His movements were swift, showing that he was well accustomed to the task.
Xie Zhinuan watched for a while but found it uninteresting, so she went above deck and found a spot away from the light to read and recite from a book.
A gentle breeze blew along the great river, with either green mountains or villages and small towns on each bank. Some people were still rushing to harvest the rice, while others were pulling straw back home to keep for cooking and heating in the winter.
Such were the varied scenes of life.
Xie Zhinuan's mouth moved ceaselessly as she alternated between reading her book and gazing into the distance to continue her recitation.
It seemed as though, after a revelation, her memory had improved substantially. With one reading, she could recite everything perfectly, without missing a single word.
Li Hengyi sat by the window, where he could just make out Xie Zhinuan's profile.
