"That does seem to be true?" 037 pondered for a while, its thoughts wandering off in some unknown direction before its tone suddenly grew even more cautious. "So you mean you've taken over the male lead's role now? Are you... really planning on being husband and wife?"
Lu Xiaoxiao: "..."
Lu Xiaoxiao: "Keep talking nonsense and I'll beat you to death."
037: "Oh, sorry."
After a few seconds of silence, 037 suddenly spoke again. "But isn't it a good thing that Lu Jiaoyue is like this? Her listening to you makes it easier for us to advance the plot!"
Faced with 037's purely utilitarian perspective, Lu Xiaoxiao was momentarily speechless.
Rationally, she knew 037 was right, but emotionally, she still found it hard to accept.
"No, it upsets me." After a moment of silence, she spoke again. "I've really come to like Lu Jiaoyue. I genuinely think of her as my little sister, so I don't want to see her become someone who lives for others all the time."
"I feel like the original novel's author actually made her into the sort of person who... once she decides someone is 'worthy of her trust,' lets her entire way of thinking follow their lead. It's as if she can't live without giving her everything to someone, but she's clearly outstanding in her own right! Take her musical talent, for example. It should be on par with Lu Bochen's talent for painting. The original novel just didn't devote much space to it. Even the occasional mentions of Lu Jiaoyue being good at the piano seemed to be there to spice up the romance between the leads."
"If you ask me, she could really delve deeper into that field and become a singer-songwriter or an artist or something. Given time, her achievements wouldn't