Yan Jinyue pressed his lips together, his Adam's apple bobbing and his eyelashes trembling, betraying his unease.
"I was just teasing you."
Ji Hanxing looked at Yan Jinyue suspiciously. "Really? You're not just humoring me?"
"I wasn't lying." Yan Jinyue explained in a low voice, telling Ji Hanxing why he did not want to bid on this plot of land.
Yan Jinyue's reasons matched Ji Hanxing's analysis exactly.
Understanding dawned on Ji Hanxing, and he guessed why Yan Jinyue had teased him just now.
"Yan Jinyue, you old fox! I never knew you were so vindictive!"
Ji Hanxing pulled free of Yan Jinyue's hand and pointed at his chest without touching him.
[Aaaaah, I actually fell for Yan Jinyue's trick! Hmph, cheapskate.]
[I really am too green. This old fox has practically become a spirit.]
[But I really did bet right! My guesses were exactly the same as what Yan Jinyue said. Hehe.]
[Then this plot of land is as good as mine, and I can complete the mission too! Woohoo, five days' worth of life points coming in.]
The corners of Ji Hanxing's mouth rose despite himself, and his inner voice was full of delight. He did not mind Yan Jinyue's joke just now. Although it had frightened him, he had been the one to take the risk first, hadn't he?
Besides, he had teased Yan Jinyue too.
Yet the more delighted Ji Hanxing was, the less he blamed Yan Jinyue for the joke, the more Yan Jinyue's heart felt as though it were being carved apart, the pain unbearable.
As though a pair of hands had seized it in a crushing grip.
"I was wrong."
Yan Jinyue lowered his head, hiding his somewhat pale face, his fists clenched as he struggled to control his intense emotions.
Watching the