If anyone else had spoken to her like that, Huan Qianyin would only have felt that they were humiliating her.
But when those words came from Tiandao, the outcome was entirely different.
After all, when the gap in strength between two sides was so vast that there was no end in sight, whether something was offensive or not simply did not matter.
"Tiandao, I can only tell you what I'm allowed to say. As for everything else, I won't tell you even if you kill me."
Tiandao waved a hand. "I understand. The Moonshadow Family's rules, right? I get it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Tiandao pointed at the tiramisu before her and said with a smile, "All right, don't look like you're marching bravely to your death. I'm not as bad as you think."
"Try this. This dessert shop is pretty good."
Huan Qianyin hesitated for a moment, but still picked up a piece of tiramisu with her fork and put it into her mouth.
As the sweet, rich cocoa flavor melted over her tongue, the laughter of pedestrians outside mingled with the jazz music in the shop and drifted into Huan Qianyin's ears, giving her a strange sense of peace.
Even the tension Huan Qianyin had been holding onto completely relaxed at that moment.
Perhaps this conversation was not going to be as terrible as she had imagined.
Once she had confirmed that Tiandao did not actually harbor any ill intent, Huan Qianyin finished the dessert, set down her fork, and began selecting things she could tell him.
Although Tiandao had long since learned much of what she said through the original Movie Edition from the Popularity System.
That original Movie Edition was a version in which Tiandao had not taken part, so he still needed some