When Liu Tao pushed the door open to leave, the sky outside had already turned completely dark.
Without streetlights, the moonlight was the brightest light in the night. Most households were dim, with only a few more affluent ones lighting kerosene lamps, whose black smoke and dim yellow light mingled like scattered sparks.
Luo Jun was still as he was when he arrived, with both hands in his pockets, standing at the doorway. Moonlight poured over him, his face half-lit and half-shadowed, making his eyes appear profoundly deep.
"I don't like eating carrots," Luo Jun said.
"I know, so I asked Master Jiang to make the carrots taste better." Liu Tao walked up to Luo Jun, skillfully linking her arm through his, and the two of them pressed close as they walked home.
"I remember you didn't like eating greens at first either, but you quite like the greens Master Jiang makes, don't you?"
