Gu Yue asked Xia Ran, "How would you describe a city that hasn't had rain for a month?"
She hoped he would say something about looking forward to rainy days. Even someone who loves sunny weather must wish for rain when it's hot, right?
Xia Ran studied her face as if reading her fortune, then said, "A city that hasn't had rain for a month is like a child who has never had a good cry."
Something unexpectedly stirred in Gu Yue's heart.
As if unwilling to give in, or perhaps unwilling to let her emotions show, she immediately asked, "How would you describe the scorching sun in July?"
Xia Ran thought for a moment, then suddenly spoke slowly and deliberately, like an elementary school student making up a sentence: "The July sun is as vicious as a stepmother."
Then he gave her a ghostly smile.
He didn't understand what sunny weather had done to offend her, but since she hated it so much, he figured she wouldn't mind him saying that.
At the word "stepmother," Gu Yue was struck speechless.
Thinking it wasn't vicious enough, Xia Ran amended his answer: "Even more vicious than a stepmother."
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