He wouldn't believe it

After arriving at the Heavenly Fragrance House, Zhao Zihang went up to the private room reserved on the second floor. He pushed open the door and saw another man besides Jiang Bin, but no Fang Xiaoyu, whose name had been on the invitation.

"Didn't the invitation say that Young Master Jiang and Miss Fang were inviting me to dinner? Who is this gentleman? Where is Miss Fang?"

Zhao Zihang asked the moment he opened the door, without beating around the bush. Jiang Bin had been wondering whether to ease into the subject first, but since Zhao Zihang was so direct, they dispensed with the pretense and confessed outright.

Fang Huaiyu stood up and bowed to Zhao Zihang. "I'm sorry. I lied to you before. Fang Xiaoyu was actually me. I didn't want you to discover that I was a man, so I deliberately made up a lie about liking Jiang Bin. In reality, he's a good friend of mine."

Zhao Zihang's expression darkened at once. Both Jiang Bin and Fang Huaiyu noticed and feared this would end badly, but his next words left them staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Are you two making fun of me? You'd tell a lie like that just to stop me from pursuing Miss Fang? This gentleman is clearly a tall, straight-backed man. Miss Fang may be tall too, but she's a woman however you look at her."

Fang Huaiyu felt rather pleased with himself at that. His makeup skills really were excellent—good enough to pass for the real thing.

Seeing his smug expression, Jiang Bin jabbed him with an elbow and scolded him with his eyes. *Is this really the time to be pleased with yourself? Hurry up and think of something! Why don't you just put on women's clothes and strip naked