"What nonsense are you talking? What kind of person do you take me for?"

Xiao Yanxi was a little angry.

Ning Chen rubbed his nose and laughed. "I'm kidding, don't be mad... But you really are acting strange. Your face is so red. You don't have a fever, do you?"

As he spoke, Ning Chen reached out and felt Xiao Yanxi's forehead.

A fever was no small thing. It had nearly cost him his life.

Xiao Yanxi stiffened. She was about to slap his hand away when she saw him feel his own forehead and mutter, "No fever!"

Xiao Yanxi said quickly, "I'm really fine. It's just too hot and stuffy in here."

Ning Chen said, "Oh." But he still felt something about her was off.

Xiao Yanxi seized the chance to change the subject. "Did you need something?"

Only then did Ning Chen remember why he'd come. "Have you heard of Mirror Moon Fort?"

Xiao Yanxi nodded. "Yes. It's a power in the jianghu. Why do you ask?"

"There's someone at Mirror Moon Fort called Hua Linglong. Do you know her?"

Xiao Yanxi went rigid, looking panicked. "You—you know about it? I don't like women. Hua Linglong doesn't know I'm a woman, that's the only reason she likes me. I—I really don't like women..."

Ning Chen froze. What on earth was she talking about?

No, wait—there was gossip here... Ning Chen's eyes lit up.

"Little Xixi, you're saying Hua Linglong likes you?"

Now it was Xiao Yanxi's turn to freeze. She stared at him, stunned. "You—that's not what you were going to ask me about?"

"I was just asking whether you knew Hua Linglong... Looks like there's a story between you two?"

Xiao Yanxi waved her hands frantically. "No, no... It's not what you think."

Ning Chen asked curiously, "Then what is it?"

Xiao Yanxi said, a little embarrassed, "It's just that Hua Linglong doesn't know I'm a woman, and she keeps chasing after me... Wait, why are you suddenly asking about Hua Linglong?"

Ning Chen couldn't help laughing. He pinched Xiao Yanxi's cheek. "My Little Xixi is just…