At dawn, Lu Xun was already up.
Mao Nanbei usually loved sleeping in, but she had gotten up quite early today and was already lying sprawled across the rattan chair by the door.
Normally mischievous to the extreme, she looked somewhat listless today. Even her pair of cat ears drooped slightly, making her seem sickly.
But with her cultivation, it was naturally impossible for her to fall ill. It seemed she was simply in a bad mood.
Though he had no idea why she was like this, Lu Xun did not intend to ask.
While he did tend to spout plenty of nonsense and flirtatious lines—back in school, he had been the type to say, "Teacher, don't bother moving my seat. I can chat wherever I sit"—he truly was not good at comforting people.
Maybe after talking for a while, he would accidentally make things worse and rub salt into someone's wounds.
Therefore, Lu Xun merely stood beside her and smiled. "Morning, Fourth Senior Sister. What would you like to eat this morning?"
Normally, Mao Nanbei would have rattled off a long list of things she wanted to eat. Today, however, she looked utterly uninterested. She had wanted to say she did not want anything, but when the words reached her lips, they became, "Whatever."
Lu Xun nodded and was about to head for the kitchen when Mao Nanbei called out to him.
At that moment, Lu Xun knew he was about to play the role of a sounding board.
Mao Nanbei stopped lying on the Large Rattan Chair and sat up. Then she shifted her little butt aside, making half a seat for Lu Xun.
After Lu Xun sat down, he and Mao Nanbei looked straight ahead at the mountain grasslands, forests, and flying birds... They looked exactly like