Even if you were putting on an act... you couldn't make it this absurd, could you?
Who would believe something like that if you said it out loud?
Even the Theresas probably wouldn't believe it.
"You can't just say things like that. Who's your fiancé? I'm a respectable man." Chen Li took a step back, crossed his arms, and looked at Kongming with a slight change in expression.
"What do you mean by that? I'm so beautiful I put flowers to shame and could topple kingdoms! Am I not worthy of you? Is being my fiancé really that embarrassing?" Kongming said angrily, somewhat humiliated by Chen Li's words.
"My poor little Kongming, how could you think of your grandpa like that? Although your grandpa is young and handsome, highly intelligent, and capable of making all sorts of genius little inventions, I really am quite an attractive young man."
"So it's perfectly normal for a rebellious girl going through puberty like you to develop some unrealistic admiration for me. But you need to understand that the two of us can never be together. After all, I'm your elder." Chen Li spoke to Kongming with heartfelt sincerity.
Listening to Chen Li's explanation, Kongming barely managed to suppress the trace of shame she felt from being rejected, but she was still unhappy.
But reason told her: endure it. A small lack of patience would ruin great plans.
Beneath the blankets, Kongming quietly clenched her fist.
"How could that be? You're so young. You can't possibly be my grandfather. Stop joking around." After taking a deep breath, Kongming composed her expression again and refuted him in a distrustful yet reasonably suspicious tone.
For one thing... that was Kongming's genuine thought, hinting that he should quickly use it as a joke and switch to a