A man's pride is a terrifying thing!
For a moment, everyone fell silent, whether they knew the whole story or not. Su Yuhan, for her part, was so exasperated she had to laugh.
She had no doubt that if she had stayed in the Imperial City and taken the initiative to tell Qi Lianxiu that Jiang Yuxi had sought her out, she would have suffered the same fate as the original owner of her body. The guy would have mistaken her actions as a sign she had other intentions toward him—that she couldn't bear to leave and was maliciously pestering him—and it would have ended in a messy breakup.
In other words, she was damned if she left and damned if she didn't. She was screwed if she did the dumping, and she was screwed if she got dumped.
It was a perfect fit for the MO of a modern-day capitalist boss. There was absolutely no justice in the world!
"Ahem, now that everything's been explained, could Mr. Qi perhaps let my friend go?" 'And let me go, too.'
