Xiao Yi Xian froze, lowered her head, and only raised it again after a long while. She gave a bleak smile, bit down hard on her rosy lips, and said, "Then you're afraid of me too, aren't you?"
Lin Qingyun stared at Xiao Yi Xian as tears slid down her delicate cheeks, and something stirred in his heart. The hand he had been about to raise dropped again. He shook his head and said with a faint smile, "If I were really afraid, I would've left long ago. I wouldn't have barged in just now either. No matter what, we're friends, aren't we?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian's bright eyes stilled. Her mouth fell open, and her moist, slightly reddened eyes looked at Lin Qingyun in disbelief. After a while, tears welled up again, and she said with a choked voice, "Really?"
"Truer than... true gold!" Lin Qingyun raised his head to look at the roof, his expression turning solemn before he spoke seriously.
"And to me, you're still that Xiao Yi Xian from Green Mountain Town. Kind... uh, what else was there again?"
Lin Qingyun counted on his fingers, only to find that he could not think of any words to describe her, and suddenly stopped.
Xiao Yi Xian was also amused by Lin Qingyun's words. She stopped crying, looked at Lin Qingyun, and said, "You really aren't afraid of me? Then will you still dare to eat the food I cook for you in the future?"
"Anytime." A bright smile appeared on Lin Qingyun's face.
Looking at Lin Qingyun's face, filled with a warm smile, Xiao Yi Xian felt a warm current flow through her heart. She wiped away the tears at the corners of her eyes, suddenly stood up, and hugged Lin Qingyun, murmuring, "Thank you, Qingyun.