How could he turn down someone's feelings gracefully, while hurting them as little as possible?
Xianyu had no idea. After finishing his meal with Jingliu, he hastily said goodbye and returned to the Library, where he sat at his workstation, at a loss.
It wasn't that he hadn't considered asking someone, but...
Every one of his colleagues at the Divination Commission was skilled at divination. What if he asked, only for them to work out who he meant?
Xianyu only wanted to turn Jingliu down.
Rejecting her would already hurt her. If everyone found out... wouldn't that hurt her even more?
As for the friends on his Jade Abacus, their social circles happened to overlap heavily with Jingliu's.
If it were Bai Zhu, things would be easy: reject her and block her.
But Jingliu...
He had to find a gentler, more graceful way to turn her down.
He couldn't count on anyone in his friends list, so they were out.
As for Hua, who apparently had a close relationship with him...
Going by what Aha had said, combined with his fragmented memories, the two of them could tentatively be considered a mentor and student?
Asking a junior about something like this... wouldn't that be far too embarrassing?
Unable to come up with anything himself, Xianyu could only pin his hopes on the forum Hua had shared with him earlier.
The all-knowing people online would surely have a tactful way to reject someone.
He deliberately obscured their personal details and, posing as a friend, edited his account of his interactions with Jingliu before posting it on the forum.
If someone he knew saw it, wouldn't his cover be blown in seconds?
Xianyu waited a while, then discovered that the responses were somewhat different from what he had expected.
The first thing