"Even if it's just a hypothetical, it's still not okay. Don't say things like that anymore. I hope that if anyone gets hurt, it's me, never you. So stop saying such depressing things, alright?" Yes, he didn't even want to hear that kind of talk.
Call him a coward, say he's backing down, whatever; as long as he can avoid hearing it, he doesn't want to hear any of it.
"Got it, our Mr. Chu really is overbearing. Okay, stop glaring at me, I'll listen to you. Is that acceptable?" Qin Xue reached out to touch his face.
It's not like she actually wanted to say those things either. It's just that the way she came here was unusual, and who knows when the heavens might suddenly decide to take her life away. If they really did, later on even if she wanted to stay she wouldn't be able to. It's not about what she herself can do, it's just something she has no control over, isn't it?
In this life, having a man treat her like this—she could die without regrets.
