Jimo Shanshan grabbed him and stammered, "I-I chased him away as soon as I put down your phone."
"You really chased him away?" Mai Zekai asked skeptically.
Jimo Shanshan nodded emphatically.
"So there really is this man?" Mai Zekai's expression turned sour.
Jimo Shanshan hesitated and said, "If that person had never shown up, would you have come back to find me?"
"I would have come back, but maybe not as quickly," Mai Zekai admitted honestly.
Jimo Shanshan broke free from his hand, sniffing and said, "It's a good thing you came back. I did chase him away, but what I really said to him was to give me one night to think about it. That night wasn't for me—it was for you. If you hadn't come back, I might really have gone with him."
Mai Zekai leaned down to look at her, only moving after a long pause. "Who gave you the guts?"
