Several calls and text messages later, Cheng Jian finally showed up at the outdoor restaurant Xuan Chaya had asked to meet him. Xuan Chaya waved him over to his table.
"Hi," Cheng Jian said with a small, polite smile as he sat down. His ears were a crimson red. Perhaps from excitement, perhaps from anxiety. Whatever it was, it gave Xuan Chaya a sense of relief. He wasn't the only one who felt strange after all.
"Hi," Xuan Chaya replied.
"Did you wait long?" Cheng Jian asked. He had felt a sense of security when Lan Haiyang had asked him that same question before. It just felt right to ask.
"It's okay," Xuan Chaya smiled and shook his head politely. "I didn't mind the wait one bit. Moreover, my dad always says, 'In desperation, a dog will leap over a wall.'"
Cheng Jian smiled at Xuan Chaya's proverb. As he didn't know how to mince words, he asked outright, "So, you're a desperate dog?"
