章 283: Gao Tian staying for Jiang Xiu

"I'm just being polite. We were once schoolmates and engaged, after all," Xia Mingzhou retorted, her brow furrowing.

"Then don't bother," Gao Tian snickered, delivering a cutting remark. "I rather prefer it when you reveal your true colors."

His words stung, and Xia Mingzhou frowned. "What are you talking about? Gao Tian, you don't have to be so harsh. I was merely asking. If you'll excuse me," she said, ready to leave, but then remembered something.

"Oh, I actually have something to ask you," she stated, but Gao Tian walked past her. Determined not to let him avoid her, she reached out and grabbed his arm, halting him. Now they had switched places, with Xia Mingzhou's back against her friends' table, and Gao Tian's face clearly visible.