Orange Fufu still hadn’t seen that villain, and she was feeling uneasy.
With the Tiger-Taming Bell in hand, what if that bad guy caused trouble and managed to escape from the Public Security Bureau?
She was getting anxious.
“Jiang Suan, tell Fufu quickly!”
“…”
Ling covered her face in silence, unable to suppress the smile tugging at her lips.
Her eldest senior sister really was adorable and completely airheaded.
Perhaps it was better that she didn’t know.
Jiang Suan sighed helplessly.
“You’re just like your master was when she was little—silly.”
“I…
Fufu isn’t silly!”
“Only fools say they aren’t fools.
Let me ask you: how many Tiger Thiren were in Sui-Bian Temple just now?”
“Two tigers!
What about it?”
Orange Fufu puffed out her cheeks.
She wasn’t airheaded!
What was wrong with there being two Tiger Thiren?
That hateful Jiang Suan had better tell her!
But the answer had been right in front of her all along.
Jiang Suan looked at the little dummy with pity and decided to let her “die knowing.” He immediately opened his phone and played back the spare recording.
[Master Xuanhuang, we’ll do this first, then that, and then we can go ‘hehehe’ with Orange Fufu…]
Two familiar voices drifted out.
Orange Fufu’s eyes widened instantly.
Then came Xuanhuang’s voice, chatting about how he had hunted his own Tiger Thiren kin.
The truth was laid bare!
“Foolish child, do you still not realize?”
“You’ve been played!”
“I told you that you were silly, but you didn’t believe me…”
Jiang Suan’s words were brutal, but in reality, he didn’t slap her.
Instead, he gently rubbed the little tiger’s head.
Beating Ling to the punch, he lightly pulled Orange Fufu into a hug.
“That’s right…
his target was you.
I lured him here on purpose.
Since I took your divination fee, I have to take responsibility for you.”
“Don’t be sad.
The bad guy has already been arrested.”
“If you want to cry, feel free to cry in my arms~”
“…”
It took a long time for Orange Fufu to recover.
The culprit was actually that Xuanhuang, who had been chatting and laughing with her.
She…
she almost couldn’t believe it.
She was the only one kept in the dark.
Was Jiang Suan protecting her?
“I thought you would have figured it out.
My mistake.”
Orange Fufu shuddered again.
So Jiang Suan had been so considerate of her, wanting her to settle the score herself, but she was too stupid to notice?
She had let him down.
The little tiger couldn’t help but sniffle, her eyes reddening.
She wasn’t crying for Jiang Suan, but because she thought of the countless fallen kin and the fate of the Tiger Thiren.
Now, it was finally settled.
“Jiang Suan…
I’m sorry.”
You cooperated perfectly.
We sent him to the Public Security Bureau in one smooth motion with zero casualties, didn’t we?”
“Don’t cry…
isn’t this a good thing?”
Jiang Suan couldn’t stand to see girls cry.
It gave him a sense of guilt; he was just teasing the little tiger, she shouldn’t look like she’d been bullied.
She was…
a bit too cute!
It almost made him want to bully her more.
He ruffled Orange Fufu’s hair.
*Smile for me, kid.*
“Fufu knows!
I’m not crying!
Fufu is a mighty big tiger…”
“Mm-hmm, a big tiger.
Rawr.”
Seeing her sniffle and try to act tough, Jiang Suan ultimately chose to coax the child and stopped teasing her.
For some reason{, Orange Fufu felt that the person in front of her felt a lot like her master.
“Jiang Suan, you’re amazing!”
“Just like Master—every move calculated perfectly~”
This was roughly the highest praise Orange Fufu could think of.
Her eyes instantly lit up as she looked at Jiang Suan with admiration, regardless of the process…
Anyway, as long as the result was good, it was fine.
Thinking back, the acting with Xuanhuang had felt so real.
It turns out the script was a real script!
Hehe…
Orange Fufu beamed, a tear splashing down before she wiped it away, her mood suddenly leaping back to joy.
“Too much praise, too much praise.”
Jiang Suan believed he still wasn’t as capable as Yi Xuan.
He simply happened to know the script and went with the flow.
But truth be told…
This little loli was soft and squishy to hold.
Not bad?
As the “warm man” hugged Orange Fufu, Ling felt like a useless junior sister, frozen in place.
Her brain worked at light speed.
Strange, so strange…
Usually, she was the one to resolve incidents.
In a moment like this, shouldn’t she be the one going up to hug and comfort Senior Sister Fufu?
Why was this guy usurping her position?
Ugh…
Ling was jealous.
Men and women should not touch!
He dared to hug Senior Sister just after meeting her; what would he do in the future?
Seeing the slightly jealous little Ling, Jiang Suan couldn’t help but tease her.
With Ye Shiyuan and Yi Xuan both absent, it was the perfect opportunity.
“What’s wrong, Ling?
Do you want a hug too?”
Jiang Suan was just joking, but Ling took it as a provocation.
She snatched the eldest senior sister away from Jiang Suan’s arms.
“Senior Sister Fufu, ahem…”
“Oh…
um, sorry!
Fufu couldn’t help herself for a moment!”
Orange Fufu bowed ninety degrees to apologize to Jiang Suan.
Ling was shocked.
*Senior Sister, he’s the one hugging you and taking advantage of you, why are you apologizing to him!*
You can’t be this clingy.
Ling’s lips twitched.
She forcibly dragged Jiang Suan to the side and whispered secretly in his ear.
“Even though you’ve proven your words were true, you’re not allowed to have designs on Senior Sister Fufu.
Loliconism is forbidden!”
“Pfft…
she’s too small.
I prefer them a bit older.”
“???”
What does that mean!?
Ling’s face flushed crimson.
She didn’t want to know Jiang Suan’s preferences, but by that logic, didn’t Master fit perfectly?
Whether he was talking about age or…
something else…
“So, what exactly did you do to Master last night?”
“Want to know?”
“Your master is one thing, but if you want to know, you’ll have to pay.
A fair trade, no cheating the young or old.”
Ling’s mouth hung open for a long time.
She pointed at Jiang Suan for several seconds, unable to squeeze out a single word.
Pay?
No way.
Master paid him?
For what!?
“You’re teasing me, aren’t you?”
“Who knows?
Why don’t you just go ask Yi Xuan if she feels ‘comfortable’?
But let me tell you beforehand, I’m very expensive, little girl.”
Ling stood there like a wooden chicken.
Meanwhile, atop the eaves above her head, the Qingming Bird began to emit steam from its crown.
How could he speak so ambiguously?
The senior was truly improper!
However, it *had* been comfortable.
Since the fall of the Old Capital, Yi Xuan had not slept so peacefully in a very, very long time.
Restoring the sect, training disciples, suppressing Hollows, navigating various political waters…
She was the thirteenth generation sect leader of Yun Kui Mountain.
Anyone else could be weak or negligent, but she could not reveal a single flaw.
But from now on, she could at least be a bit more relaxed around the senior.
After all, she couldn’t beat him.
She had no choice.
The Qingming Bird’s gaze grew a bit more tender, and a bit more shy.
The phrase “prefer them older” sounded a bit too blunt to her.
But she wasn’t a child.
She understood a man’s preferences well enough.
What could be done?
It could be considered as having a handle on the senior; the senior really was just a man.
Not an immortal!
In one Taoist temple, three women were staring straight at Jiang Suan.
Orange Fufu wagged her tail excitedly, wanting to eavesdrop, but she was shut out.
She unhappy pushed her way in.
A junior sister should listen to her senior sister.
“Jiang Suan, ahem…
I haven’t had the chance to thank you yet.
What do you want to eat?
Fufu will treat you to a meal at the Tea Immortal Restaurant, okay?”