Si Shuo's heart hammered in her chest. Face flushing, she turned away and took a small step back. "Whether I'm impressive or not isn't for you to say."
Xu Chi hummed in acknowledgment. "I'll protect you until Zhi Le finds us."
Now that the unspoken tension between them was out in the open, Si Shuo felt awkward all over. She lightly tapped her head. 'It must be that stinky bug grass.'
'Whether it's men and women or males and females, there's no such thing as a purely platonic friendship!'
'I thought too highly of Xu Chi, thinking he was above all this. How could a male like him have nothing but mating on his mind too?'
Just then, a Beastman called them to come out. Xu Chi followed behind Si Shuo, and they sat down by the campfire together.
