People were strange, contradictory beings. Sometimes, they could learn from past mistakes and do their best to avoid pitfalls they had fallen into before. But at other times, they would fall into the same pit over and over, in all sorts of different positions.
After being set up so often, Song Shuhang had learned to stay wary. Someone who had been beaten enough times finally learned how to take a beating...
Thus, when he sensed something off about the tone of that "gentle, sensitive voice," Song Shuhang decided to save himself. He couldn't just take a brutal beating from life for no reason.
After all, humans were intelligent creatures capable of learning from experience.
"Well, first things first: I'm not Song Blockhead. Before you try to hit him, take a good look at who you're hitting," Song Shuhang said.
[Song Blockhead? Who's that? Why would I hit him?] the gentle, sensitive female voice asked in bewilderment instead.
Song Shuhang: "???"
Fairy, your lines don't match the script!
But that's wonderful!
That means there's a way out after all!
The gentle, sensitive female voice asked again: [Is he another fellow surnamed Song who got entangled with a girl from my Heavenly River Su Clan? And did something shameful, too?]
"No, he isn't, he didn't," Song Shuhang hurriedly replied. Upon discovering that Song Blockhead wasn't to blame, Song Shuhang felt a faint surge of emotion.
At last, some other senior surnamed Song is to blame. How wonderful.
[And if I wanted to hit that Song Blockhead, why would I hit you? What have you two done to the girls of my Heavenly River Su Clan?] the gentle, sensitive voice pressed.
"No, fairy, please don't misunderstand. I've been set up a few times, so I've developed this conditioned reflex." Song Shuhang waved his