Canard's Doubts 5

In his view, Xia Ya's actions were a betrayal of Jiliang.

How could a man act intimately toward two women at the same time? It was unforgivable.

He stepped forward. This time, they were close enough to feel the air stirred by each other's breathing.

He pressured Xia Ya with his gaze, trying to make him feel ashamed of his actions.

Yet Xia Ya's reaction once again caught him off guard.

Faced with Canard's merciless accusation, Xia Ya neither argued nor became angry.

He merely lowered his eyes slowly, his gaze falling upon the tips of his shoes. He pulled his hand from his pocket, opened it, then clenched it again.

"On that matter, I have nothing to say... But I'm serious about both Jiliang and Lacus... And they were the ones who spoke up first."

Xia Ya's voice was soft, but the latter half of his words was like a boulder dropped into a tranquil lake, setting off towering waves in Canard's mind.

"They were the ones who spoke up first."

Every word of that sentence drilled clearly into Canard's ears, forming a statement he could not understand at all—one he even found absurd.

His brain stopped working in an instant. Every thought, every trace of anger, every bit of vigilance was completely shattered by those words, leaving only blankness behind. His mouth hung open, but no sound came out.

"...Huh?"

After a long while, a dry syllable finally squeezed out of his throat.

That sound was filled with confusion and disbelief.

He stared at Xia Ya, trying to find even the slightest sign that he was joking.

But all he saw was calm acceptance and helplessness. Xia Ya's eyes were clear, without the slightest hint of evasion.

Even Canard was stunned by what Xia Ya had just said.