Chapter 21: Rainy Night Rhapsody
Speaking of such experiences, there was no sense of loss or panic in the young man’s indifferent grey eyes, which was quite unusual.
Xu Si’s red lips pursed slightly, and she simply remained silent, her long lashes fluttering lightly as she gazed into the distance. Her stare seemed a silent form of comfort.
A long time passed before she finally said, "Then you should keep it."
"No, Auntie. It might belong to someone else, so I shouldn’t keep it. I’ll take it around tomorrow to ask in the neighborhood and see if anyone has lost a kitten." Pei Zhen’s eyes held their usual smile as he hugged the kitten tightly, yet with precisely the right amount of force.
It was as if he hadn’t noticed Xu Si’s aloofness at all; he even deliberately sat a bit farther away without his expression changing.
His twinkling eyes secretly concealed all his secrets.
So she was afraid of cats.
Catching this movement from the corner of her eye, Xu Si breathed a sigh of relief.
The evening breeze carried a faint scent of flowers.
The sky had turned an eerie ink-blue, with a few stars suspended in the deep night, like distant rivers winding across the heavens.
Resting her chin in one hand, Xu Si suddenly found Pei Zhen’s voice very pleasant. With some leisure time, she asked, "Azhen, can you sing?"