A giggle was right there, hovering on the edge of the snowy cub's lips.
Bai Yue held her breath, her heart soaring into her throat. I'm doing it! I'm actually doing it! He's going to smile!
SWOOSH! The heavy hide curtain at the entrance of the hut was violently flung aside, letting in a blinding, aggressive shaft of midday sunlight.
"I cannot believe her! The absolute, unmitigated, celestial audacity!"
Cāng Jì bellowed at the top of his lungs, marching into the hut and throwing his hands dramatically into the air. His heavy golden robes swished aggressively, kicking up a cloud of dust from the dirt floor.
Ruì Xuě flinched violently.
The tiny, precious, world-saving smile instantly vanished, replaced immediately by his usual wide-eyed, terrified stare.
The cub shrank backward with a pathetic little whimper, burying his little nose completely beneath his fluffy tail, turning himself into a tight, inaccessible ball of snowy fur.
Bai Yue slowly closed her eyes.
