"I..."
Xiao Zhu took a deep breath.
Sometimes it wasn't that he had a bad temper. A Zhe really did have a way of getting under people's skin.
"Enough with the 'I...'!"
Xiao Zhu held his temper in check.
"Get to the point!"
"..."
Dan Zhe was a little startled.
"Oh... oh..."
Xiao Zhu rubbed his temples hard.
The shopkeeper smiled warmly.
"Mr. Dan, take your time."
"Xiao Zhu is worried about you."
Dan Zhe felt as if he'd been dazzled.
He nodded blankly.
"I... I'm a little afraid of her."
Xiao Zhu: ...
For a moment, he didn't know whether to first tease Dan Zhe about his "preferential treatment" or ask what he meant.
In the end, concern for his friend won out.
"Afraid?"
Xiao Zhu couldn't help rubbing his ears.
Had he heard that right?
"Afraid of who?"
Xiao Zhu asked, still holding on to a little hope.
"Her."
Dan Zhe's answer made Xiao Zhu roll his eyes.
"Who's 'her'?"
"Your... girlfriend?"
His voice went a little shrill.
When Dan Zhe nodded, Xiao Zhu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"You're afraid of your girlfriend?"
"...Why?!"
Dan Zhe had a good temper, and sometimes he could be a little indecisive.
But having a good temper didn't mean he was easy to push around.
Dan Zhe wasn't a pushover.
He was simply mild-mannered.
Yet he had his own principles.
Some might even say he could be a little stubborn.
Even tough.
How could someone like that be afraid of his girlfriend?
Of course, Xiao Zhu knew his friend meant afraid in the literal sense.
It wasn't a joke between a couple.
That was why he found it all the more unbelievable.
"Does she... hit you?"
Xiao Zhu couldn't help looking a little