Seeing that the middle-aged woman had vanished, the shop assistant continued to select bracelets for He Qing while murmuring dejectedly, "Ah, I really don't know what that customer was thinking. Jade has spiritual qualities, but not in that way. How can you blame everything on it?"
Indeed.
He Qing nodded silently as well.
A sudden change in someone's mood must mean they have something on their mind. In the End of Dharma era, the odds of encountering a mystical event are quite small—cough, the events around He Qing don't count.
When this kind of situation arises, one should look for reasons within the person themselves.
For some unknown reason, the shop assistant took a liking to He Qing and blurted out everything that should and shouldn't be said, "What era are we in, to still be talking all mysterious... That single sentence out of nowhere scared the daylights out of me."
He Qing: ...She really couldn't tell.
