Mu Xi nodded calmly, a trace of helplessness at her failed plan in her eyes, and let out a soft sigh.
"That's right. I arranged it."
"I wanted to force him to show his true colors, to make him reveal even the slightest hint of lingering frivolity amid all that ambiguity in front of everyone, so you'd give up on him completely."
Hearing this, Ouyang Zixin shook her head helplessly, her brows gentle.
"I knew it."
She had actually guessed as much long ago.
From Mu Xi insisting on pulling her away and leaving Lin Xun alone, to those strange women who had barged in so abruptly and acted far too boldly, every detail bore traces of deliberate arrangement.
"I know you meant well."
Ouyang Zixin glanced at her friend beside her, her voice soft. "You were afraid I'd get hurt."
"So you wanted to expose him yourself, let me see the truth with my own eyes, and make me give up on him completely."
Mu Xi pressed her lips together without arguing.
That was exactly what she had thought.
She would rather let Ouyang Zixin be disappointed for a while than let her give her heart to the wrong person and end up full of regrets.
But the next moment, Ouyang Zixin's gaze returned to the solitary, upright figure in black downstairs, her tone resolute.
"But Mu Xi, you've seen it now, haven't you?"
"Lin Xun... really isn't the scumbag everyone says he is."
In that absurdly suggestive scene just now, everyone had seen him surrounded by beauties and entangled in romantic encounters.
But she alone had seen most clearly.
From beginning to end, Lin Xun's eyes had remained calm, his expression indifferent.
There had been no smug enjoyment of feminine attention, no indulgence in playing along. From start