Many things felt a little overwhelming when they happened, with everyone getting worked up, but on closer thought, they seemed to have no impact at all.
Even if Chu Ge was wooing his female assistant or a female fan, what of it?
He was unmarried, and so was she. There was nothing wrong with it. Beyond envy and jealousy, all anyone else could do was offer sour congratulations, until it eventually became idle conversation: "I heard some big-name author married a female fan. There was even one who got together with his editor. What a legend."
Hadn't that been exactly what happened at the class reunion? Old Hong mentioned it, everyone at the table laughed, and that was that. Nobody even knew who he was talking about.
The only real impact was in his own heart.
So Chu Ge went on the offensive.
Chu Ge had calmed down, but Qiu Wuji began to panic. Meeting his gaze, she opened her mouth, only to find she had no idea how to answer.
When people around them misunderstood their relationship, she could simply laugh it off and say they were perfectly aboveboard and innocent.
But what if everyone in the world thought so?
Could an Immortal Cultivator who had reached Tribulation Transcendence see through that?
For that matter, did she still feel entirely innocent in her own heart?
She froze for a long while, then actually answered with, "Wh-who's your Qiu Wuji?! Don't go making things up!"
Chu Ge said nothing.
Qiu Wuji stammered, "Y-you were acting like such a lecher. Saying, saying I'm your sister would only make it more obvious and more embarrassing. So, so what if you said I'm your assistant? What's wrong with that, huh?"
By the end, she had actually grown more forceful, her words coming more