Summary:
<blockquote>No matter how she tries to word it, the question is going to sound terribly awkward. Even if San Niang is the most trustworthy person Xie Lian knows, she might decide to simply hang up and go back to sleep.
“I wondered… I mean, since then I have been wondering if maybe what Shi Qingxuan was suggesting might not be entirely out of the realm of possibility,” she rushes through this as quickly as possible, squeezing her eyes closed as she speaks. “I don’t really know how to judge what I’m, um, supposed to feel.”
“About… women?” San Niang says, posing the question tentatively.
“Yes,” Xie Lian says, breathing it out.
“Oh,” San Niang says, just as softly. “Okay. Um.”</blockquote>
