"I know I was in the wrong."
"...It was in the wrong, too..."
Song Chuxia said indistinctly.
"Cough, cough~"
Song Chuxia coughed a few more times.
"...Did it hear me?"
"I mean my apology."
Song Chuxia hurried to clarify.
"Master Xiao, you know..."
"I can't see it or hear it."
It was a fact she already knew, a situation she was already used to...
But it was only when something unexpected happened that Song Chuxia realized how troublesome it was not being able to see or hear.
All she could do was worry by herself.
And let her thoughts run wild all alone.
She had no idea whether her apology had reached the other party.
Because she couldn't get any response from it.
It was like she was performing a one-woman show.
The feeling was maddening.
That was why she was so desperate to find Master Xiao.
That was why she'd been acting so out of character.
Even though she knew she was acting out of character, she couldn't—or rather, didn't want to—hold herself back.
Because she was truly anxious.
She'd ignored the faint coldness in Li Yan's voice.
Under other circumstances, she wasn't so shameless.
As long as someone showed even the slightest reluctance, unless it was necessary, she would "take the hint and back off."
She didn't like forcing other people.
Just as she didn't like being forced herself.
But this was a necessary situation.
Song Chuxia shook her head.
She was getting ahead of herself.
There was no point thinking about all that now.
She stared intently into Xiao Xiao's eyes.
"Master Xiao, could you help me ask if it heard my apology?"
"Is it willing to forgive me?"
Song Chuxia didn't know exactly what Shan Gao had said.
She could only judge from the