"All right, you rascal. You can start explaining all your romantic entanglements now."
As the others' figures gradually disappeared from sight, Ren Lan turned a displeased gaze on Li Ye.
"There's nothing to explain. I, your husband, have no idea what you're talking about."
Li Ye didn't even blush.
In truth, his head was pounding.
He'd thought Lan Lan had forgotten, but she remembered every last detail.
"You really aren't going after them?"
"Going after whom?"
"Miss Ji is deeply devoted to you. Miss Qing'er gave you her family's token of succession without a second thought. Miss Yu Huang is reserved and subtle, but the seeds of affection have already sprouted in her heart. If you made the first move, she would surely offer herself to you. Miss Zi is pure and kind, and she feels a sort of kinship with you, too. Miss Lu is graceful and lovely, and her feelings for you are extraordinary as well. If I were you, I'd go after them..."
"Lan Lan, you're silly."
"...How am I silly?"
"I only have a few female friends, and you suspect every one of them. Have you ever considered that the problem might be with you?"
"...Me?"
"You care about me too much. That's why you're thinking this way. You're the one with the problem. It's all in your imagination."
Li Ye looked at Ren Lan with deep affection, his face full of tenderness.
That was true.
Li Ye had only a few female friends, and aside from Jing Lin, she actually thought they all liked him.
From a statistical point of view, that suspicion didn't make much sense.
Could it really be that I care too much about him, and jumped to conclusions? Was it all in my head?
At that moment, even Ren Lan, clever