Mengxin was a bit flustered; she was afraid that Nie Guangyi would say he had to carry her back.
Today's banquet was a buffet, and she did not want to have just arrived at Changqiao Village and immediately make a social faux pas.
Nie Guangyi stood up and raised his mobile phone, "I'll give my brother's wife a call."
"Ah?" Mengxin did not expect to hear such a response and blurted out in surprise, "Why?"
"My brother's wife is a craftswoman, too. She makes herbal cloth shoes that are quite comfortable. I'll have her bring a pair over for you to try."
"Um..."
Mengxin was shocked by her own imagination twice within a minute.
She had no idea what kind of messy thoughts had just floated through her mind.
After stumbling over her words for quite some time, she managed to ask a rather uninspired question, "Won't that be too much trouble?"
"Not at all. If it were daylight, I'd have gone to get them myself. This late at night, with you here alone, in case there's a snake... "
