This makes Liu Mingyan look at her sharply in an entirely new way. She is as beautiful as she is, and has met Luo Binghe, and yet speaks of him perfectly neutrally, with no lie in her voice or eye, as if it meant nothing to her—as if they hadn't even slept together.

"I see," she says, and files this away to be puzzled over later. She sighs, lightly. "It appears I am here for a day, then. A shame, to have such limited time."