Zuo Ziyang couldn't guarantee the future, but he wasn't ready to give up. He insisted,
"How can you know my feelings for her are unreliable if you don't even give me a chance? A Bai, I'm not asking for your help. I just hope you won't stop me from pursuing her."
Shi Yubai stared at him coldly.
"And if I do?"
Zuo Ziyang froze for a second, then grew agitated.
"A Bai, what gives you the right to stop me? Even as her brother, you have no right to interfere with your sister's love life, do you?"
Shi Yubai stared straight ahead, his voice calm as he told him,
"She'll never like you. She's already in love with someone."
Zuo Ziyang laughed.
"Oh yeah? Who? I don't believe you."
Shi Yubai said,
"You don't need to know who he is. You just need to remember that Shi Yingluo is taken."
With that, Shi Yubai shelled a pistachio and held it to the lips of Xu Shengxia, who had just returned from selecting a song.
Xu Shengxia froze.
She stared at Shi Yubai, dumbfounded.
