Meng Xuejun furrowed her brows, not knowing what to say. I smiled and said, "Could the Red Incense Sect's teachings really be so open that other sects can pry into them?"
"Uh... That's not the case." Soft Red Maiden hesitated. Unable to claim otherwise, she admitted it, and I immediately followed up, "Exactly. The two of us created a qin-and-sword composition by the small cottage, and even letting others hear it would be highly inconvenient. After all, with the ways of musical rhythm, one fears that something might happen just from hearing it. So we shut the doors to protect everyone from being disturbed by it."
Meng Xuejun saw me spouting nonsense with such a solemn expression and could not help showing a faint smile. Soft Red Maiden and the other women were all stunned, while Shandao asked in surprise, "Sister Meng Xuejun, I've never seen you smile before. You look really beautiful when you smile."
Meng Xuejun froze. She seemed to remember that I had said the same thing, and a blush flew across her face, but she quickly suppressed it. "I'm not a block of wood. I have the seven emotions and six desires too."
"Oh..." Shandao looked puzzled. Soft Red Maiden said, "It seems something happened that we could never have imagined. Otherwise, how could there be such an exaggerated change? Still, that's a good thing, isn't it?"
Meng Xuejun looked embarrassed, while Glazed Gauze giggled and went over to take her hand. "Sister Meng Xuejun, could what Sister Red Maiden said be true? Just secretly transmit your voice to me—did you and Big Brother Xia take a step closer in your relationship?"
"No! Nothing happened between us. We only composed a piece, just as he said." Meng Xuejun hurriedly denied it.
Glazed Gauze naturally did not