Jie Jingchen saw her staring at him warily, and his mouth twitched. His large hand landed on her shoulder, pulling her over to pluck a leaf from her hair. "You had a leaf in your hair. What else did you think I was going to do?"
"Heh heh." Qin Mei laughed awkwardly.
"What were you two doing in the tree?"
Jie Jingchen and Qin Mei were startled. 'The guy actually turned back.'
Qin Mei pulled Jie Jingchen over to join them and casually lied to the young boy, "Raiding a bird's nest."
'This isn't a fruit tree, so saying we were picking fruit isn't realistic, and we might even be mistaken for thieves. Raiding a bird's nest is the perfect excuse.'
The boy was easy to fool. He shot them a disdainful look, as if to scold them for being so grown up yet still climbing trees to raid birds' nests.
