“Pu Cang-jie.” Still walking half a step behind her, he simply and powerfully answered three words.
“Pu Cang-jie… which Pu, which Cang, and which Jie?”
She slowed her steps, deliberately walking beside him, her arm linking his so naturally, as if they had known each other for a very long time.
A hint of unease flashed in his eyes, and he removed her soft small hand from his arm, “Pu as in Pu Yi’s Pu, Cang with the grass radical and the character for warehouse, Jie as in introduce.”
“I see… Pu Cang-jie, sounds quite nice! But… this name seems a bit familiar…” Had she heard it before?
Shang Ke-xin didn’t mind his rejection of her arm-linking, maintaining a calm expression, which made Pu Cang-jie somewhat uncomfortable. Was he being too reserved?
However, he didn’t know that Shang Ke-xin was doing it deliberately. Because he was now walking beside her, she secretly observed him through a street-side window reflection, seeing him walking with his chest out, stepping forward with elegant and powerful strides. She thought to herself that he might not realize that despite his facial flaw, his physique and graceful, noble movement were far more distinguished than many others!
She couldn’t understand why he had been walking behind her for so long, making himself seem shy.
“Is that so? Maybe,” his response remained indifferent, a sense of detachment that finally made Shang Ke-xin furrow her brow.
“You have no manners!”
“Hmm?” He stopped walking.
“When someone asks your name, it’s polite to ask theirs in return!” Taking two steps forward, she turned back and glared at him.
He didn’t care about her?! Wouldn’t ask her name?!
He slowly closed his eyes, as if sighing in the dark, then opened them again, “Shang Ke-xin!”
“What is it? Aren’t you going to ask?”
“Aren’t you just Shang Ke-xin?”
“Eh? Oh, right! Hehe…” Her glaring momentum disappeared, she smiled with a slightly coquettish charm in the sunlight, “How do you know my name?”
“When I went to the bar to find your bag yesterday, I saw your passport,” he started walking again.
“Oh! So that’s how!”
Shang Ke-xin nodded in sudden understanding, her mood inexplicably improving. Seeing him walk beside her, she quickly turned and hooked her arm through his, walking side by side.
