While that flirtation and its accompanying revelations were happening in secret, Laurel had kept on speaking. From the topic of the main characters’ names, she’d moved on to talk about the specific time period that the ancient half of the story was set in.
“…Perhaps the most important thing to note is the fact people of that time were not what we would nowadays describe as ‘prudes.’ I imagine it would come as a surprise to many of us given how conservative we tend to think of ancient society, but actually, in many ways, they were also quite sexually adventurous…”
Even though he was listening quite closely to the speaker, from the corner of his eyes, a certain man to Xian’s left couldn’t help but notice what was going on with his neighbors. He was, after all, sitting quite close to them.
