"Why?"

"Hair is a woman's treasure. Woman with short hair will lose their value. Unless you want to become a nun, but don't even think about that"

Senja just grumbled unclear, dissatisfied with Xiao Tianyao's answer.

Perhaps because all the things that had happened somehow made the suspicion between them dissipated, or maybe the magic of this serene night made their conversation more pleasant than usual.

"One day, I will die from drying my hair unless I am allowed to cut it short."

"Once you are home, you will have maids to dry your hair for you until the day you die."

"Why can't I get my maids now?" Senja raised her head and looked at Xiao Tianyao questioningly.

"You are in a military compound. Except for a doctor, no women are allowed to enter."

After a long silence without reply from Senja, she continued to grumble. Ignoring Xiao Tianyao's explanation, "… I want to cut my hair short."

"…" did she not hear what I said?

Both of them chat away the whole night without mentioning a single thing about what the incident, L Clan, his suspicion or the death of Doctor Hong. They just talked idly about trivial matters.

As it turned out, Xiao Tianyao felt comfortable to talk about unimportant topics with Senja. He didn't find it annoying or a waste of his time, instead it was so relaxed. There was no scheming and trapping within the conversation. He could just chat away without over working his mind. He could tease her without worrying if she would take it personally or be offended. Instead, she would either angry, sulk and then laugh out loud at his teasing remarks, her every reaction was amusing.

It surprised him that he enjoyed his conversation with Senja.

Fortunately, Senja didn't know what he was thinking, because if she knew what he thought, she would have asked for a fee for this impromptu 'healing session'...

***

It has been a week after the attack and the night at the pavilion. Since that night, Senja wasn't as cautious as before when she was around Xiao Tianyao. That night, they indeed had a good chat.

However, in this past week Xiao Tianyao had been very busy that they had no chances to have any long conversation with each other. Sometimes, if Xiao Tianyao was in the Carnation Resort Senja would stared at Xiao Tianyao's study room from her window and catching a glimpse of him when he's inside the Carnation Resort. However, when the study room is dark, she will continue to watch until she feels sleepy.

Yoda recuperated pretty fast and now he was mingling with other Crescent Moon Member to hear their stories or have morning exercise with them. As for Hu Feng, Xiao Tianyao didn't put him under arrest so, he was free to roam around the Carnation Resort, however every time he saw Xiao Tianyao he would scurry away. He spent most of his time with Yoda and Senja, because of the latter also had nothing to do. Except…

Four days ago Yang Yu brought a grey stallion for Senja so she could learn to ride to rid herself of her boredom.

At that time Senja remembered that Xiao Tianyao had eavesdropped on her conversation with Grandfather about her desire to learn how to ride a horse. She bit down her lips to stop herself from grinning happily.

And of course besides spending her time to learning to ride the horse with Yoda in her spare time, she would think about that crazy man she met in the forest.