"You really don't want to leave with me?"
He murmured softly.
"How are you going to persuade me..." Clutching her knees, her long hair hanging low, she revealed a faint smile, as ethereal as a dream, "persuade me to believe that I'm not some uncontrollable monster, but the girl you once liked?"
...What did she just say?
"I once liked?"
"...Heh."
Hearing this, Xu Xiangyang suddenly felt a tremendous relief.
He realized something that caused his shoulders to slowly relax.
Xing Jie had misunderstood him.
All this time, she had seen herself as the one to save her, to guide her back on the right path, so she harbored those impractical, idyllic fantasies...
That's why she said things like "I can't stay by your side with a clear conscience."
And only he knew what kind of person he really was.
A slightly mad idea emerged in the young man's mind and grew unrestrained.
