After chatting for a while longer, Qin Hongmian rose and left. She had lived in seclusion for too long and was unaccustomed to interacting with people, especially a man. The fact that she had spoken with him for so long was already unprecedented.
Watching Qin Hongmian leave with an icy expression, Song Qingshu could not help feeling somewhat disappointed. Though he was not some universally adored banknote, he had always been invincible in matters of the heart these past years. Whether immortals, demonesses, or seductresses, all of them had inevitably regarded him differently. Only Qin Hongmian avoided him as if he were just any ordinary man.
Of course, it was not as though Song Qingshu had any designs on Qin Hongmian. It was purely his vanity at work. After all, he was no saint.
He quickly recovered from that mood and smiled at Mu Wanqing. "Wan'er, let's go out for a stroll together. I've only just arrived in Lingzhou City, so you can be my guide." First, he needed to scout the area and familiarize himself with all of Lingzhou City. Second, he felt he had spent too little time with Mu Wanqing and wanted to take the chance to keep her company.
Mu Wanqing raised her brows, her face glowing with happiness. "All right, all right!"
The two of them soon left the Mu residence and toured the various sights of Lingzhou City. Western Xia's customs and local culture were vastly different from those of Jiangnan, and also distinctly unlike the nomadic nations of Liao and Jin. The city had a unique charm of its own.
Along the way, Mu Wanqing shed her usual icy demeanor and chattered like an oriole as she introduced Lingzhou City's various customs and sights to Song Qingshu. Seeing her eyes curve into crescents