Song Ning gazed steadily at Gu Zheng and actually nodded.
"To tell you the truth, I've been awakening more and more skills these past few days! It's as if I can use them naturally without having to learn them."
Gu Zheng looked at her without saying a word.
Song Ning pressed on. "Um... have you awakened any new skills lately? Or has only your memory been improving?"
Gu Zheng merely held her gaze.
The longer he looked, the more uneasy Song Ning became...
"D-don't look at me like that! I didn't tell you before because I was afraid you wouldn't believe me! Now that I've told you, look... you really don't believe me! Then I'd better keep things to myself from now on!"
Gu Zheng raised a hand and pressed his temple, clearly at a loss over what to do with her.
After a long pause, he lowered his hand and asked, "I only want to ask one thing. Does your rejection of me have anything to do with these abilities you possess?"
The question caught Song Ning off guard.
Strictly speaking, there really was a connection.
She possessed these abilities because she didn't belong to this era.
That was why she didn't want to become romantically involved with someone from her grandfather's generation.
But she didn't know whether Gu Zheng had stumbled onto that question by chance... or whether he had already sensed something.
She protested, sounding rather unsure of herself.
"Gu Zheng! Y-you've changed! You never used to be like this! Before, you would never... keep bringing up feelings all the time!"
Gu Zheng paused, then answered earnestly, "Yes! I never knew I could be like this either! But I promise you, I'm only like this around you! You're the only person I would ask these questions! Because