Yun Shu covered her lips with a dainty laugh. "Me? Frighten? I'm harmless, Place Lord. Perhaps he just doesn't like chatter."
Her words were easy, her tone playful. But beneath the veil of her smile, her heart drummed steadily.
He suspected. She could feel it in the way his gaze lingered a moment too long, in the slight tightening of his jaw. He wasn't convinced by her disguise. Not fully.
But he had no proof.
Because Yun Shu's cultivation far exceeded his own, her spiritual sense was so vast and sharp that even his bond with the fox couldn't pierce her veil. He could only sense the edges of something unusual, the hint of something deeper.
And that was not enough.
As they continued walking, silence stretched between them. Yun Shu kept up her chatter, but inside, she weighed her situation carefully. 'Ugh! My baby is so smart now. Too smart! If I slip even once, he'll connect it all.'
