Lin Chuxia also lifted the basket from the ground, but she didn't head back in the direction they came from. Instead, she turned to Shen Jianshu and said, "I would like to go somewhere else if that's okay?"
Shen Jianshu naturally didn't refuse; in fact, he couldn't have been happier.
The two turned and headed towards another slope of the mountain.
Shen Jianshu didn't ask her what she wanted to do but simply followed silently.
Lin Chuxia stopped under a brilliantly blooming Cercis tree, turned around, and asked Shen Jianshu, "Can you help me knock some flowers down from the tree?"
Shen Jianshu, who had thought she just wanted to pick a few flowers to play with, was speechless: "..."
???
!!!
Despite being shocked, Shen Jianshu still put down the basket he was carrying and agreed to Lin Chuxia's request with a warm smile, "Sure."
Lin Chuxia looked around and found a bamboo pole under another Cercis tree, likely left by the villagers.
