"How are you? Are you okay?"
Lin Chen felt a searing pain in his butt from the sharp stones on the ground, but he couldn't let it show. He gently patted the girl's back.
The pat seemed to snap Jin Meiyan, who was lying on his chest, back to her senses. She scrambled to her feet and began bowing repeatedly.
"I'm so sorry, Oppa! I didn't do it on purpose..."
"It's fine. It's just dirt, you can pat it off. As long as you're not hurt, that's what matters. If you'd gotten scraped or pulled a muscle, we'd have to turn back immediately."
Lin Chen waved it off dismissively. With a grunt, he sprang to his feet, revealing the small indentation his fall had made in the dirt, along with a few sharp pebbles inside it.
Jin Meiyan stared at the pebbles in the crater, then glanced at the man who was subtly trying to shift his position to block her view. She bit her lower lip, a flicker of emotion in her eyes.
