Chapter 134: Pride Wounded

Upon hearing Ji Tianxin’s reply, Si Han’s face lit up with joy, his entire demeanor radiating a bright, youthful spirit.

He rummaged through his pockets for a long moment before finally pulling out a jade pendant, which he promptly pressed into Ji Tianxin’s hand.

"Keep this. As long as you present this token, you may freely enter and exit any part of the Snowy Realm in the future, and you can come find me there as well." Si Han spoke with such excitement that it seemed he wished Ji Tianxin would set off for the Snowy Realm this very instant.

Ji Tianxin looked at the pendant in her hand and nodded. "Alright."

Si Han was happy, yet seeing how easily she seemed to be taken in, he felt a twinge of unease.

He straightened his face, assuming a serious expression. "Little Tianxin, it’s a good thing I’m a decent person. If you were to run into a villain, you’d be easily abducted like this. You really shouldn't trust people so readily in the future," he cautioned earnestly.

Ji Tianxin looked at him and gave a single, sincere word in response: "Oh."

Si Han was, by now, accustomed to Ji Tianxin’s brevity.

"Mm," he replied, nodding his head vigorously in complete agreement.

"However..." Ji Tianxin began slowly.

"However what?" Si Han urged.

Ji Tianxin asked, "When you say things like that, don't you blush?" Surely, most people would blush when saying such things.

Si Han fell silent.

Ji Tianxin had only asked out of idle curiosity. When she saw the gloomy, dejected expression on Si Han’s face, she pursed her pink lips and fell silent.

It seemed... she had wounded his pride?

Su Qing couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. Her mistress’s cultivation was growing more formidable by the day, and it seemed her talent for infuriating people was advancing just as quickly.

Yet, this young man had it coming, didn't he? Looking at them, he seemed more like the one trying to abduct her mistress.

"You are a good person," Ji Tianxin said, offering a word of comfort by repeating his own claim.

Si Han usually considered himself thick-skinned, but for some reason, in front of this girl, his defenses felt as though they had been stripped away. Hearing her call him a good person sounded strangely awkward.

"I will keep the pendant. I will go to the Snowy Realm when I have the chance," Ji Tianxin said calmly.

"Then it’s a deal!" Si Han beamed, his smile returning. "Come, let’s pinky swear."

Afraid she might change her mind, he took her small hand and hooked his pinky finger around her short, dainty one.

Ji Tianxin watched as their fingers were linked; she offered no resistance and allowed herself to be forced into the promise.

"Good, it’s settled!" Si Han said, pressing his thumb against hers to seal the vow with a joyful laugh.

Ji Tianxin tilted her head slightly and curled the corners of her lips. "Good."

The playful glint in her eyes as she tilted her petite, adorable face softened Si Han’s heart completely.

Why didn't he have a sister as well-behaved and cute as this? Even if she were frail and small, he could protect her!

Ah, it was always someone else's little girl who was so endearing!

"By the way, you must be careful. Those people from before are still looking for you. Their target is that little ferocious beast of yours. You’d best return to your family or wherever your kin are. That way, someone will be there to protect you... How about I take you back? Where does your family live?" Si Han suddenly realized he could simply escort her home. He felt truly uneasy leaving such a small, delicate child to fend for herself.

Those people were cold-blooded killers, and if a conflict were to arise, he feared they would not even spare a child.