The man had his back to her, his eyes fixed steadily ahead. Li Dai followed his gaze, but saw only a barren mountaintop, looking as though it had been struck by lightning, with nothing else in sight.
Li Dai found him familiar, and when he turned around, she recognized him. He was indeed an acquaintance, Shi Yuan, whom she had not seen in many years.
He looked at her without speaking, yet his eyes, vast as a starry sky, seemed to say a great deal. He just looked at her like that, a flash of light passing through his eyes. Before Li Dai could decipher what that light was, it vanished.
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