Chapter 121 - 77: I Have Undergone Body Casting
The young man’s fingers stopped strumming the zither, yet the zither sound seemed to linger in people’s ears, echoing throughout the tea house. Even the sound of the rain outside became distant. The young man’s zither playing was dashing. As people came to their senses, they saw him already seated, sipping tea.
He lifted the tea towards her, the brew somewhat light, offering the young lady fig dry fruits with the tea—fruits abundant in the Western Regions, dried under the sun and fierce wind yet still very sweet. The crude tea from Jiangnan just perfectly diluted the taste.
"How about that, tastes good now, right?"
"A pinch of salt with sweetness, a combination that never goes wrong."
With a proud arch of his brow, the young man, dressed in a black outfit with white trimmings on the sleeves which were otherwise too simple, had his temperament immediately enlivened by a flower tucked beside his temples. He sat there explaining to the young lady how to enjoy the snacks.
At the adjacent tea table, a young woman timidly bowed her head.
The young lady over there savored the verse in her mouth, thinking it truly demonstrated a crossing of talents and mused that this fellow must’ve met some great talent who recited this verse during his ten years of fleeing calamity; yet as she recognized the excellence of the verse, her face suddenly blushed.
Her eyes widened as if she just realized something; she murmured a line from the verse a few times.
Her fair, jade-like face visibly reddened.
Unable to help herself, she kicked Li Guanyi lightly with her leg.
With a blushing face, she stammered,