It's hard to say

  Mo's mouth corners slightly curved upwards, outlining a extremely charming smile. "Nan Gong Du Chen, what is the relationship between you and I? And what does Ling Qing Luo have to do with it? I really don't know whether it was right or wrong that I mentioned Ling Qing Luo when we first met, and also in my dream. And this necklace."

  Mo Zhi gently pulled out the necklace hidden under her clothes, a mocking smile spreading across her face. "Tell me, if I hadn't worn it and never mentioned Ling Qingluo to you, would you have ever known about my intricate relationship with him?"

  "Why did I have to let you know that I was familiar with her in the first place? It's all trouble for myself. I might as well have agreed to be Xia Yuxuan's girlfriend on the first day of school..."

  Her slender fingers played with the beautiful hair in her hand, and her smile was even more sarcastic.

  "It's not too late for you to promise Xuan now." Nangong Duchen glanced at her lightly.

  "But before that, tell me first, who is Ling Qingluo to you?"

  Mo Zhi let out a cold hum and didn't respond. She simply didn't believe that Nan Gong Du Chen would do anything to her.

  Moreover...

  Nangong Duchen doesn't have this ability either!

  Long time no talk.

  "Mo zhi tai......" Nan Gong Du Chen's voice was much softer. In his gaze towards her, there seemed to be a hint of... pleading?

  "Tell me where Ling Qing Luo is? I've been searching for her and it's really tiring..."

  Mo Zhi's heart skipped a beat, and his extremely beautiful face wore a faint, forced smile.

  He actually cares about her so much...

  Proud like him, overbearing like him, arrogant like him, for her, he can actually lower his head and speak to her with a humble tone. Suddenly, she raises a faint smile.

  One smile can conquer the city.

  "Nangong Duchen, I don't know where she is. Really don't know. Believe it or not." She shook her head.

  "Mei'er, I really didn't mean anything else. I just wanted to see her again. Just see her!" He wrapped his arms around Mei'er from behind and buried his head in her hair, his tone filled with exhaustion.

  One sentence shut her up completely.

  "Duan Chen... don't think about her anymore, never think about it again. Find someone to be her shadow instead. Whoever it is..." Her voice was very soft.

  Please, don't torture me anymore! Stop looking! Mu Zhi's mind was a mess.

  She herself did not want to face the reality, how could she say it out loud?

  She still didn't want to tell him! Still unwilling!

  Why? Why on earth?

  Is it so hard to tell him where Ling Qingluo is now? Doesn't she just not want him to see Ling Qingluo?

  Nangong Duchen lazily leaned on the sofa. "Alright then. Finding a shadow isn't bad either. How about... Zuo Shi Li?"

  Her body stiffened, and her beautiful eyes were filled with astonishment.

  She couldn't believe that Nan Gong Du Chen would look for Mu Zhi Li.

  But... shouldn't it be her instead? Emotionally and logically, she's more suitable than Mu Zhi Li. Moreover, she is still...

  She forced a faint smile. "Zhilü is also good. It just so happens that she likes you too..."

  Why does she feel that slight sense of loss?

  Why is she now using a tone because of Nan Gong Du Chen's answer that isn't her usual panic-stricken one?

  Could it be... she has fallen for Nan Gong Du Chen?

  Or is she just born with a sense of superiority, thinking everyone should choose her?

  But what makes her have such a sense of superiority?

  Nangong Duchen looked at Mu Zhiyin's forced smile and felt an inexplicable chill in his heart.

  Is she laughing at his uselessness? Laughing that he can't find Ling Qingluo and can only find someone to replace her?