Fighting Soul Clan Demoness

Chapter 322 The Hollow Man
As the breeze blew, Xun'er's body became stiff and gray, as if it would burn out and turn into snow-white ash in the next moment.

Brother Xiao Yan didn't praise me?

I've been meticulously managing the Demon Palace, even resolving most of the issues with the old men who were challenging me. But why, why?
Brother Xiao Yan is actually looking down on me?!

No, Brother Xiao Yan was not like this before. If it was in Wutan City, he would definitely praise me.
Xun'er couldn't help but shake her head as thoughts kept popping up in her mind. The golden fire in her pupils burned brighter and brighter. Finally, she locked her sights on the only variable.
"That woman. Brother Xiao Yan wouldn't despise me. That woman must have drugged him with some kind of magic potion!"

Just as Xun'er was getting more and more confused, there was a crisp collision sound suddenly coming from the girl's smooth eyebrows.

"Boom!"

"Ouch!"

With a cry of pain, Xun'er covered her head with her hands in grievance, then squatted down.

Blowing air at the finger that had hit her head, Xiao Yan glared at her and said in a fake lecture:

"I told you to be polite, why do you forget it so quickly?"

"I"

"Little girl, I don't know what's going on in your head every day. How come everything you say is related to your sister Ruoruo?"

Rubbing his swollen brow helplessly, Xiao Yan said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "Isn't she good enough to you? Where does such hostility come from?"

"But, but, Brother Xiao Yan is clearly the hands-off boss, and I'm the one running around all the time. It's fine if you don't praise me, but why are you questioning me?"

Xun'er rarely showed her stubbornness in front of Xiao Yan, and said unconvincedly, "Wasn't it that woman who instigated it?"

Seeing this, Xiao Yan sighed. Instead of being annoyed, he happily picked up the grass roots on the ground and swung them back and forth in front of the little girl's nose, looking like he was teasing a child.

Feeling an itch at the tip of her nose, Xun'er's frown relaxed a little, but she was unwilling to give in. She could only angrily slap the troublesome grass roots away and said:

"Xun'er is no longer a child! These tricks won't work!"

"Yes, Xun'er is no longer a child."

Sighing, Xiao Yan threw the grass roots aside and said with a smile: "Since Xun'er is no longer a child, don't you understand whether what brother said just now is meant to dislike you?"

"This"

Perhaps because she was used to staying with Xiao Yan as a child, Xun'er also inherited his stubborn nature and would only give in to soft words and not to hard ones. Now that Xiao Yan had comforted her, she naturally no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to pester him.

"Brother Xiao Yan, why do you suddenly ask this?"

After a long silence, Xun'er hugged her knees and suddenly asked in a depressed tone.

"Does a brother need any other reason to care about his sister?"

Xiao Yan shrugged as if it was a matter of course.

Brother cares about his sister
Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Xun'er couldn't tell whether she was happy or angry. She could only shake her hair and whispered:
"Xun'er helped Brother Xiao Yan take care of the Demon Palace, and now they are all very respectful to you."

"I know, Xun'er, the Demon Palace is developing so fast now, and it must be you who has made great contributions." Xiao Yan praised her at first, but then changed the subject and shook his head, saying, "But this is not your business."

Seeing that Xiao Yan could not agree on the official business, Xun'er pondered and finally had an idea and said:
"Xun'er knows that Brother Xiao Yan is busy, so she took advantage of the holiday to secretly clean up your room!"

“Isn’t this still about me?”

Xiao Yan laughed and said, "I'm referring to your business, your own business, silly girl."

This time, Xun'er was completely stumped.

Not to mention that Xiao Yan had already returned to Canaan Academy, even during the two years when he had been absent from school, Xun'er had praised Xiao Yan to everyone and everything in her daily life, making the entire outer courtyard familiar with the glorious deeds of 'Brother Xiao Yan'.

But if she really wanted to talk about her own affairs, let alone dealing with other students, even her relationship with instructor Ruolin was mostly just to help Xiao Yan get a place in the selection competition.

"I want to go shopping with Brother Xiao Yan, does that count?"

Xun'er stopped talking abruptly after seeing Xiao Yan seriously shaking his head.

She also knew that this was not her business.

Seeing Xun'er's slightly confused expression, Xiao Yan felt a vague sense of heaviness in his heart.

In fact, he had doubts about this as early as in Wutan City -

To outsiders, Xun'er's identity is mysterious, and her aloof personality makes her seem distant. She only shows some basic courtesy on the surface, and almost has "Keep Out" written on her face.

But Xiao Yan knew that this little girl didn't seem to have anything else important to do except hanging around him, not at all.

She seemed to not care about her cultivation, goals, or relationships with others. Even if we put aside their experiences together, Xiao Yan simply couldn't regard her as a normal seventeen-year-old girl.

After all, even Ruoruo, whose soul has been eroded, still has many hobbies and interests of her own.
After a long silence, Xiao Yan took the initiative to open the conversation.

"Nizi, I'm naturally very happy that you're willing to help me manage my power, but you also have to have your own things and life."

"I'm not saying this is bad. When you were little, you were always obsessed with me, but you're grown up now. You can't just think about your brother all the time."

Seeing that Xun'er was still unconvinced, Xiao Yan simply squatted down, rubbed her head, and said:

"Xun'er, the power behind you must be very strong, right? Perhaps the once-small Xiao family, or even the Canaan Academy, now known as the strongest in the Northwest, are not taken seriously by you. But while power can protect you from the elements, Xun'er still needs to have her own opinions, right?"

".I see."

After listening to Xiao Yan's words quietly, Xun'er stood up and forced a smile.
"Thank you, Brother Xiao Yan. Xun'er will find something to do on her own!"

Noticing Xun'er's lips oozing blood from biting them so tightly, Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Was he speaking too harshly?

But thinking back to Xiao Ding's past actions, Xiao Yan had no choice but to suppress his concern. He patted Xun'er on the shoulder and said no more.

An elder brother is like a father, maybe that's the truth?
A slightly strange thought flashed through his mind, but Xiao Yan casually dispelled it, then watched Xun'er say goodbye to him and flee into the distance.

However, in a place that neither Xiao Yan nor Xun'er noticed, the bloodstain on the corner of the girl's lips was shining slightly with a colorful halo under the sunlight.
　The higher the bloodline, the less emotion one has.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)