Are you really caged?

While Li Xue was concentrated on her thoughts, she felt the continuous stares of Shen Bingling from her side. Feeling it out of no reason, she turned to ask with a slight tug on her brows. "Is there something on my face, Princess Shen? You are suddenly staring at me like you have discovered two horns on my head."

She asked as a curl lifted the corner of her lips on one side. But even on her joke like that, Shen Bingling didn't laugh, instead, she stared at her more seriously before putting a straight question from her heart. "Li Xue, was she really your best friend?" 

Li Xue looked at her with a frown before nodding. "Mhm. She is my best friend. But why are you asking?" 

"She sounded so childish. You two don't seem similar, then how did you accept her as your friend?"