"Oh?"
Hope suddenly gave a teasing chuckle.
She simply stood up, approached Tang Qi, bent down, and forcibly turned his face, making him look straight at her.
But he did not. His eyes remained helplessly fixed on the fiery red beneath her neck.
She did not push things further. Instead, she plopped down beside Tang Qi and clinked glasses with him.
"Was it really because of the potion?"
"Yes."
"But you don't only stare at me like that when you're charmed."
"Just a few male biological instincts."
Catherine had said that such a greedy, almost animalistic gaze was actually very difficult to conceal.
So he chose not to conceal it.
"But I have to admit, after meeting you, all I could think about was which Tiefling-run brothel to visit once I got back to the surface."
"A brothel?" Hope frowned.
"People always want to try something new."
"If you were thinking about brothels, why bother saving me?"
Tang Qi blinked, trying to suppress his wandering thoughts with the cold liquor. "I didn't save you just so I wouldn't have to visit a brothel."
"I don't think I have anything left worth coveting."
"I thought you lacked confidence. Turns out you have too much—how much is that scabbard worth? You actually think you're worth more than it?"
The corner of Hope's eye twitched.
Perhaps it was her competitive streak, or perhaps she had intended this all along.
Whatever the reason, it drove her to grab Tang Qi's shoulders and straddle his thighs.
She pressed almost flush against him.
"Am I not?"
I'd have to try you to know.
In the end, Tang Qi failed to say it aloud.
"Hey, you don't think I'm into lesbians, do you?"
"Lesbians?"
"Weren't you with that hawk-woman a while ago?"
Hope had not expected Tang