"That'll have to wait until next time."
He reached out and gently rubbed Shen Gu Mirai's flushing face, then said, "I should head home now, and you should too after you're done shopping."
"...Okay." Feeling the affectionate gesture, Shen Gu Mirai awkwardly scratched her head and took two steps back, "I'm off then, Mr. Temple."
"Mhm." Beichuan Si waved at her, "See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow." Shen Gu Mirai quickly readjusted her mindset, flashed a brilliant smile at Beichuan Si, and turned on her heel at lightning speed, trotting toward Magong Mall.
However...
In Beichuan Si's view, the blush on her ears had yet to fade.
In the setting sun, it glowed like flames...
"What in the world am I thinking!" Shen Gu Mirai slapped her own face.
Ten minutes had passed since she left Beichuan Si, yet the burning sensation on her face lingered.
There was no helping it.
Now that she thought carefully about what she had said earlier—it was just too embarrassing.
