Lin Zhengran saw her tear-filled eyes and figured the floodgates were about to burst. But when he grabbed Jiang Xueli's arm, though tears were still streaming from her eyes, she clamped her mouth shut and stared at him.
"Explain... Explain, now..."
Lin Zhengran broke out in a sweat. 'What kind of people have I gotten myself involved with?' "Explain what? I'm the one who wants an explanation. What was all that nonsense you were just spouting?"
Jiang Xueli looked at him with red-rimmed eyes, her expression full of grievance. "What am I supposed to explain, you big dummy? I need *you* to explain! You big dummy, you stupid dummy."
"Say that again?"
"I won't!" she mumbled, not daring to.
Seeing Lin Zhengran staring at her, Jiang Xueli spoke up again. "Anyway, I definitely saw her proposing to you just now. The two of you..." She poked Lin Zhengran's arm. "Let go of my hand. I'm going to state the facts, and I want to see how you talk your way out of this."
