Lu Sangjiu felt utterly unable to handle the tangled mess of their relationships. She scooted back warily and forced a smile. "Heh... is there something you need from me?"
Xie Ningyuan was silent for a moment before saying with a perfectly straight face, "Little Jiu, let's elope!"
"Pfft— COUGH, COUGH, COUGH, COUGH..."
Lu Sangjiu nearly choked to death on her own saliva. After a violent coughing fit, she looked up in disbelief, her gaze dazed. "Wh-what did you say?"
'I must have misheard him!'
But then Xie Ningyuan repeated, his expression perfectly calm, "I said, let's elope."
Lu Sangjiu: "..."
'Oh, so it isn't a problem with my ears. It's the world that's gone mad.'
Seeing her silence, Xie Ningyuan continued, "You don't like Gu Jue anyway, and I like Ye Zhiyao even less."
"And as it happens, Ye Zhiyao likes Gu Jue. If you leave with me, we might even be able to help them get together. Wouldn't that be a happy ending for everyone?"
Lu Sangjiu: "..."
