Director Yu was stunned, then stamped her foot. "You..."
"...ungrateful wretch."
Xiao Tao, the newly installed Cult Master of the Stabbed Sword Cult at her side, swiftly drove the point home.
Director Yu reached out and rapped Xiao Tao on the head. "That'll teach you to speak without thinking."
Xiao Tao scoffed. "How was I speaking without thinking? I was plainly saying what was on your mind. You're only angry because he doesn't understand romance. But that doesn't add up. Someone who can write those lines can't be clueless about romance, can he?"
"Keep spouting nonsense, and I'll tear your mouth apart."
Director Yu said coldly, "Anyone else, perhaps, but this man is like a carved printing block. He can pour out a thousand gorgeous lines, yet he's still heartless. It's not as if you didn't hear Bingwei say that, just to get past Wu Pin, he impersonated Wu Pin and deceived her."
"Every word and line was like a flower embroidered right over a girl's heart. And yet every word and line was false. So you can listen to what he says, but leave it at that. If you take him seriously, you'll end up living in an iron house that catches fire."
Xiao Tao covered her mouth and laughed. "Others can say that about Xu Yi, but you can't, Director. He risked life and limb for you. In the end, he even thanked you for coming to help him. If he's heartless, then where in the world are there any people with hearts?"
"Enough. Don't put on an act, Director. You're no less sentimental than anyone; you just pretend to be heartless. You're naturally fastidious, yet now your white clothes are stained with blood, and you don't seem uncomfortable in the slightest. And then there's the medicine. You