A facade

Lanni's apartment. 

After leaving the hospital, Lanni was still restless. Even so, the biggest crisis had been averted; Ruby could no longer use the trick of pretending to be pitiful to get close to Xiehan. 

Xiehan, who was staying for dinner, was curious when he had her let out sigh after sigh. "Are you still thinking about Ruby?" 

She nodded, not denying it. "Failing is one thing, but what if she gets back up and comes up with some other trick? It's not easy to constantly keep and eye on someone, right?" 

In response, he looked deep in thought before he glanced at her and set aside the magazine he was reading. "I've been meaning to say this, we seem to have misunderstood Ruby." 

"What are you saying?" She was surprised that he could even come up with such a statement after all that had happened. Wasn't her confession clear enough?