To be honest, it all still felt very unreal to Chu Yao. But then again, maybe this feeling of unreality was the only reasonable reaction. 'If I just accepted it all this quickly, what kind of person would that make me?'
She stared blankly at the bowl of eggs in brown sugar syrup for a long moment before looking up at the person across from her.
Lu Xize was looking right back at her. His expression was composed, projecting the same cool, distant air he usually gave off, but there was a hint of seriousness in his eyes.
Chu Yao pursed her lips. The man before her was so familiar, yet so strange.
She had been part of his life up until he was eighteen, but had missed all the changes that came after.
'The Lu Xize of today must be very different from the one I used to know. People change, and that includes me. Lu Xize is no exception.'
'So, what is he like now?'
