Bei Tian's eyes widened even more. "Did you have to say that?!" he asked, his serious façade was nowhere to be found. This woman is so shameless!
"I am telling the truth," Lily shrugged, inwardly she was already laughing at the man's reaction. "What's wrong Master Bei… We are adults - and I am not the type to lie to someone just to make them feel better."
"You- "
"Don't worry so much about your friend, Master Bei. Why are you treating him like a damsel in distress? Do you really see me as such a ruthless person that I would break his fragile heart?"
Bei Tian did not answer. How could he tell Lily that losing her would make Zhuo Jingren go insane? "When… when we found out that you'd disappeared years ago, Zhuo Jingren changed," he said. "The Zhuo Jingren that you see now was his previous… self. Before you disappeared."
