Xue Baijin sat cross-legged on a reef. The sea before her shimmered in the sunlight, looking from afar like golden dragon scales scattered across the water.
Round little Niao Niao perched alone on the edge of the reef, white feathers stirring in the wind, softly chirping as the bird watched Ice Lump. Judging by that desolate silhouette, Niao Niao was probably muttering-ask the world what love could be, that it should make us pledge ourselves to each other in life and death...
After the woman and bird had spent an unknown length of time alone, footsteps sounded in the woods behind them.
Rustle, rustle~
Niao Niao turned to look and saw Ye Jingtang coming through the trees with a lunch box, his left hand also holding up a large grilled fish.
"Chirp~!"
Niao Niao's eyes immediately lit up. Like the reincarnation of a starving ghost, the bird swooped over, landed on his arm, and took an enormous bite of the fish.
Ye Jingtang shook his head inwardly but did not stop Niao Niao. He stuck the grilled fish into the ground for the bird to eat, then climbed onto the reef and sat beside Ice Lump.
"Have something to eat. I just made it."
Xue Baijin sat cross-legged with her back perfectly straight, her expression neither happy nor sad. She looked even more like a recluse who had severed all worldly ties than Fengguancheng did.
Hearing Ye Jingtang, Xue Baijin opened her eyes and glanced at the lunch box offered to her. It contained white rice neatly topped with cured pork and grilled fish, with sliced eggs in one corner and even fruit picked on the island for decoration. Its color, aroma, and flavor all looked appetizing. He had clearly put thought into it.
But last night, Ye Jingtang had