Of course, she knew that he was deliberately teasing her. “Honglei isn’t my private property. I can’t use her as a bargaining chip,” she said lightly.

“I’m not asking you to give her to me in that way. I just don’t want you to stop us from getting together.” He’d seen too many TV shows where annoying clan leaders would get in the way of the male and female leads, and did not want to go through the same thing.

Yun Jianyue was completely bowled over. “You two are already in such a deep relationship with each other?”

She couldn’t believe what she was hearing. It appeared that she hadn’t paid enough attention to her disciple lately. She hadn’t expected her to fall for a man without her noticing.

Zu An stuck out his chest. “A man like me—suave, valiant, confident, distinguished, and accomplished… a man among men. What’s so wrong about her falling for someone like that?”

Yun Jianyue was left speechless by his string of adjectives.

She had a strong urge to pick up the pillow...