A name left unasked

When evening struck in the sky, Alix found herself standing at some distance from Lin's Cafe. She craned her neck a bit to take a look and found the rush hour to be even busier than usual.

Guess coming to the exhibition yesterday turned out to be a great marketing strategy, she thought.

She stared at Lin and Cai running and hopping around the cafe to take and manage the orders. She walked just a bit closer but didn't step in the cafe.

Why did I even come here?

Alix wasn't sure.

If not Shui, then what if it's you?

'What do you mean?' Alix had asked, feeling sincerely confused.

'Just asking,' Nuo replied. 'If it so happens that…something more than friendship forms between you and Jin, then I wonder what you will think about it?'

Alix's eyes slightly widened but then she burst into a chuckle.

'Liu Jin and me? Your imagination is taking quite the leap, Mrs. Han?'

'...Is it now?'