"What kind of punishment?"
"Believe me, you don't want to know."
"..." Sheng Qianxia bit her lip, "Alright, I don't want to know. Anyway, thank you..."
Thank you for being willing to answer my call and then coming to find me regardless of everything. If something really happened, would you come to me like you did today?
Thinking like this, it seems you're not so utterly reprehensible. I'm not so helpless either.
"Don't thank me!"
"I'm sorry—"
"You can't keep saying sorry either!" Gong Beiyao said, "Those are the two sentences I hate the most, got it?!"
"I—"
Before Sheng Qianxia could finish, he interrupted her.
"I didn't forgive you for no reason!"
"What?" She looked at him in surprise.
"I accept your apology, but you must give me a gift!" he said, looking down at her from above.
"What gift?"
"An apology gift!" Gong Beiyao said, "Why should I accept your apology out of the blue? Of course, a gift is needed for me to forgive you!"