Lu Feng did not know where this hesitation of his came from. Whenever Si Kongtong's figure surfaced in his mind, he simply felt an unusual closeness to her, and a softness would unconsciously flicker through his heart.
His once unruffled emotions would gradually ripple along with it.
It was utterly inexplicable!
Lu Feng could not be sure whether this unprompted flutter came from affection or some other reason, but that tangible sense of closeness truly existed.
This inexplicable closeness had even once given him the strange urge to pull her into his arms.
As for Ge Shu's question,
even after she had left, Lu Feng still had no definite answer in his heart.
He himself had not figured out why he felt such emotions toward Si Kongtong.
But one thing was certain: without him realizing it, his heart no longer seemed as steadfast as before.
This left him feeling somewhat flustered.
He began deliberately suppressing this inexplicable emotion, wanting to let it settle and restraining himself as he reflected on it.
After Ge Shu returned to the room, Si Kongtong immediately hurried over.
"How did it go?"
With several traces of nervousness, Si Kongtong looked over Ge Shu, whose hands were empty.
"Here~" Ge Shu took the Brocade Box from her storage artifact, along with cosmetics, books, and many other items.
Seeing that the Brocade Box was intact, Si Kongtong first secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, seeing that Ge Shu had brought so many things, she could not help becoming suspicious. "What did you bring all this for? To avoid suspicion? He didn't ask you anything, did he?"
"He did," Ge Shu sighed helplessly on purpose.
Si Kongtong's expression abruptly tightened as she panicked. "What did you tell him?"
Suppressing her laughter, Ge Shu said, "I asked