"Cough cough cough—"
As she violently coughed, some tea spilled from her hands. She frantically wiped the tea stains off her body, and that always unflappable, effortlessly smiling face finally cracked, coming to life in a rare display.
Lu Tong found this scene much more pleasing to the eye.
Once Pei Yunmeng had tidied up her surroundings, she turned to Lu Tong, incredulously asking, "What are you talking about?"
Despite the fact that healers do not differentiate between men and women, and even though Lu Tong was never associated with being shy or timid, he was after all a young man, and for a young lady to speak so forthrightly about such matters in a room with him was frankly too shocking and unconventional.
Lu Tong found his reaction rather amusing and thus quipped, "Lord Pei doesn't know? It seems to be quite a secret indeed."
"Of course I don't know," he said, brushing off the tea leaves from his body in disarray. "How do you know?"
Lu Tong remained silent.
"You…"
