Although Li Longyu's fabricated story was wildly imaginative, she managed to concoct it successfully. Yet, after she finished, she waited for Xia Hong's response for a long time without receiving it. When she looked up, she saw Xia Hong's ambiguous smile and immediately guiltily avoided his gaze, instead looking elsewhere.
Little did she know, this action of "the absence of silver here" further exposed her lie, not to mention that Xia Hong had clearly seen her flushed ears.
"So, you're from Lulong Prefecture and just stumbled in here by accident, bumped into her along the way, thinking that more people would provide more help, thus you took her along to escape, and finally got saved when you ran into me..."
"Exactly, the life-saving grace of Lord Xia, this humble girl will never forget!"
