Love Inquiry Valley (Part 1)

Ya Li sat sideways at the bow, dressed in white and untouched by dust. Her green hair drifted in the wind, pure and elegant, like a green lotus just beginning to bloom. Her bare jade feet trailed through the lake as the wooden boat glided on, stirring rings of ripples.

Sunlight filtered through the clear lake water, refracting around those already flawless jade feet into a halo of rosy red, like a blush.

It made Xia Yi stare a little too openly.

I'm sure of it. This woman is seducing me, Xia Yi muttered inwardly from where he sat at the stern. He felt that if he pounced on her now, Ya Li would at most put up a few token struggles—she might not even struggle at all.

As long as Xia Yi took a little initiative, this little sightseeing trip really could turn into "sightseeing."

But Xia Yi did not quite understand what Ya Li wanted him to do.

She was even willing to sacrifice herself to make it up to him.

"Xia Yi!" The two of them let the wooden boat drift with the wind in the middle of the lake before Ya Li, seated at the bow, finally turned back to look at him.

"What is it?" Xia Yi asked.

"I want to ask you a question. You must answer me truthfully," Ya Li said in a low voice.

"That depends on what you're asking." Xia Yi laughed.

"Are you sincere toward Sister Yao Zhu?" Ya Li abruptly lifted her head, her beautiful eyes staring unblinkingly into Xia Yi's. She met his gaze just like that, as though she wanted to see through his thoughts.

"What do you think?" Xia Yi asked calmly.

"Fine. Even if you are sincere toward Sister Yao Zhu, what about Leng Yulai,