To any onlooker, she looked like a loyal disciple about to be separated from her savior. To Bai Yunxian, she looked like a particularly pathetic puppy that had just watched its favorite bone get tossed into a river.
"Since the exam is for the students and younger generation," she sighed, clutching her hands over her heart.
She looked up at him, her eyes brimming with a suspiciously watery sheen. "Will you even remember the 'weak girl' who tried so hard to protect you from those nasty perverts? Or will the glory of the rankings wash away the memory of our shared campfire?"
[Ding~ Host, your acting is so thick I could spread it on toast. 10/10 for the 'Sad Puppy' aesthetic. The Male Lead's 'Disgust Meter' is fighting with his 'Amusement Meter.']
Bai Yunxian looked down at her. His silver eyes searched hers, looking for the flicker of the "Lord Yun" he knew, or perhaps the hidden expert he had glimpsed in the clearing.
