Chapter 124: Back to Old Haunts, with No Old Familiar Faces
That evening's pot of wild pheasant and mountain mushroom left Hu Caiyi in a state of considerable inner conflict.
Every few bites she would lift her head and steal a look at Li Qiuchen, as though he had done something unforgivable. The aggrieved weight of that gaze left Li Qiuchen thoroughly uncomfortable.
He had already told her the pot had been scrubbed clean. What more did she want?
He couldn't begin to imagine what was going on inside that head of hers.
When the meal was finally over, Li Qiuchen laid out the bedding for the two girls and sat down outside the treehouse.
Hu Caiyi leaned over the fence and watched him for a moment, then said quietly, "You can come inside, you know."
Li Qiuchen waved her off. "Get some sleep. I need to cultivate."
"Didn't you say we came here to play? Why are you still being so diligent?"
It was precisely because they'd come out to play that cultivating here was so convenient.