“No way, I get hot easily and am too lazy to tie it—” Stop! The rest of her words stuck in Xiao Yao’s throat, his image frozen in her wide eyes. What? At this moment, where was he going with this?
Impatient onlookers began to noise again: “Hey, what are you rambling about? At this critical moment, you’re talking about hairstyles? We need to escape quickly before the owner returns!”
Jue Qing turned, pulling his attention back to Xiao Yao, and began surveying the surroundings.
Seeing the marble platform filled with mud, the rose bushes with only broken branches… It looked quite a mess. Refocusing, he faced everyone and said: “It seems you can’t leave for now.”
“Are you kidding? Not leaving means waiting to be caught?” Big Niu, holding a flower bouquet, scoffed.
“Already caught.” Jue Qing shook his head and laughed.
“Already…” What did that mean?
“I am the owner.” A casual sentence.
Thunderbolt from a clear sky! Every face turned coal-black, as if struck by lightning, with smoke rising.
Jue Qing spoke, calling back wandering souls: “Anyone willing to help tidy the garden?”
“I’ll go.”
“Me too.”
Everyone wanted to escape the scene, but not everyone could do so.
“You.” Jue Qing pointed at the petrified Xiao Yao, “Come with me.”
Finished! Amitabha Buddha! May the road be smooth…
Watching Xiao Yao’s mechanical steps following the man inside, mourning sounds began to echo in the garden.
There was no turning back now! Xiao Yao thought while walking, her thoughts tangling at a critical point—which American president cut down the cherry tree? Never mind, she had already drafted her statement; telling the truth was the only thing she could do now.
She followed him step by step, staring intently at the back of his head.
Lu Qing put down his luggage, turned around, and met her eyes directly. “Why are you looking at me like that?”
”Because…” she stammered.
”Do you find me familiar?”
”Yes, how did you know?” She blinked in surprise. Does this man have mind-reading abilities?
”Because I also find you familiar. Maybe… we know each other,” his deep gaze fell on her face.
”Know each other? Is that possible?” She also tried to find clues from his face, but the moment she met his eyes, her heart skipped a beat.
