"Pfft!"
When La Folia's earth-shattering words reached Luo Zhen's ears, Luo Zhen, who had been drinking, instantly widened his eyes and couldn't help spraying all the drink in his mouth out.
"Oh my."
Sitting across from Luo Zhen, La Folia merely turned her head with an unchanged expression, allowing the drink that sprayed out like arrows to fall into empty space and splash behind her without touching her at all. Her reflexes were unexpectedly sharp.
No, it would be more accurate to say that La Folia had already anticipated this reaction, which was why she had been able to dodge in time.
"Cough, cough...!"
Luo Zhen, meanwhile, choked and coughed desperately, nearly coughing all the air from his lungs out.
"Here, take my handkerchief."
La Folia remained calm as she handed Luo Zhen a handkerchief.
"Th... thank you..."
Luo Zhen accepted it on reflex, but immediately realized what had happened and slapped the handkerchief onto the table.
"Wait! Is this really the time to calmly hand me a handkerchief!?"
Luo Zhen couldn't help raising his voice.
"Did I say something strange?"
La Folia looked completely baffled.
"What do you mean, 'something strange'?" Luo Zhen felt as though his mind were about to explode, and he shouted at La Folia, "Let me ask you this: why do you think what you just said wasn't strange?"
"What's strange about it?" La Folia replied frankly. "A kiss between a man and a woman is an intimate expression. Isn't that how it works in this country?"
"That's true, but only between lovers." Luo Zhen pressed his fingers to his temples and asked from the bottom of his heart, "And do you think we're lovers?"
"We..." La Folia gazed at Luo Zhen, then acted shy and became coy. "If you don't mind, Yaō, I don't