"Are you awake?"
Wang Manni was a little flustered. She hadn't expected to get caught sneaking a feel of a man.
Wang Yue was sitting on a bench at that moment, wearing only a pair of shorts made from the finest Shu Brocade, crafted by the best embroiderers of the time.
Although the Shu Brocade looked beautiful, it clung tightly to his body, making him look rather exposed.
His clothes had been taken off, too. They were made of the same material and now lay soaking wet on the ground. He couldn't very well keep wearing them to cover himself.
Fortunately, Wang Yue remembered that as long as he wasn't embarrassed, the other person would be.
He also remembered that he wanted to act, so he immediately asked with grave solemnity, "I awoke the moment you first touched me!"
Wang Manni had graduated from college, after all, so she understood the simple classical Chinese at once.
Her face flushed scarlet. She hadn't expected him to catch her so completely.
Then Wang Manni got riled up. She planted her hands on her hips and said, trying to sound tough, "I saved your life! What's wrong with feeling you up a little? Were you going to charge me or something?"
Seeing that Wang Manni was already riled up, Wang Yue deliberately blushed and said sternly, "My lady, men and women should not touch one another. How can you, a woman, casually feel up a man?"
Wang Manni felt that Wang Yue spoke in a rather old-fashioned way. It struck her as strange. Had putting on ancient clothes made him think he was an ancient person?
She looked at Wang Yue, frowned, and asked, "Come on, what era are we living in? Just because I touched you, does that mean I have to