"I didn't."
She stubbornly replied, just as he had taught her.
Leng Xiao Xie didn't expose her lie, he just gently stroked her back with his hand.
"I missed you, quite a lot, actually. I thought... it would just be a year, that time would pass by quickly. But later I realized, everything is relative... Whenever I saw the training ground, I would think of you. Eating in the canteen reminded me of you. Even when I saw a spider, I worried if you would be scared again..." Leng Xiao Xie smiled self-mockingly, "Ah... this time I'm really doomed."
"What's wrong?" Memoria asked.
"What's wrong, you ask?" Leng Xiao Xie patted her lightly on the back, "How did a ship as big as mine end up getting stuck in a small gutter like you?"
She chuckled lightly, "Serves you right!"
She put on a tough front, but inside, she felt sweet down to her bones, like she'd tasted honey.
