"Snap out of it."
Wang Yan reached out, lifted Lin Xiao's chin, and closed her gaping mouth.
Lin Xiao slapped Wang Yan's hand away, her childish voice full of anger. "Wang Yan! You're such a terrible person!"
"What does it have to do with me?" Wang Yan spread his hands innocently. "Maybe you won't believe me, but I have to tell you, I'd known about Gu Li's family's problems for a long time. I just hadn't made a move. This time, Gu Yuan's family fell apart, and Gu Li said their love was unbreakable, that she didn't care about money. It suddenly occurred to me to let Gu Yuan make the choice. So the bad guy isn't me—it's Gu Yuan. Understand?"
"Then why didn't you give Gu Yuan..."
"Why do you care whether I gave it to him or not? The question is whether Gu Yuan reported them. It's like a gun. Some people use one to break the law, while others use one to defend their country. If I gave you a gun and you used it to commit a crime, could you blame me? Wasn't that something you chose to do? It wasn't like I made you do it. On the contrary, you should thank me. If I didn't give you the gun, you wouldn't even be able to commit the crime if you wanted to."
"That's sophistry. You're so smart—you definitely knew Gu Yuan would report them."
"You think too highly of me. No matter how smart I am, I can't see what people are thinking. Just like the shameless things you're saying to me now—do you really not know right from wrong, or are you simply taking Gu Li's side, racking your brains to find reasonable excuses for her mistakes, proving that she did nothing wrong,