Myriad Splendor Tower.
The fierce noon sun poured down from overhead.
Though it was still late January, several consecutive days of warming weather had already sent the temperature soaring. Ordinary folk had shed one or two layers of clothing.
Jiang Ning looked at Lin Qingyi as she gracefully sat down before him, and was left speechless.
"Sit down. Why are you standing there?" Lin Qingyi reclined in the wicker chair and placed both legs on the stool before her. Her soft, flowing dress immediately slipped to her knees, revealing a stretch of gleaming calf.
Jiang Ning sat down across from Lin Qingyi as well.
He had just raised his head when he stood up again, coughed, and walked toward the chair beside Lin Qingyi.
His angle of view just now had been rather problematic.
At that moment, Lin Qingyi seemed to realize something was wrong as well.
She unconsciously pressed her legs together, then lowered them from the stool.
After putting on a show of composure, she cleared her throat before speaking.
"Go on! What did you come here for?"
"Can't I come see you if there's nothing wrong, Sister Lin?" Jiang Ning said with a smile.
"As if I don't know you." Lin Qingyi rolled her eyes, curled her legs to her right side, and tucked them beneath herself.
Her floor-length dress immediately concealed her body completely.
"Sister Lin, I'm going to make a trip to Dongling City," Jiang Ning said.
"Dongling City?" Lin Qingyi murmured, then looked at Jiang Ning. "You really should go to a large city and broaden your horizons. Staying cooped up here all the time will have a great impact on your future!"
"Sister Lin, why don't you leave Luoshui County too?" Jiang Ning said.
"What, can't bear to part with me?" Lin Qingyi