"Can't I stay?" Yuan tugged weakly at Xu Kun's sleeve.
"If you stay, will you support me?" Xu Kun replied flatly.
The moment he said that, they both fell into an awkward silence.
Yuan froze, then slowly loosened her clenched little hand. "Are you PUA-ing me?"
Oh, she caught on?
Xu Kun turned his head and said with calm confidence, "No. I'm stating facts."
"In my eyes, you're worthless—a typical confident nobody."
If he was going to PUA her, he might as well see it through to the end!
I look down on you. So what?
Yuan bit her lip, looking somewhat pitiful. "Am I really that unwelcome to you?"
"Your way of doing things only disgusts me. If you want to get with me, try again in your next life!"
Hearing Xu Kun's resolute tone and seeing the undisguised disgust in his eyes, Yuan truly panicked this time!
She could do without love. She could even settle for a forcibly picked fruit just to quench her thirst. Her only goal was to win Xu Kun over, secure her position as the ruler of the Yuan, and use Xu Kun's status to extend her reach into the Azure Phoenix Lineage!
But that did not mean she wanted Xu Kun to hate her and make the distance between them grow ever wider!
Based on what she knew of Xu Kun, he was the sort who would rather be shattered jade than intact tile. If she pushed him too far, forget making him marry her—they might even become sworn enemies in the future!
"Just because I used this matter to threaten you?"
"Hasn't that always been how you acted?" Xu Kun retorted.
Yuan was left speechless. Though that was indeed true, she did not think she had done anything wrong!
To achieve