Taking advantage of his distraction, Xingyu wrenched herself free from his grasp. She darted behind Lin Yunxiu, clutching at his waistband as she hung her head, looking pitiful. "Senior Brother Yunxiu," she said, "Geng Ming is bullying me just because his cultivation is higher than mine. He even spoke ill of you."
Geng Ming cast his eyes down at his empty palm. He felt a swelling sensation in his chest, as if molten lead had been poured inside, weighing heavily as it sank.
With a sense of self-inflicted agony, he watched Lin Yunxiu reach out to soothe Xingyu by patting her head. Xingyu tilted her chin up, gazing at him with sparkling eyes. As she was petted, she closed her eyes with an endearing, soft submissiveness, then tilted her head, listening to his words with rapt attention.
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