"Thank you."
After hesitating for a moment, Hu Liena spoke softly.
Perhaps she was thanking Lu Yuan for saving Xie Yue, or perhaps for saving herself; in any case, an indescribable undertone had quietly entered the girl's words.
"No need to thank me."
The boy waved a hand, a mischievous grin appearing on his face as he maliciously teased, "Where I come from, great kindness is not repaid with words. Either you offer yourself in marriage to repay the favor, or you spend your next life as an ox or horse in gratitude."
"Which one do you choose?"
The gratitude that had just risen in the girl's heart was instantly scattered by those words.
She didn't want to choose either one, okay!
Offering herself in marriage was impossible, and being an ox or horse in her next life was impossible too.
Who the hell knew whether vows made in this life would come true in the next?
What if they did? Wouldn't she be the one getting the short end of the stick?
Besides.
Even if she were to offer herself in marriage, he shouldn't have brought it up so bluntly!
Had he given any thought to a girl's dignity at all?!
What an insensitive fool!
After fiercely cursing him out in her heart, the girl deliberately turned her head away with a shy expression and gave no answer.
She seemed embarrassed, yet also seemed to be tossing the difficult choice back to him.
Bored out of his mind, Lu Yuan rose to his feet and carefully studied Hu Liena's profile. He chuckled unconsciously, then asked casually, "Has anyone ever told you that your acting is really terrible?"
Her eyelashes trembled slightly as the girl tried to cover it up. "I don't understand what you're saying."
"You do understand!"
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