Please don't overthink...
Guisu stared at her serious face, and he became serious and earnest as well.
"I want to protect you, and it has nothing to do with whether you have someone you like, or who you're with."
Baili Xia was even more stunned, what does that mean?
"You..." After thinking it over, she finally figured it out, "You want to be my bodyguard?"
Also, since Sima Liuyue is Lu Xuening, she definitely can't return to the Sima Family in the future.
Guisu used to be by Sima Liuyue's side, but now that Sima Liuyue is out of the picture, he's... essentially unemployed.
He's really more suited to being a bodyguard; you can't have him be a thug or an assassin, right?
"But... I have no money." Baili Xia felt a bit awkward, unsure if saying this would hurt Guisu's self-esteem.
"Sorry, I really... have no money, I can't afford to hire you. How about I ask Brother You, maybe he..."
