Chapter 189

Xingyu muttered under her breath, "So annoying." Though her voice was low, the two were standing so close that Yuexiang heard her perfectly. For a split second, the smile on his face dimmed significantly. Xingyu gave him a provocative blink. He watched her face calmly, showing no signs of anger; he simply shed the focused, affectionate expression he had been wearing for the performance and said, "Let’s run through it one more time." "Fine," Xingyu grumbled, looking dissatisfied. She pulled her hand away, turned, and headed back toward the starting point without looking back. Her skirt, which barely reached her knees, fluttered against her light crimson thighs with every step, and the heels of her blue strapped pumps clicked crisply against the cold, hard floor. In this moment, her demeanor perfectly mirrored the character she was portraying.