After Ai Qing left, the sneaky Raven emerged from a corner.
"Ah, finally gone?"
Raven sighed. "I couldn't bear to watch. You really broke her heart."
"Did I?" Huai Shi was astonished.
"That kind of scoundrelly tone... I don't remember teaching you that."
Raven gave him a cold look. "Right now, if you'd just shown a bit of gentleness, said a few understanding words, you could have started an incredible new path."
As she spoke, she suddenly realized something. "No, wait. You didn't intentionally avoid saying those things, did you?"
"..."
Huai Shi remained silent, not because he was afraid of others finding him talking to a Raven—after all, anyone looking would only see him staring blankly while holding a book. He simply didn't know how to answer the question.
