Pausing deliberately here, Xiao Jinghuai looked at Qiao Yu's reaction. Seeing her extremely tense expression, he finally said, "To me, you're no longer that little girl from back then."
Qiao Yu understood his meaning, indicating that this time he could forgive Xu Lang, but in the future, if anything happened again, he would certainly handle it in a business-like manner. She could no longer rely on the events of "back then" to gain any favors from him.
"Alright!" Qiao Yu agreed cheerfully, "Since Brother Jinghuai insists on treating our relationship like a business transaction, then there's nothing more for me to say."
"Mengni is my best friend; I truly don't want to see her saddened, so it's all worthwhile."
It turns out that from beginning to end, in his eyes, Qiao Yu was just a favor. The affection he showed her before was, in reality, just repaying that favor...
Ha! How ironic.
Xiao Jinghuai's eyes darkened slightly, "Alright, then let's leave it at that."
