" Do…Do you want some water?" Han Liang asked hesitantly to dissipate the awkwardness in the room. 

  Luo Dan nervously clasped her hands and shook her head, " Ah, No thanks. Should……should I pour some for you?" She asked in return, wondering if he was thirsty. 

  " Oh, No No. I was just wondering if you need some water. I am fine. Thank you." He responded immediately, feeling embarrassed. He was trying to dissipate the awkwardness between them but things became even more awkward than before. 

  After the movie appointment, their relationship should have gotten better and more comfortable with each other but why does it feel that things became a bit too uncomfortable between them. 

    Before leaving the room, Xu Nuan held onto his wrist and told him to not be chickenhearted and speak directly, like the way he acted a while ago on the phone. 

  Xu Nuan and Jia Fei were waiting outside so that he and Luo Dan could have a talk and resolve the matter between the two. 

  However, since the moment the two have left the office to give them some privacy, they haven't spoken a single word to each other. They're just awkwardly looking around the small, compact office of Xu Nuan and wondering why it is so small and empty. 

  Since there is no sofa set in the office and just a working desk of Xu Nuan, Luo Dan was sitting on Xu Nuan's executive chair, meanwhile, Han Liang was sitting opposite to her, in the same place where he was sitting earlier. 

  He peeked at Luo Dan and saw her looking at some files on Xu Nuan's desk and she seemed to be a bit distracted. She wasn't doing anything but still looked beautiful as ever. 

  The loose hair strands that were falling on her face were making her look more fragile and gentle, just like her personality. 

  After a long silence, Han Liang took a deep breath and straightened his posture. He put both of his hands on the desk and clasped them together, " Before we talk about the article that has been posted today, there is something that I want to make clear first."

  Luo Dan looked at him in surprise and waited for him to say his words first. What is so important that he became so serious? She wondered. 

  " You might not have figured it out yet but I don't have a girlfriend. I have been officially single for years now. I have never been in a proper relationship before." He said seriously, without batting an eye with her. 

  " The last girlfriend that I had was in high school and I also heard that she got married some time ago and even has a kid." 

  "…"

  Luo Dan was speechless to hear his shocking words and wasn't sure why he was telling her all of that. " Ermm…I am not sure why you are telling me all this." She scratched her neck in awkwardness, wondering what she should do with all of this information. 

  " What I mean is, I am not a playboy like other people say. It might sound ridiculous but after I entered this industry, I have never gotten into a relationship, not even for once. All the dating scandals that happened in the past, were all not true and just ridiculous rumors." He stated with surety. 

  He could see her hesitance due to her playboy image in the industry and there were so many dating scandals related to him that even his grandmother doesn't believe in him anymore. 

  " And about the dating scandal with Yan Ju, it was not true either. She is just a close 'female' friend of mine. That's it. For me, she doesn't even qualify as a woman, just a breathing creature. That's it." He added with certainty. 

  "Ah?" Luo Dan looked up at him in bewilderment and parted her lips but was too speechless to say anything. Even if he was trying to explain the relationship between him and Yan Ju, there wasn't a need for him to go that far. 

  Han Liang waited for her to say something but rather than look at him, she started to look away from him. Oh! This wasn't what he expected? Why is she not saying anything?

    He panicked, " If…if you're angry about me showing you the movie in which she acted, I apologize for that. I know I should have been more thoughtful and shouldn't have picked that movie. However, I didn't know that the movie was 19+ rated and thought it was a good movie to watch and-"

  Luo Dan was looking for tissue paper or something to cover her face but couldn't hold it in any longer. " Pfft." She chuckled as his words kept replaying in her mind. How can he call his friend, 'A breathing sculpture?' That was a bit far but cute at the same time. 

  In truth, she already regretted her behavior after leaving his apartment yesterday and was feeling bad for reacting that way. She was wondering if she went too far and if she should message him saying sorry or something since she wasn't sure if he was angry or not. 

  Her cold attitude ruined their movie dat…appointment after all. 

  –
While Luo Dan was laughing, Han Liang stared at her in a daze, wondering what was so funny? However, he was glad that she was at least smiling rather than being angry with her. 

  " You don't have to apologize. I should be the one apologizing for ruining the whole afternoon." She said after controlling her emotions. " I shouldn't have acted that way. I am sorry for that." 

  Han Liang was once again impressed by Luo Dan's sensibility. When he explained the whole situation to Xu Nuan, she smacked him on the head and lectured him, " Are you stupid or what? You're just like your brother."

  " You two don't know anything about women. How can you talk about another girl in front of her and show her a movie that another girl recommended you – especially the one with whom you were in a dating scandal once. Like seriously?" Xu Nuan was speechless at his thinking process. Exactly what was going on in his mind when he did this? 

  " What? But Yan Ju is just my friend. There is nothing between us." He argued. 

  " But does Luo Dan know about it? Also, who acts like this on their first date? Imagine how would I feel if your brother bragged about Zhao Ai to me? I will not only throw him out of the bedroom for a month if he did this to me. Luo Dan was too nice for simply leaving like that. " She said. 

  Han Liang closed his parted lips and was at a loss for words. Xu Nuan is way scarier than he had thought before. He gulped nervously and realized how grave of a mistake he made. 

  "And why the hell am I telling you all of these things when you just told me that you went on a date with Luo Dan?" She can't believe that she is giving him tips to date Luo Dan, her baby girl. For her, she is still a fragile baby that needs to be taken care of and needs her protection. 

  She can't believe that Luo Dan is already old enough to date people and doesn't need her protection anymore. And 'that' person is none other than the annoying Dumb-headed Prince. 

  " Why are you overreacting like this? Didn't you meet her just a few months ago? In that case, don't you have a closer relationship with me than her? I am your future brother-in-law after all." he said cheekily, earning a sarcastic hmph from Xu Nuan. 

  **

  After the two cleared the misunderstanding between them, the things weren't as awkward and uncomfortable between them as they were a while ago. 

  [ Would you guys please hurry up? I need to work. It's my office you see.]

  [ It's not a cafe so don't expect me to bring you coffee and come out. Fast!] Xu Nuan shouted from outside, who was still waiting for the two to come out and was trying her best to hear something of their conversation, along with Jia Fei. 

  " This stupid…" Han Liang gritted his teeth at Xu Nuan's impatient behavior. However, noticing Luo Dan's gaze on him, he cleared his throat and said, " Haha, please don't mind her. This girl has no manners, so…ignore her." 

  Luo Dan giggled upon hearing his words and glanced towards the closed door of the room. He is saying it so that Luo Dan won't misunderstand Xu Nuan's crude words and think negatively of her. But in reality, he was unaware of the true relationship between Xu Nuan and Luo Dan. 

  " It's okay. I don't mind." Luo Dan responded. 

  He nodded and after a few minutes, he spoke again, " I think we should hurry up and decide what we are going to do about this whole situation. Otherwise, Xu Nuan will barge in and kick me out of her office." 

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