Ji Ting whipped his head toward him. Pork Knuckle immediately raised both fins high. "I was wrong. I shouldn't have taken matters into my own hands without your permission. But don't worry, I altered your facial features before sending it. That expert definitely won't recognize either of you."
The entire room fell so quiet that a pin drop would have been audible. A long while passed before Ji Ting finally spoke. "Why did you do this?"
"Because, because..." Pork Knuckle's eyes darted around, and he abruptly changed the subject. "First of all, you agree that Out of Control, Lost in Love is a book with absolutely no value or logic, right?"
Ji Ting suddenly looked away. "Pork Knuckle, you're wasting my time."
"Just give me a few minutes. Think of it as taking a break~" Pork Knuckle wheedled his way in front of him and continued. "Do you know which scenes in the original book annoyed me the most?"
As though he knew Ji Ting wouldn't respond, Pork Knuckle answered his own question. "The ones where Ling Xi and one of the four potential love interests have a misunderstanding, and one says, 'Let me explain,' while the other says, 'I won't listen, I won't listen, I hate you.'"
Ji Ting glanced at him, his gaze cold and stern.
Pork Knuckle immediately lost the nerve to meet his eyes and could only whisper, "Don't you think those scenes sound a little familiar?"
With his point spelled out so plainly, how could Ji Ting fail to understand his purpose? He said coldly, "This is the real world, not a novel."
"Exactly! In the real world, we need to analyze specific situations scientifically, on their own merits. So please look at the big screen-"
Pork Knuckle pulled up a virtual screen, ready to