Xiao Cheng patted her head like one might a puppy, then turned and left. Shen Lan stared blankly at his retreating back, her brow furrowed in thought. She felt it then—the way Xiao Cheng treated her was different. It was too intimate. An intimacy that threw her heart into disarray. “No, this won’t do.” Shen Lan shook her head, her eyes closed. A man like that was a flower on a high cliff—meant to