Now, this got him worried sick!
What could he do?
As long as this development project remained ongoing, every day was a huge loss for him!
She was unmoved by his repeated pleas and simply said, "I can forgive you if that's what you are after, but it's impossible if you want me to plead for you before Mu Yazhe."
"Why?" he asked in bafflement before he cautiously probed, "Is it because you think I'm not sincere enough?"
She found it a pain to clarify her standing in the man's life. "My relationship with Mu Yazhe is not what you have in mind. My words don't carry weight with him. You've overestimated me!"
She tried to walk away after saying that.
