Behind them, the two deliberately slowed their pace, leaving some distance so they would not disturb the pair ahead.
"Steven, do you think those two are officially together now?" Pheobe asked uncertainly, pointing at Chen Shi and Cynthia up ahead.
Steven looked at Pheobe with a faint smile and said softly, "Hmm... I think so."
"But everyone expresses their feelings differently."
He was a little curious himself, but he did not want to meddle too much in their affairs.
Besides, with the way those two were acting, even if they were not together yet, it was only a matter of time.
Pheobe frowned in confusion. "But why does it seem like they still aren't talking?"
As far as she was concerned, people in love always had plenty to talk about and never stopped chatting. Yet Chen Shi and Cynthia were unusually quiet.
Pheobe recalled a young couple she had met on her travels. They spent all day glued to each other and never ran out of things to say. By comparison, Chen Shi and Cynthia were so quiet that she found it utterly baffling.
Steven fell silent for a moment, then said hesitantly, "I don't know either. I've never been in a relationship."
Before meeting Chen Shi, Steven had not even had a friend, let alone any knowledge of such things.
Then he gave a vague reply. "Let's leave them alone and let them spend time together. We'll go home and have something tasty."
"All right."
Pheobe was a little reluctant, still wanting to see how things developed between them, but the mention of tasty food persuaded her to head back with Steven.
Time passed quickly, and before long, evening had arrived. The sun sank in the west, painting the horizon with brilliant sunset colors.
Without realizing it, the