Nangong Zhiyun was completely unaffected by Qin Yu's perfect reasoning and could even pick apart flaws within it. So when it came to a marital alliance laced with inherent distrust, even though she initially didn't harbor much aversion to Yue Jin's proposal, she instinctively began analyzing it at this moment.
Her conduct, her personality—if even Qingqiu could see through her, would Yue Jin not also understand? His deliberate mention of her talent and the choice at Tianzang—was it a subtle hint that she shouldn't claim his resources, lest she interfere with him refining two slim fruits into top-grade elixirs to achieve a better ranking…?
Clearly, if he truly understood her, he would know that by saying this, she'd be even less likely to take them.
If he knew this... and still said it.
Then...
"Thank you, but I really don't need them," she said.
"Uh... well, alright then," Yue Jin responded with a helpless smile, putting the slim fruits away.
