Translator: Pika

  Shi Kun choked. Despite his careful maneuvers, he had still fallen into Zu An’s trap.

  If he said that he’d failed to find Chu Chuyan, he would be admitting to being incompetent. If he said that he did, that would mean that he had indeed concocted a deliberate ploy to feign a coincidental meeting with her. Neither outcome was acceptable to him.

  Fortunately, someone stepped forward to cover his awkwardness—Yuan Wendong. “Zu An, it looks like the time you..