Wasn't she just joking?
Wasn't she just trying to ease the atmosphere?
How had he hung up so timidly?
Was he really that bad at taking a joke?
444 snorted.
Serves you right!
You'd better hurry and coax him, or he might never pay attention to you again, let alone meet you.
"..." She had really brought this on herself.
They had been chatting perfectly well, but the moment they started a video call, she had run her mouth and scared him away.
Su Qiao hurriedly sent him a message to explain.
I was joking with you. You're actually not old at all. What I really meant was that you don't look thirty-two at all. You look twenty-two.
Seeing that he still hadn't responded or replied to her message, Su Qiao waited a while before editing another message and sending it over.
I wasn't lying to you. You really do look so young, nothing like someone who's thirty-two.
Also, you're very handsome—much better-looking than even the Empire's most famous Fei Jue.
Host, can a man really be described as beautiful? Are you sure you'll still be able to meet Chi Jingyue if you keep this up?
You should praise him for being tall and mighty. That's the proper way to give him a sweet date, okay?
444 wore an exasperated expression, practically itching to take over.
Meanwhile, at the research center, Chi Jingyue stared at the messages arriving one after another. After a long while, he finally muttered to himself, "Was she really not lying?"
"Who is Fei Jue?"
After thinking it over, he used his Optical Computer to look him up.
Only then did he discover that Fei Jue was an extremely popular male celebrity at the height of his fame.
He stared at Fei Jue's photo for a