After a while, Shi Meifen suddenly spoke up, "...Is there anything you want to talk about? You seem tense."
Lu Jingye shook his head.
Shi Meifen: "Really?"
"En."
"You really have nothing to say?"
Lu Jingye frowned and shuffled his feet. Did his mother notice something? He resisted the urge to direct his face at the ceiling. General He clearly had some ulterior motives but why didn't he feel the need to expose the man to his mother?
He thought back to He Yuan's bright eyes and sweet smile and tsked. Nevermind, his mother was just one woman. What could she do? He tilted his head in her direction. "There's really nothing."
Shi Meifen fell silent. After a while, she smiled helplessly and placed a hand against his cheek. "You're always so quiet. Wenduo spends more time unconscious but even he has said more words than you ever have.