Qing Xue tried to be rational.
Truly, he did.
After he found his feet moving on their own while his friends were still in a deadlock in front of him, he didn’t even think about stopping at the stables to get a horse. He ran straight to his and Bai Ruyi’s residence.
Thus, he had plenty of time to cool his raging emotions and think things through logically.
He asked himself, would Bai Ruyi truly betray him like that?
Was it really as Xiang Ming had said and Bai Ruyi was not satisfied with what was between the two of them? Did Qing Xue’s refusal to lie with him the way he wanted now lead him to ask it from someone else…?
No.
Bai Ruyi would do no such thing. He would not betray Qing Xue in that way or in any other way.
This was what Qing Xue believed with all his heart, and a part of
