Xuan Lengyan snorted, and with a sweep of her delicate hand, several booklets vanished. Her beautiful eyes fixed on Xu Yi. "There's something I'd like you to help me think through. What would be the best way to handle it..."
Xu Yi mulled it over, then said, "It's not difficult. That Miss Su clearly doesn't get along with you, yet she's holding a birthday banquet and insisting on inviting you. She's obviously planning to humiliate you in front of everyone. It's her party, and she's already made her preparations. Why not just decline? Refusing to give her face is the clearest statement you can make."
Xuan Lengyan shot him a sidelong glance. "If it were that simple, why would I ask you for advice? Where did all that wickedness in your gut go? Are you trying to set me up... Your teacher is quite capable, you know!"
Xu Yi grimaced and said nothing, silently drawing little figures of her in his mind and cursing them.
In any case, he couldn't afford to provoke Xuan Lengyan anymore. He might as well let her do as she pleased.
After venting her anger, Xuan Lengyan said coldly, "Your teacher has to go, but she absolutely cannot lose face. Those are the only two conditions. Think of something yourself. If you can't, you're not going home today—you'll stay here thinking until you do. Stand up."
Xu Yi rose to his feet, his face calm, though inside, his heart was a vast sea of bitterness.
Endure. I'll endure.
Besides, what could he do if he didn't?
Xu Yi stood stiffly to one side, like an attendant waiting on her.
Xuan Lengyan paid him no mind, eating at her own leisurely pace. Apparently bored, she even took out a booklet and began flipping through it as