The afternoon light filtering through the window cast a warm, golden hue. As they looked at each other in silence, the thick, sticky layer of awkwardness in the room seemed to slowly dissolve and dissipate.
Time trickled by in the quiet, unspoken understanding.
Shen Yuan glanced out the window. "...Looks like it's almost time for dinner."
His voice was much calmer than it had been that afternoon, carrying a sense of ease that comes after weathering a storm.
His words made Li Zhi notice the passage of time as well. The intense emotional rollercoaster from earlier felt like it had happened a long time ago.
She nodded, a little dazed, her fingers relaxing slightly. "Now that you mention it, I am getting a little hungry."
Just then, a voice called out from outside the room.
"Zhizhi! Time for dinner!"
Zhang Yuyan's voice reached their ears clearly.
Li Zhi paused, her gaze falling on Shen Yuan's face as if to say, 'How come she didn't call for you?'
