Susu, standing behind Xue Yunfeng, suddenly looked up. "Huh? You could actually tell he was flirting with Ellie?"
Xue Yunfeng turned back at her in displeasure. "How could I not understand that?"
"So you think he wanted Ellie to give up on Hill and fall for him instead, right?" Lu Huayu, who also had a stack of documents in his hands, casually looked up and shifted position on the sofa... elegantly crossing his legs.
"...Why do I feel like you're looking down on me?" Xue Yunfeng frowned at him.
"Mm... For you, being able to notice that he was showing off his charm was already impressive enough." Lu Huayu gave a perfunctory clap. "Sure, you're not stupid... at least you could tell what a peacock spreading its tail meant.
Over in Eden, well... their style had always been rather flamboyant.
Besides, didn't you notice that Ellie was enjoying being admired by men?
She was used to it.
In the West, a man showing enthusiasm toward a beautiful lady didn't necessarily mean he had begun pursuing her... even if they ended up in bed together, that could just be a sudden burst of passion, not a promise of love or marriage."
"What... the hell are you talking about?" Xue Yunfeng stared at him, dumbfounded.
"So your judgment was wrong." Lu Huayu answered bluntly. "He was merely offering the compliments expected of a gentleman.
In the West, friendships between women were actually harder to establish. They considered all sorts of irrelevant relationships.
But male admiration? That was no problem. They were all used to enjoying that kind of life."
"So what they were doing really wasn't a problem?" Xue Yunfeng muttered.
"If Hill had the temperament of a Western noble, he would probably be proud of it instead... a woman who admired