Luo Dan stared at Han Liang who was acting strange and was shaking his head and pinching himself. 

  She pursed her lips and wondered, Did I startled him?. 

  She laughed awkwardly and said in her soft voice, " I am sorry if I started you. I just wanted to ask you if you wanted more coffee." she said while looking at him apologetically.

  Han Liang was still lost in his thoughts and her words confused him even more. 

  "Ah?"

  She pointed at him and when he looked down, he realized that the coffee that he was drinking was already finished and he was sucking on the ice only. 

  At that moment, he felt as if someone poured a bucket full of ice-cubes over his head. He pursed his lips and closed his eyes out of embarrassment, ' Han Liang, you're such a disappointment.' 

  He wanted to smack himself on his head to get in his senses. 

  He let out a deep breath before looking at her again with flushed ears, " Ah, I like ice." He said to cover his embarrassing actions. 

  "Ah, so……do you want more ice?" She asked, wondering if he wants more. He must like ice a lot to suck on ice until it almost disappears. 

  "……"

  "No, thank you. I am on diet." He said with a straight face while digging his nails into his skin for being so stupid.

  Luo Dan blinked and wondered how that related to her question. However, she chose to not extend this further and nodded, "Ah, O-kay!"

  Luo Dan smiled at him awkwardly and said, " Then, please enjoy your time here." before turning around to walk towards the counter, however before she could leave, she heard him say, "Wait!"

  Han Liang looked up at her with hesitance and said, " I……want to talk to you about something. Do you have a minute?"

  She looked at his large-glistening eyes and wondered what he had to say. However, since he has helped her last time, that's the least she can do for him.  -

  Han Liang fondled with his fingers under the table while trying to keep a straight face in front of her. She was sitting opposite him with her hot coffee and was waiting for him to say something. 

  He has stopped her to talk but he wasn't saying anything and keeps sipping on the coffee that she has asked the waitress to serve to him. 

  "Mr. Han, do you have something to say to me?" She asked calmly. 

  Han Liang who was nervous got bewildered when he heard her question. He took a deep breath before saying those words which were stuck inside him for so long. "Ah, actually, I wanted to apologize to you." 

  Luo Dan was surprised at his sudden apology and asked in confusion, " Mr. Han, why are you apologizing to me? You haven't done anything wrong to me, then why are you apologizing? I can't understand what you're saying."

  " Ms. Luo, this apology is not to you only, actually, I owe this apology to Jiang Yue. Since she is not in this world, I thought it would be better to apologize to you since you were closest to her. That time, I shouldn't have made that rude comment without not knowing what kind of music you guys make and what is the intention behind them. I was immature back then and was……impulsive due to my departure from the group." He said seriously. 

  Luo Dan understood what he was talking about. He has once commented about the music they make on the reality show and said that their songs don't have depth and they are noisy and filled with useless fillers.

  It created a huge controversy, leading to fan wars between the two groups. At that time, only Jiang Yue was on the show to represent 'The Queens' and was very angry at him and would have even kicked him if not for the show. 

  When she saw him in the elevator with his Grandmother, she recognized him right then. However, she is not childish to dig into the old fights and arguments. Moreover, since Jiang Yue was not between them, it will only hurt their feelings even more. 

  " Mr. Han, why are you apologizing to me? Is it because of Sister Yue's demise? You don't need to feel guilty for it. Your words were harsh but at least you were straightforward. Sister Yue hated you for your childishness but also praised you for being brave enough to say that on your face." she said, remembering how Jiang Yue used to curse Han Liang and the next moment praises for his boldness. 

  " She hated those people who talked on someone's back. She prefers face-to-face encounters, and you were not even doing anything malicious. You just said what you felt at that time. You don't need to think much about that." she shook her head lightly while looking into his eyes to not think much about it. 

  Han Liang pursed his lips and felt a big boulder getting off his heart upon listening to her words. Since he had heard about Jiang Yue's passing away, he couldn't forget about the day he argued with her. 

  He was feeling guilty for insulting her choice of music when she had much more talent and artistic vision than him. Due to his immature understanding of music and character, he looked down on other types of music and judged her very easily. 

  " Thank you for saying this. Your words have made me feel comfortable when it should have been me doing that." He said with an embarrassed smile, feeling bad that she had to comfort him when it should be him doing this for her. 

  Luo Dan smiled seeing him smiling again and said, " By the way, our songs not only contain performance bop songs but soulful ballads and R&B as well. If you listen to our other B-tracks and not only the MV's, you will see a great range of our music."

  " Not to mention that Jiang Yue used to write those lyrics herself and was not only the leader but the soul of the group. For you to say that our songs are filled with fillers only when your group never participated in lyrics writing or put some input in music-making, was quite disappointing. " She said while carrying a calm composure. 

  " No, I participated in the production of many songs. I even write many ly-

  " That's why they were all filled with fillers like, (Oh, baby, baby), (OO Ah OO), ( My Girl, My Girl). Huh? If I remember correctly, I could remember only these words in the songs rather than any soulful lyrics." she said with indifferent expressions leaving his mouth open in shock. 

  Han Liang was speechless seeing her tell him their music history and how his words contradict the type of their songs. She is still holding onto his comment, isn't she?

  Her comment made him see her in a new light. She looks innocent and gentle, but she says whatever she has on her mind without hesitating. 

  What a special skill. Kill with politeness.  -

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