As both Xiao Zhi-Ren and Ru walked alongside each other towards their common destination. There was an ocean of silence between them. It was a cold winter night and the gust of cold wind was blowing past them.
Xiao Zhi-Ren was wrapped in his long woolen coat but suddenly, he noticed that the young 'man' beside him was only clad in a black hoodie which didn't even look very warm to him.
"Mr. Xie," he called her as his curiosity took the best of him.
"Hmmm..." Ru hummed in reply.
"Aren't you cold?" Ru knitted her brows as she tilted her head to glance at him inquiringly. "I mean do you know the temperature today?"
"I heard it's quite cold," Ru answered nonchalantly with a shrug of her shoulders.
"You heard it? What about feeling it yourself?"
Ru stopped walking and turned to face Xiao Zhi-Ren. "Do you know what I've been through life?"
"Umm... No." Xiao Zhi-Ren was flabbergasted by this reply not knowing what to say.
