"Hm?" Gu Ran intertwined his hands on the table, looking at Chen Ke.
Chen Ke gazed at the downpour outside and stirred the ice cubes in her Oolong tea with a straw.
Between the clouds, faint thunder could be heard.
"Mr. Chen?" Gu Ran peered at her beautiful face.
Chen Ke sipped through the straw, watching him as she drank.
"Is this topic too presumptuous?" Gu Ran tried to ask, "But please be assured, just like when we first met, I mean no harm. If I've offended you in any way, I'm sorry."
Chen Ke put down her Oolong tea.
She too interlaced her hands on the table and looked at Gu Ran, saying, "Did you hear something?"
"Hear what?" Gu Ran was puzzled.
Chen Ke was about to speak when suddenly the voices from another table in the store drifted over.
"I thought those two were on a blind date, but now it doesn't seem like it. The last time I had a blind date at Starbucks, the guy was so nervous he crumpled the label on the cup..."
