Gu Yuan felt her eyelashes heavy and still wet. She raised her hand to wipe them, but they wouldn't dry, so she simply stopped trying.
She tilted her head back and said to him, "We won't be so rushed anymore. I didn't even... have time to say much to you, but now we have the opportunity, so let's take it slow."
...
The rain had stopped, but the ground was still damp, and water was dripping from the eaves onto the stone slabs. Two plump tabby cats took advantage of the rain cessation to beg for food, meowing persistently.
It was still early, with nothing much to do.
The two female college students wandered around the yard, occasionally teasing the two plump tabby cats and feeding them.
Lu Tinglou sat inside the house, waiting for Gu Yuan to come down.
Yao Tao, leaning against a stone pillar, was cracking sunflower seeds.
While cracking the seeds, she made conversation with Lu Tinglou: "Boss Lu, were you in the army before?"
