Na'er froze, her violet eyes filled with confusion. "Why are you apologizing?"
Gu Yue raised her brows slightly as well, looking at Su Qiu with greater scrutiny, as though she also wanted to know why he had suddenly apologized.
Su Qiu lowered his eyes and sincerely explained, "My intentions behind that question weren't pure, so... I'm sorry."
He had abandoned the thought of using Na'er. Su Qiu decided to keep this feeling pure.
When people treated him sincerely, he would treat them sincerely in return.
As his words fell, the car fell silent once more.
Tang Wulin and the others were even more baffled, completely unable to understand what Su Qiu meant.
It had just been a casual hypothetical. How had it become a matter of "impure intentions"?
Na'er paused, seeming not to fully understand what "impure intentions" meant.
But seeing Su Qiu's serious expression, she did not press him. She merely shook her head lightly, her tone carrying a hint of tolerance. "It's okay. No matter what you ask, my answers are real."
In her heart, compared to so-called "intentions," she cared more about whether the promises she had spoken were believed.
Gu Yue watched Su Qiu's candid expression.
The scrutiny in her eyes gradually faded, replaced by a flash of understanding.
She instantly understood what Su Qiu had been thinking.
It was not difficult to see from that hypothetical question that Su Qiu had considered using Na'er's feelings for him to test whether she would help him if he encountered danger.
It was easy for Gu Yue to see it, because that was precisely what she had planned to do: use feelings to win Su Qiu over.
Turning her gaze back out the window, Gu Yue's expression remained as calm as ever.
Yet on closer inspection, there was