The fourth sentence's focus was actually on "not having many opportunities to interact," resetting the distance from a close-quarters stance.
And that sarcastic "shallow acquaintance, deep conversation," at most, was a subtle warning, one that a less clever person might not even understand.
The four sentences, psychologically, were progressively deeper, so the last one hit the hardest.
In social terms, they formed an "external, internal, external" back-and-forth movement. It seemed to end up back at the starting point, with no apparent shift in position, but in reality, Han Lie had already dug into her most sensitive spot.
As for why it had to be this complicated...
Well, high-level confrontations are inherently complex.
Society isn't just about studying and working; if you want to rise higher, nothing is simple.
Master Su once said—
