Hearing the door move, Ning Fuxun turned around, glanced at the slightly anxious Ning Aoxue, then looked at the calm-faced Lin Feng, and suddenly smiled knowingly.
"Alright, alright... I understand now, you're not a couple. I was overthinking..." Ning Fuxun chuckled, showing respect towards Ning Aoxue and Lin Feng, pretending not to know their relationship.
"Dad, I'm being serious, Lin Feng and I really have nothing going on, don't overthink!" Ning Aoxue explained anxiously, knowing Ning Fuxun had misunderstood.
Lin Feng also nodded innocently at Ning Fuxun.
Ning Fuxun neither explained nor probed further. Seeing his daughter's nervous appearance, he recalled twenty years ago, being Lin Feng's age, hanging out with Ning Aoxue's mother, but neither side expressing their feelings— that vague, beautiful feeling, a bit shy, a bit ambiguous, with a hint of tension about others discovering their feelings...
