The moment Qu Shunhua climbed into the carriage, she saw Zuo Guangshu's handsome, refined features. The gentle, smiling man beside him also came into view.
Dressed in a striking blue robe, he sat beside the young Duke of Chu, yet lost none of his own presence.
Qu Shunhua had climbed into carriages and clambered through windows plenty of times.
Not only was she used to it, but Zuo Guangshu was too.
Still, getting caught by an outsider was bound to be awkward.
She was, after all, a proper young lady from an eminent family!
The Qu Family was a thousand-year aristocratic clan, and Qu Shunhua was a prodigy of her generation... How could one word like "shame" possibly cover it?
At that very moment.
Zuo Guangshu leaned against the back of the carriage, Jiang Wang rested against the window, and Qu Shunhua stood half-bent in the doorway, one hand on the curtain, the smile frozen on her face.
None of the three spoke.
Qu Shunhua was silent because she was embarrassed.
Zuo Guangshu was silent because, on top of being embarrassed himself, he hadn't figured out how to introduce Qu Shunhua to Jiang Wang. A friend? An older sister from the Qu Family?
Jiang Wang was silent because he didn't know why she'd climbed into the carriage, or how she and Zuo Guangshu usually got along... Maybe they'd just slap palms and she'd leave?
And so an eerie silence descended over the carriage.
"You're here!" Jiang Wang spoke first.
He wasn't much of a smooth talker, but at least he was here in front of his younger brother. At such an awkward moment, as the older brother, he had to hold things together. So, with great effort, he bravely spoke up...
The opening line might have left everyone baffled, but