"You're a woman?" It was only then that Ling Xiao finally processed what was happening. He stared, dumbfounded, at Song Mingyue's bashful face, then rubbed his eyes hard. "Am I dreaming?"
Song Mingyue glanced at Ling Xiao shyly and said softly, "I thought we were going to die here. If you still didn't know I was a woman by the time we died, wouldn't that mean I'd have deceived you to the very end?"
"Song… uh, Ming Yue… I'd almost rather you were still deceiving me!" Ling Xiao said with a wry smile.
"Why?" Song Mingyue's beautiful, slender eyes were as black as ink. She blinked, her long, thick lashes fluttering. "You… you don't like me this way?"
"It's just… a little hard to wrap my head around all at once." Ling Xiao couldn't just come out and say it. 'You're an unmarried young woman, and I'm a man in the prime of my life. Aren't you uncomfortable being crammed in here with me?' He could only change the subject. "That monster from the water didn't follow us, did it?"
