Fragrance on the Moon

After his conversation, Ah Liu didn't know where to start, and the words and phrases he had thought up before disappeared without a trace.

But she has always been a person who will not change after making a decision, so after a moment of hesitation, she still opened her mouth.

"I regard you as a friend, Chaoying," she said, "so it's true that I never thought about it."

"Then you can think about it now." Lin Chaoying's tone was a little self-defeating, "Whether you feel sick or uncomfortable, you can just say it."

A Liu: "I don't think so."

"I'm here to tell you that although I... I may not be able to respond to your wishes, it's not because I can't accept your manhood."

She finally said it, "We are friends, between friends, we should be frank, there is something I have never revealed to you before, in fact, I—"

"Could it be that you already like men? Just don't like me?" Lin Chaoying's voice became anxious.

"No!" She could understand his urgency, but could she finish the sentence, "No, it's okay, because I've actually been walking around the world disguised as a man all this time."

Lin Chaoying could hardly believe what she heard, subconsciously said: "What did you say?!"

His tone was too shocking and unbelievable, which made Ah Liu feel even more sorry, but he still solemnly repeated: "I'm not a man, it's really convenient to pretend to be a man."

This time, before she finished speaking, Lin Chaoying opened the door.

With a sound of 'squeak', the two stood facing each other, reflecting each other's eyes.

Lin Chaoying was still in shock, her brows were furrowed tightly, and she was even confused when she spoke, "You...you said you were a woman?"

A Liu: "Yes..."

The more she thought about it, the more embarrassing she became, and then she said sincerely, "Sorry, I should have told you earlier."

"How could you be a woman?!" It took Lin Chaoying several months to accept the fact that she might have fallen in love with a man. Hearing this now, she felt absurd, "You...why didn't you say it?"

Ah Liu rubbed his nose, and said honestly: "I didn't say it before, because I had already dressed up as a man when we met, and everyone in the world thought I was a real man, and it was really easy to walk in the world as a man. I thought it would be okay to keep pretending.”

Lin Chaoying was still in a daze, staring at her for a long while, then suddenly remembered something, her eyes flashed, and she asked, "So you never told anyone about this?" Was he the first one?

A Liu nodded, but the answer was not what he really wanted to hear, because she said that it was indeed the first time she mentioned it to others, and before that, only Ji Bingyan and Hu Tiehua knew about her true gender.

Lin Chaoying: "..."

Seeing his delicate expression, she subconsciously added another sentence of explanation: "I grew up with the two of them and came out to venture into the rivers and lakes together. They have no reason not to know."

Unfortunately, Lin Chaoying still frowned.

He didn't open his mouth to blame her, just stood there quietly and looked at her, his eyes burning, as if it could melt her.

"Anyway, after you said those things tonight, after thinking about it, I think you should know about it." She also looked at him, and met his gaze directly, "Otherwise, I really deserve to be a friend."

It's really hard for Lin Chaoying to describe his feelings: on the one hand, he found out that the person he likes is actually a girl, so he felt more hopeful than before;

On the other hand, Ah Liu's frankness proved that she only regarded him as a friend.

She undoubtedly has great kindness towards him, so she came to tell him the truth when she learned that he had been troubled by "liking men", but she probably never thought that from his point of view, she would also be rejected, because Being rejected for your gender and being rejected because you don't mean it are two completely different feelings.

She really regarded him as a friend, but it was just a friend.

Lin Chaoying stood in the unlit room, staring at her steadfastly, and at the end, she could only accept this.

"I see." He heard himself say, "So from now on, are we still friends?"

"As long as you are still willing to be friends with me, that is." She did not hesitate.

Lin Chaoying was waiting for this sentence. Although he felt very uncomfortable at the moment, he also understood one thing, that is, she was actually more emotional than anyone else.

He laughed and said yes, then we are still friends.

At this time, A Liu didn't quite understand why he insisted on getting a confirmation from her, but three days later, when she was about to leave Feixian Island, she understood.

Declining Wang Chongyang's matter, she finally entrusted Ji Bingyan to let him disclose to Madam Ye that she is a woman disguised as a man when discussing the details of the long-term cooperation between the caravan and Persia with Madam Ye.

Ji Bingyan usually doesn't talk much, but when he is willing to speak, his eloquence is always the best among the three of them, so he "naturally" passed the news to Mrs. Ye without spending any effort.

According to him, Mrs. Ye's expression changed and she almost lost control and dropped the tea bowl.

"But no matter what, she must have told Miss Wang now." Ji Bingyan said, "It's about time we left."

"Yeah." A Liu had no objection, "It's time."

So on the morning of the second day of the new year, she formally bid farewell to Mrs. Ye.

Madam Ye didn't try to persuade them to stay, but her attitude was still quite polite, and she said that no matter when they came to South China Sea again, they would always be the guests of Baiyun City.

A Liu thanked her, and after thanking her, she realized that Lin Chaoying was not there, and she was a little concerned, so she asked Hu Tiehua and Ji Bingyan to take Wuhua and Ximen Chuixue out of the city first.

"how about you?"

"I'll look for Chaoying, he may have taken Master Ye to practice swords outside the city." She paused, "I have to tell you personally."

Hu Tiehua hesitated to speak, and finally choked out a sentence.

Ji Bingyan was not surprised at all, nodded and said that you should hurry up.

Ah Liu responded without hesitation, but he went around Baiyun City without finding Lin Chaoying.

She felt strange, and didn't want the people on the boat to wait for her for too long, so she had to go to the ferry first, thinking that if it was impossible, she should leave a letter to him, so that at least it could be regarded as a notification, instead of leaving without saying goodbye.

Then she rushed to the ferry, and the moment she was about to board the boat, she saw Lin Chaoying.

The swordsman in black clothes held a sword in one hand, and the three-year-old Zhengtai Ye Gucheng who was holding a wooden sword in the other hand. The sea breeze made his clothes bulge, and the ponytail behind him fluttered in the wind.

"I told Mrs. Ye." He opened the mouth one step ahead of her, "Ah Cheng is extremely talented, instead of letting him stay in the South China Sea and work behind closed doors since he was a child, why not take him to travel around the world and broaden his horizons? It will also be good for him to practice swords in the future."

After finishing speaking, he paused, and then said: "You are also a martial arts practitioner, you should know that what I said is definitely not made up."

A Liu: "..."

Lin Chaoying had already walked in front of her, the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and said: "It just so happens that I also have a friend who aims to travel around the world, and she also happens to have a boat, she is a good friend who can't be more generous."

Aliu was speechless.

And he smiled even more, and asked softly: "Isn't it?"