Moving to the Golden Courtyard

"But when all's said and done, having these feelings is my own problem, so... I thought, if it's possible..." Durandal suddenly stammered.

"Joining in or something... I guess it wouldn't be impossible."

"?"

This was bad. Xu Qi could already hear Rita grinding her teeth behind him.

Aponia covered the smile at the corners of her lips. After all, to her, the thoughts of the person before her were as easy to understand as if they had never been hidden.

"I understand. Does anyone else want to answer?"

After waiting for quite some time, there was still no response. The other girls were either too shy to answer the question or too reserved, feeling that answering would cost them face.

In the end, Pardofelis timidly raised her hand.

And when that little hand went up, everyone in the Golden Courtyard began looking at Xu Qi with meaningful expressions. After all...

Pardofelis should have been the only girl among the original residents whom he hadn't won over yet, right?

You're trying to take them all down in one go...

Xu Qi increasingly felt that getting involved in this women's charm contest had absolutely been the worst decision he had made today.

"I... I might pretend that I've already fallen asleep, then watch the boss go sleep with another girl. After all, I... I don't have any status..."

You're not even pretending anymore. You just flat-out said that man is me, right!?

And why does the experience you described sound so familiar?

That was exactly what happened when we traveled to Guangcheng back then!

"If no one else is going to answer, then let's move on to the second question..."

At this point, Xu Qi simply slumped in his seat and gave up. The first question had already been so explosive, so