"Well, well. Looks like you are having fun, aren't you, disciple?" Yuan spoke to Huan from his behind. He decided to tease his funny disciple a little bit.
"Huh? Ma-master?!" Huan made a bewildered look. {Oh, no! I am screwed.}
"M-master, I-...I just tripped.... and..." Huan tried to explain himself while trying to avert his gaze from Yuan's.
Suddenly, a hand patted his head and his hair.
"Ma-master." Confused he looked upward and made a stunning look. Yuan was looking at him smiling, and it wasn't like the other smiles he had seen, this was a natural, a genuine one.
"Relax, why are tensing up? Did you think I would punish you?" Yuan spoke. "Come on get up."
Then he helped Huan to get up and get out of the mud without falling again.
"Th-thanks, master." Huan was still processing the whole event. "I will continue."