In the following two days, Yao Qing felt as if life had entered a buffering period.
This so-called buffering period is when a significant incident is accumulating, and though the surface is calm, one cannot tell if the next second will bring chaos.
In these days, she intentionally or unintentionally tried to converse with Yu Yanshen, but the man simply ignored her.
Even when he spoke, it was only brief exchanges. "Have you eaten?" "Yes, I have."
Yao Qing found that drawing words out of his mouth was harder than reaching the heavens, or perhaps he was intentionally ignoring her.
In any case, she felt like she was being subjected to one-sided cold violence.
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The scars of war were particularly profound in the north, where the aridness and drought were the cumulative result of years of conflict.
