Lu Xifu paused. He never intended to keep any secret from her, yet the one she asked the first was something he wasn't sure if he should tell. Not because he lacked trust in her. But because he lacked trust in himself.
"I had something to do." He briefly said and for the first time, Yun Meiyi read the hesitation in his gaze. She didn't know if she had read it correctly or had she just illusioned it. But whatever it was, he clearly didn't want to explain.
And she didn't want to probe and make it difficult for him. She didn't know why she had to be so understanding when she wanted to know it so bad. But she was like that.
She looked at him for a while before looking down at the book he was reading. The letter seemed beautiful but she couldn't read to know what it was written. "How do you expect me to question you when you have such bland answers to my every question? Fine, I am not asking."
