The train slowly pulled away, and the scenery outside the windows streamed backward.
Lian Youming and Wang Mazi sat in one row, with Situ Qingqing opposite them.
The wind rushing in dispelled much of the summer heat.
Who knew what this girl was up to? Her eyes kept roaming over Lian Youming as she asked with a smile, "Come to think of it, I still don't know your name."
Lian Youming sat beside the window, his eyes originally closed as he regulated his breathing. At her question, his tigerlike eyes opened slightly, and a thoughtful look crossed his face. Beside him, Wang Mazi held a bag of green pears he had bought, crunching away in great bites, juice filling his mouth as he lost himself in eating.
His gaze left Situ Qingqing somewhat flustered. Her cheeks flushed, and she asked shyly, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lian Youming smiled and took a pear from Wang Mazi. He pressed the pads of his index finger and thumb against either end of its core, then gave it a slight shake, as though wobbling it. The core came right out.
Rather than answering immediately, he bit into the green pear, then stared into Situ Qingqing's captivating, gemlike eyes and sighed with feigned regret. "Ah, what a shame. You got my hopes up for nothing!"
Situ Qingqing blinked. "What's a shame?"
Lian Youming chuckled softly. "And here I thought you'd taken a liking to me, only to get my hopes up for nothing. You're not being honest, girl. What am I supposed to make of that?"
Putting on a petulant air, Situ Qingqing snatched a green pear and bit into it fiercely. "I don't know what you're talking about!"
Lian Youming lifted his gaze and swept it across the passengers in