Watching the turtle retreating into its shell, Lin Mubai stood behind it and shook his head helplessly, then asked himself in his heart: "Am I being too rash, scaring her?" Yet he didn't feel any regret deep inside, knowing that this day would eventually come. He had waited impatiently and so needed to quickly make the woman hiding in her shell realize his feelings.
Returning to her room, An Nan threw herself onto the bed in frustration, and started constantly questioning how she could be seduced by beauty.
"An Nan, you're hopeless, you actually let yourself be seduced by beauty, and defiled such a fine youth."
An Nan's wails echoed from beneath the covers. For some reason, she suddenly recalled the night of 419, and the man whose identity she did not know. To say she didn't know him wasn't quite right; perhaps it was deliberate avoidance. Adding her current situation with Lin Mubai, she felt she was about to go crazy.
