For a moment, the atmosphere was rather tender.
When a certain someone finally brought himself to let Lu Xiaoxiao go, the gloom on his face had vanished, and he was once again the bold, unrestrained Ji Yunhuai he usually was.
"Let's go." He raised an eyebrow, getting up as he spun his car keys around his right index finger. "I'll take you home first."
"Oh, you don't need to. Just hurry over to the Cui Family's place. The sooner you get there, the more sincere you'll look." Lu Xiaoxiao waved a hand, rejecting his offer outright. As she spoke, she calmly opened a ride-hailing app, her tone utterly casual. "I've already booked a car. It'll be here in five or six minutes. I'll text you when I get home."
Since Lu Xiaoxiao had said so herself, Ji Yunhuai nodded and didn't insist.
But when they reached the entrance of the shooting range, he didn't drive off right away. Instead, he deliberately stayed to wait for her ride with her.
After a quiet moment, Ji Yunhuai suddenly said, "I feel like Cui Anhe wasn't the only one who had a rough time today."
"Hm? I guess you're right." Lu Xiaoxiao kept her eyes on the ride information on her phone, sounding a little distracted as she replied. "Anze was nice enough to arrange an outing, and it ended up like this. He must feel pretty bad too. Why don't you apologize to him after you apologize to Cui Anhe?"
Ji Yunhuai, realizing that Lu Xiaoxiao had completely missed his point: "..."
Great. It felt as though the one standing beside him wasn't a person, but a block of wood that had taken human form.
"I wasn't talking about Cui Anze. I meant you." He sighed and lightly tapped Lu Xiaoxiao on