Lu Xiaoxiao gave a wry smile and rubbed her forehead.
She was starting to get a headache.
Aside from telling the truth...
What else could she say?
There was nothing else she could tell him.
In her current state, Lu Xiaoxiao didn't have the energy to think about any of this, either.
Forget it.
She'd tell the truth.
She was tired.
She'd finally worked up the nerve to come find Master Xiao...
At the time, she'd genuinely thought she would get something out of it...
But in the end...
It had felt like a bucket of cold water had been dumped over her head.
Fine.
She was the one at fault for getting her hopes up for no reason.
Lu Xiaoxiao shook her head.
"Master Xiao."
Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes curved slightly.
"I'm really sorry."
"I've taken up so much of your time."
Thinking back on it now, she felt she should have given up as soon as Master Xiao said no.
But she hadn't.
People...
Just couldn't help holding on to hope, unwilling to give up.
They liked to make one last-ditch effort.
And then... realize they'd wasted their time.
Lu Xiaoxiao shook her head inwardly.
She used to dislike people who dragged things out.
But now that she was in the middle of it herself, she realized that people didn't drag things out on purpose. When you were caught up in something, you couldn't help but become indecisive.
Only an onlooker could be so decisive, so easily detached.
Those involved could only do their best to avoid regrets.
That was right.
If she went back and realized she'd still had a few things she could ask, but hadn't because she'd held back...
She could dwell on it for a long time.
She'd keep wondering