Chapter 352 - 63
Liu Ting walked into the pavilion with a smile. She was still dressed in the same plain and loose clothes she wore at Li Sanjiang’s house, suitable for chores; anyone unaware might think she had wandered out from the clubhouse’s kitchen without knowing the rules.
"I heard that Xiao Yuan is here?"
Liu Yumei glanced slightly towards the southwest corner. Following her gaze, Liu Ting saw a boy and a girl sitting together on a stone bench.
That spot, with a lotus pond on the left and a viewing advantage of Mountain City on the right, was an excellent place for sightseeing.
The boy was engrossed in telling something.
The girl, with her body turned sideways, supported her chin with both hands and watched him with bright, sparkling eyes, listening attentively.
Whenever the boy laughed, the girl’s lips would lift into a smile too; when the boy excitedly spread his hands wide while speaking, the girl would gently shake her head in agreement.
In the past, the boy seemed to Liu Ting to have a cute and animated exterior but carried a maturity and steadiness that belied his age inside. He mingled with his peers, yet perceptive people could feel a distance, a sort of patronizing tolerance from him.
Now, he was just like the village boys as he sat enthusiastically on the haystack, sharing, "I have a secret to tell you, and you mustn’t tell anyone else, okay? I’ll tell you about yesterday..."
As for their own Alii, she seemed nothing like before. No, in fact, she retained her usual aloof demeanor up until the boy arrived; then she became like a naïve little sister, endlessly curious and admiring of the stories the older boy in the courtyard told.
Liu Ting remarked reflectively, "Our Alii and Xiao Yuan, they unexpectedly play so well together."