Pei Ye realized he had asked a stupid question. Miss Ming could be greedy for pears, play cards, play the flute... she had emotions and preferences of her own, too.
And she never hid them. What she liked, she liked; what she did not care about, she did not care about. But her heart was an ocean beneath the sky, and so these things were only faint ripples. Those far away often assumed this celestial woman had no human emotions at all.
"Miss Ming, since you don't mind, let me... let me speak my heart a little more." Pei Ye switched which arm rested above the other again. "Actually, since coming to the capital, there's been another huge change."
"Mm."
"Miss Ming, what you just said was right. I'm... I'm a little lustful now," Pei Ye said quietly. "A few days ago, I really did become very intimate with a woman."
"So that's how you learned to flatter."
"Ah, Miss Ming, hear me out... never mind. Tell me... what is affection, and what is desire?"
Ming Qitian looked at him. "I don't have much experience with that."
"..."
"The moment you bring this up, your ears turn red first. It's rather adorable."
"Oh, honestly. It's just... ever since coming to the Divine Capital, I've had more and more... of those urges." Pei Ye looked down below the railing. "I wasn't like this before... or only a little. The problem is... before, when I was with Piao Qing, I just really liked her. I didn't particularly want to... you know. But now, I had these uncontrollable urges first, and only then did I become more and more aware of Xi Zhou's astonishing charm, and like her more and more... That's different from meeting Xi Zhou first, then slowly falling for her,