A gentle breeze brushed Lin Yue's cheek, but it could not soothe the restless thoughts churning in her heart.
She had so, so many questions she wanted to ask, yet she was afraid of annoying Chen Xi and making even one of her only two friends distance herself from her.
"Chen Xi..."
In the end, she spoke up.
"Hmm?" Chen Xi lowered her left hand from the railing and placed one hand on her hip.
"There are some things I want to talk to you about. Would you want to listen?" Lin Yue carefully chose her words, cautiously prying open the opening she had hoped for.
"That depends on what you want to talk about..."
A playful look surfaced in Chen Xi's eyes. "If it's about work, then during break time like this, please spare me."
"As for your personal matters, I'd be more than happy to help."
This could work.
Hearing her answer, Lin Yue could not help cheering herself on inwardly.
"What I want to ask is, why did you choose me?"
After saying that, Lin Yue did not even dare look at Chen Xi. She simply stared fixedly at the ducks swimming in the lake.
"What's there to be embarrassed about asking?"
"Because you're exceptionally gifted. Perhaps in all of Tianhai City, you're the only rookie Transcendent who can control that special Shadow Dweller," Chen Xi explained.
"Mm, is that so?" Lin Yue muttered, trying to steer the conversation toward where she wanted it to go.
"Then aside from that, what other reasons did you have for choosing me?"
The blonde girl lowered her head, picked up a pebble by her feet, and tossed it into the lake.
Relying on the muscle memory of her childhood, the pebble Lin Yue threw skipped across the surface nine times