Gu Shengyin and Shih Lei walked into the mountain forest together.
Shih Lei hadn't spoken since they left the village, which puzzled Gu Shengyin a bit.
She turned her head slightly and found that he had been watching her with bright eyes.
Gu Shengyin found it amusing and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"
Caught sneaking a glance, Shih Lei's face flushed suddenly.
He stammered, "N-nothing, I was just thinking about what Ah Luan said earlier. It seemed very novel and made a lot of sense."
Such words were probably the most simple and sincere praise a mountain man could offer.
Gu Shengyin, however, had an impulse to tease him: "Oh? Then tell me, what makes sense?"
Upon hearing this, Shih Lei's face reddened even more.
He didn't really understand any reasoning; he just purely felt that Ah Luan was different from the women in the village.
This difference wasn't just that rare beauty, elegant demeanor, or behavior, but also what she did, and what she said.
