Song Qingshu was startled. "What do I owe you?"
The Yellow-robed Woman opened her mouth, but no words came out. Instead, her face flushed slightly. After a long while, she finally said in a low voice, "You still haven't told me how you managed to call wind and rain last night."
Only then did Song Qingshu remember that, in exchange for the answer, she had even kissed him. He covered the spot she had kissed last night and could not help grinning foolishly.
"Don't laugh!" The Yellow-robed Woman grew a little annoyed.
"Fine, fine, I won't laugh." Seeing that the woman before him was on the verge of turning into an enraged she-panther, Song Qingshu hurriedly said, "Since I accepted the payment, I naturally won't deny the debt."
Only then did the Yellow-robed Woman's expression ease slightly, though the thought of the "payment" he mentioned still made her feel uncomfortable.
Song Qingshu cleared his throat before beginning his explanation. "Do you know how rain forms?"
The Yellow-robed Woman frowned slightly and shook her head. Though she knew that the Thunder God and Lightning Mother were merely myths, she truly had no idea how rain actually came about.
Song Qingshu explained with a smile, "When the sun shines upon the earth, water vapor rises from the surfaces of seas and lakes and becomes part of the air. When it encounters cold air high in the sky, it condenses into tiny droplets. These droplets are so small that they cannot be seen with the naked eye. Light and tiny, they are held aloft by rising air currents, gathering together to form clouds..."
"Clouds are formed from water vapor?" the Yellow-robed Woman could not help asking. Talk of rising air currents left her utterly confused. People in this world had always regarded clouds