Xu Qing most admired Jiang He for one point: when encountering something she had never seen or heard of before, she would think, "Oh, so there are things like this." Then, she would either believe it or, with doubt, verify or ponder upon it herself.
Instead of shouting, "Fake! I've never heard of such a thing in my life!" upon seeing something unfamiliar.
Having limited knowledge is not frightening; being smart is what counts. She wouldn't be foolish enough to think that the small world she lived in was the entirety of the universe, which saved him eighty percent of the trouble.
"To do such... such... indecent acts in public, is this also quite normal here?"
While passing by the park, Jiang He saw a couple kissing on a bench and asked Xu Qing in a low voice.
"No, this is indecent," proclaimed Xu, the singleton, Qing righteously.
"Oh, I thought..."
