A crimson flush spread across Zhu Zhuqing's cool, breathtakingly beautiful face at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The blush spread all the way to her ears and down her slender neck.
Her fingers trembled with nerves, and she did not dare look at either Lin Qing or Liu Erlong.
With one foot suspended in midair, she could neither advance nor retreat.
Her mind was a complete mess.
Zhu Zhuqing instinctively swallowed and forced the corners of her mouth upward, producing an expression uglier than tears.
Her lips quivered as she stammered in a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz, "D-did I... come at... a bad time?"
Lin Qing's eyelids twitched wildly at those words.
This scene, this line-wasn't it a little too familiar?
Iconic scenes from the internet of his previous life, scenes he knew by heart, bombarded his brain.
Almost without thinking, the mischievous streak in his bones took over, and Lin Qing blurted out, "No, you came at just the right time."
The atmosphere in the hall became even stranger.
Zhu Zhuqing's cool eyes instantly went round as she stared at Lin Qing in utter disbelief.
Her cherry-red lips parted slightly, but she could not utter a word.
What kind of answer was that?!
What did he mean, just the right time?!
Liu Erlong had already wanted to die of shame and indignation.
Hearing Lin Qing's outrageous remark sent her embarrassment straight through the roof.
She wished she could dig a crack in the floor, bury her head in it, and never show her face again.
Mortified and furious, Liu Erlong pinched the soft flesh at Lin Qing's waist hard and cursed through gritted teeth, "Have you lost your mind?! What nonsense are you spouting?!"
Zhu Zhuqing's brain remained completely frozen.
She did not know