She stealthily glanced at Zhou Jin'an and felt increasingly that he was different from everyone else, thus her mind inevitably wandered wildly.
That dinner, which lasted quite a while, hardly involved any conversation between the two, yet there was an ambiguous shadow pervading the air.
After dinner, they headed back together, with Ding Ruxin clamoring for a walk to aid digestion and insisting that Zhou Jin'an accompany her.
He did not refuse, and they walked side by side.
Perhaps due to the alcohol she had consumed, Ding Ruxin became much more lively, casting aside her usual decorum for the moment.
"Director Zhou, do you remember our childhood?"
She opened up the conversation.
Zhou Jin'an pursed his lips and remained silent; he seldom reminisced about his childhood, as the memories were mostly unpleasant.