"A long time ago, there was a little girl. She..." I hesitated.
She stopped chewing the apple, turned her head and glanced at me, "Keep going."
"She, she goes to the street every day to sell matches." I paused again and glanced at her secretly.
"Keep going." She bit the apple one bite at a time and nodded with interest.
"One day, she met another little girl." I felt my lips were a little dry, so I picked up the water glass next to me and took a sip.
"Go on." She turned the apple in her hand and began to bite the other side.
"The little girl bought all her matches."
"Continue."
"So, she fell in love with the little girl."
Her hand holding the apple paused in the air for a moment, then continued to put it into her mouth, "Continue."
I spread my hands and looked at her sincerely, "No more."
She put the leftover apple core into my hand and looked at me with the same sincere eyes, "I want to hear the story of the princess and the prince."
"Quick." As she said this, she reached out to the bedside table and picked out another big apple.
I turned around, threw the apple core in my hand into the trash can, and took a deep breath.
"Liu Shi, I like you."
There was no "continue", just the thud of the apple falling to the ground.