"Miss Huaizhi...?"
On a chair by the pond, Zhenxi looked at her companion with some worry, unable to hide her own unease.
She didn't know what exactly she had said to her cousin, but after returning, she had sunk into silence. Expressionless. Her gaze had become somewhat terrifying. No, perhaps it was more accurate to say... only Zhenxi felt scared. It wasn't fierce or gloomy; her calm was as ever, yet there was some indefinable difference from before.
So distant, like the Mirages and rainbows that flicker at the edge of the sky, making one feel that even if you spent your whole life, you could never reach it.
Huai Shi's train of thought was interrupted. He sighed and raised his phone: "Zhenxi, do you want to participate in the competition?"
Zhenxi froze on the spot, lifeless, like someone who had been caught in a lie. She felt helpless, wanting to run away.
Those eyes were watching her, and the habitual smile on her face gradually disappeared as she lowered her head in unease.
