The Girl Who Speaks Strangely, Part II

Wu Jian sucked in a deep breath. He wasn’t the only one.

The first thing he noticed was her hair, that brilliant orange color that reminded him of molten lava. It was mixed with gold highlights. Wu Jian remembered Huǒ Shuchang’s hair being quite the sight to behold, but that paled in comparison to the wildly beautiful colors of this woman’s perfectly straight hair, which descended all the way to her lower back.

She had a young face, too. He would have put her at sixteen. Her pert nose and pink lips made her look like a doll. Big golden eyes gave her an innocence and purity he hadn’t seen on anyone else. The fairness of her skin made it appear soft and springy. Wu Jian wouldn’t lie. He was tempted to pinch her cheeks just to see how they felt.

Everything else was still hidden by her cloak, but now that he had seen her face, he could get a feel for how the rest of her looked. She was probably very petite underneath that cloak.