Reverse mechanism.

Li Xue's ambers teased his greys slightly, knowing the games at which she was challenging him. "It was simple. How could you not guess?" Her words merely whispered but to him, she knew it was loud enough to silence everything else around.

"You are …" Feng Shufen started, ready to loosen his grip over her but Li Xue pressed herself still, willingly keeping herself into his grasp

"… playing with fire. I know. But do you know not every burn from the fire is worth regretting?" She added, halfway completing his intended words while with the other half, declaring her fearlessness. At her words, she saw his eyes growing darker, to which she just smiled, before adding more, "Furthermore, my plans of making up to you were not that tough. What I just meant was …"