Faced with young Shen Yeqing's earnest gaze and the hope hidden within it, Xie Mi solemnly pressed her hands onto his shoulders.
"No."
Xiqing Mountain was outside the city, in a very remote area.
In the original novel, twelve-year-old Liu Woxing had fled the sedan and gotten lost on a deserted mountain road, waiting in despair for three hours before someone from the Liu Family came to pick her up.
She couldn't let young Shen Yeqing go with her.
She had no idea when she might leave, stranding the twelve-year-old Shen Yeqing alone on Xiqing Mountain in the dark.
It simply wasn't safe for a child to go alone to a mountain more than ten kilometers outside the city to watch a meteor shower.
A flicker of disappointment crossed young Shen Yeqing's eyes, but he still nodded obediently.
"Okay."
Xie Mi hadn't expected him to agree so readily. The whole story she had prepared about bandits in the mountains went unused.
So she rubbed his head.
"Do you have any wishes? If I see the meteor shower later, I'll make a wish for you."
Young Shen Yeqing looked up in surprise.
"Aren't you going to make a wish, Sister Liu?"
"I am. For you."
"Then what about your own wish?"
"Uh..."
As the saying went, one lie took countless others to cover it up.
At this point, she couldn't exactly tell him she didn't believe in wishing on meteor showers at all.
"I'm giving you my wish in exchange for lending me cash."
Xie Mi thumped her chest with her fist and declared righteously, "That's called loyalty."
Young Shen Yeqing opened his mouth, then hesitated. In the end, he said nothing more and nodded.
"Mm. Loyalty."
The taxi stopped at the foot of Xiqing Mountain. By then, the sky