, you know~"
Su Mei brushed her short bangs aside, lifted a shapely, slender leg, toes pointed down, and provocatively tapped the young man's Formless Sword Body.
"Martial Uncle Su, no!"
"This can't go on! You're Wanning's Master and my Martial Uncle! People shouldn't—no, they absolutely mustn't!"
"Wanning is a good girl! We mustn't wrong her!"
Lin Xiao clenched his jaw and covered his face with his hands, an unprecedented wave of shame washing over him.
"Hmph."
A playful smirk touched Su Mei's alluring, fox-like face. "Weren't you working quite hard just now? What's this? Trying to act all virtuous with your big sis now?"
"What happened earlier..."
Upon mentioning it, Lin Xiao grew resentful. "Weren't you the one who used our relationship to coerce me?"
"If I'd known, I never would have gone to the Book Pavilion!"
