"No! That's not the point I'm trying to make!" Li Meirong shrieked in frustration as her face turned redder still. She unclasped one palm and hastily covered Feng Huang's talkative mouth.
Li Meirong glared at the wide-eyed turtle and blurted, "I may not be the brightest girl around, but I can tell that if a man disappears on a woman like that, it usually means that their relationship was all a joke to him. He's not really into her." She breathed in deeply and said, "I don't want to get hurt again, so I've decided to give up now before it'll be too late and I'll end up falling for him. And about Chou… I hope you're right. Seeing him cry broke a piece of my heart."
'Foolish girl. You don't get to choose when you give your heart away to someone. It sounds like you're already emotionally invested.' Feng Huang silently gathered, pitying her silly mortal master.
