"No, I just wanted to know, but if you don't say, that's fine."
"I made a deal with the thugs who kidnapped me," Weilan said. She didn't want Lu Hechen to know about Yingzi, so she had to tell him this way.
Lu Hechen chuckled lightly, his gaze intense, "What kind of deal did you make?"
Weilan only felt that Lu Hechen's eyes were too sharp, the probing emotion too intense.
She was a bit flustered, hesitated, and then said, "Of course, I paid them off!"
"Is that so?" Lu Hechen smiled again, his eyes gaining an added depth.
Weilan fell silent.
"Weilan, those thugs, they were tied up and dumped on the beach. Did you tie them up? How much strength would it take to do such a thing?"
Weilan was startled, feigned ignorance, "I don't know about that. I didn't tie up any thugs; I simply had the thugs capture Lu Heyan, that's all."
