Xiao Shu helped Shen Jiyu dress while he asked, "Realm Master, what you said in the park, do you really mean it?"
"What I said? Why wouldn't I mean it? Is that not common sense?" He closed his eyes and thought about the day's events. He was too worked up, too worked up. He needed to stay calm and be in Zen. He began to whisper a calming mantra beneath his breath.
A knock interrupted his thought and Nian Zhen's gentle voice came from outside the door, "Are you sure that you don't need my help?"
The Zen mantra disappeared at once and Shen Jiyu shot back hotly, "Do you think I'm a child that can not wear his own clothes?"
There was a slight pause and footsteps were heard as he walked away from the door, his words echoing behind him, "Carry on."
A slight cough sounded behind him, and he saw Xiao Shu looking at him with a strange expression in his eyes.
