She did not understand how Xie Nanqiao had reached that conclusion. In all honesty, Xu Qingyin had not spoken to Gu Zijin once since she first came to the Research Room. How did that mean she liked him?
Xu Qingyin asked, "Have I ever spoken to him?"
Xie Nanqiao thought back carefully, then shook his head.
"Then have I ever had any contact with him?" Xu Qingyin asked again.
Xie Nanqiao continued shaking his head.
"Have I ever kept staring at him or sneaked glances at him?" Xu Qingyin asked once more, slowly advancing this time and backing Xie Nanqiao into a corner.
With his back against the wall, Xie Nanqiao shook his head in alarm.
He had a feeling this was heading in the wrong direction. Was this junior fellow apprentice going to beat him up?
"You know I haven't done any of that, so where did you get the idea that I like him? Did you make it up?!"
A gust from her palm swept past Xie Nanqiao's ear. He squeezed his eyes shut in terror, but the pain he expected never came. Trembling, he opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was Xu Qingyin's face up close, followed by the arm beside his face.
Xu Qingyin had pinned Xie Nanqiao in the corner with one hand against the wall.
"Junior fellow apprentice... calm down. I was just guessing! If you don't like Gu Zijin, then you like your senior fellow apprentice, right?"
There were only those two, after all. If it was not Gu Zijin, it could only be Ren Wuyang.
"My senior fellow apprentice?" Her gaze settled on Xie Nanqiao's face. Xu Qingyin repeated the title with a playful smile. "I do like my senior fellow apprentice~"
Seeing that he had guessed correctly, Xie Nanqiao