"No way, no way. You didn't really have someone, did you?" Qian Renyue asked, a little surprised. But the expression on her face clearly belonged to someone who enjoyed watching a spectacle and didn't mind fanning the flames. She didn't look particularly upset-she even seemed a little excited.
Her expression left Guang Ling somewhat bewildered. He frowned slightly and said, "Yue'er, why do I get the feeling you're fishing for gossip?"
"Of course!" Qian Renyue lay obediently in his arms and said, "I've always loved gossip, especially other people's romantic histories!"
Other people's romantic histories?
Guang Ling drew a heavy breath. "Am I 'other people'?"
"No, but shouldn't you tell me about your past?" Qian Renyue looked at him with a radiant smile, clearly very interested in the subject.
"Ah..." Guang Ling sighed helplessly. "There really wasn't anyone. When I was young, all I thought about was having fun. I didn't even have a single female friend, so how could I have had a partner? If I'd really had one, you probably wouldn't have gotten your turn."
As he spoke, Guang Ling reached out and pinched Qian Renyue's cheek. She didn't move. After thinking it over, she felt his words made sense. How could someone whose head was filled with nothing but having fun have any attention to spare for anything else? Well, since Guang Ling had no romantic history, what about the others?
Qian Renyue's eyes rolled mischievously. "A Ling, what about Azure Luan, Lion, Golden Crocodile, Jiang Mo, and Qian Jun? Do they have any romantic history?"
"Them?"
Guang Ling shook his head. "That I don't know. They were already getting on in years when I met them, so even if they did, I wouldn't know. But Second Brother and Third Brother probably don't. One never steps beyond