Chapter 875

"Following him means you'll always live in hiding, fleeing from assassins. Your talent is exceptional—staying with someone I can defeat with one hand—don't you feel you're wasting yourself?"

Xiao Mei never gave up trying to persuade Bai, because Zai Bu Zhan had said that if Bai agreed, she could take him anytime; compared to fulfilling Zai Bu Zhan's demand, this option suited her better—but she never expected it would take so long.

Bai's stubbornness, in some ways, was truly like her own; Xiao Mei grew even more eager to have this snowlike girl by her side.

Watching the other enter the safehouse, the vast forest, save for the summer insects' chirping, seemed to hold only the faintest breeze whispering through the leaves; Xiao Mei lightly raised her hand, and the air, still warm from the day's sun, rapidly cooled—soon, a layer of white frost clad the ground and plants in silver.

"Eavesdropping is very impolite, and you're nothing like those Leaf Anbu."

Xiao Mei stared at a corner; she was certain someone was there.

Seeing no movement from that spot, Xiao Mei had planned to use Ice Release to force the person out—she already knew who it was; they were acquaintances, no need to kill.

"Oh, good evening—I just came out for some air, and uh… big sister, what do you mean? Xiao Jue doesn't understand at all?" The discovered Xiao Jue, seeing the frost now reaching her feet, had no choice but to step out from the shadow of the tree and stand before Xiao Mei, looking pitifully helpless.

"You haven't even changed your name—should I call that confidence, or do you think everyone's a fool?"