"She can't speak?"
Jiang Xiaobai looked surprised, then raised a hand and pointed to his ear. "Is she deaf too?"
Normally, the woman should at least have reacted when he asked her a question.
Yet she hadn't paid him the slightest attention!
If she wasn't doing it deliberately, then she could only be unable to hear.
"Well..."
Liu Guanlan glanced at the woman.
Seeing that she was still looking out the window, Liu Guanlan gave a quiet acknowledgment. "Yes, she... is deaf too."
"All right."
Jiang Xiaobai nodded, regret showing on his face. "That's such a shame."
"Such a pretty girl, yet she can neither hear nor speak. Still... that has its advantages too."
As he spoke, Jiang Xiaobai said with a perfectly serious expression, "Less trouble. Even if you wanted to argue, you couldn't."
"..."
Liu Guanlan froze, then looked torn between laughter and tears.
He had to admit, Jiang Xiaobai had a truly unique way of thinking.
The lips of the woman sitting beside the window, which had remained composed all this time, curved slightly as she cast Jiang Xiaobai a sidelong glance.
But Jiang Xiaobai didn't see it. He had just lifted his cup to drink.
"This is good tea."
Jiang Xiaobai voiced his praise.
The tea tasted mild at first, but then a faint sweetness lingered between his lips and teeth.
Such a light tea certainly deserved to be called refreshing.
"If you like it, Heir Jiang, have some more!"
Smiling, Liu Guanlan refilled Jiang Xiaobai's cup, then changed the subject. "By the way, Heir Jiang!"
"Hmm?"
Jiang Xiaobai looked up at Liu Guanlan in confusion.
"Everyone outside is saying that you wrote both 'On the Teacher' and 'On the Horse.'"
Setting down the teapot, Liu Guanlan asked, "I wonder, is that actually true or false?"