Xu Changqing was completely caught off guard when Shen Weimin suddenly appeared. Or rather, it was clear he'd been waiting for a while, only revealing himself when she came up the path.
She looked around in disbelief. Thankfully, he was the only one guarding the mountain trail behind her house. Otherwise, if her grandparents found out she wasn't going to the county seat, she'd be in for it.
"What are you looking at?" Shen Weimin shot her a glance that was both amused and exasperated. "Still looking? You even managed to fool Gangzi. You think anyone else would be following you?"
'Yikes!'
'It's a good thing it's easy to spot anyone following from behind.' Xu Changqing's mouth twitched. "What are you doing here? Don't tell me you ran over here to wait before dawn?"
"You think your man has no brain?"
"No, you're the clever one." 'He even figured out my route into the mountains.' "How'd you guess I'd come up at this time? Weren't you afraid we'd miss each other?"
"You guess."
