fu linchen choked when he heard mu yichen's sudden question.
"i'm sorry, yichen. i didn't manage to stop fu jiatong in time. i only found out yesterday that she secretly left the country three days ago and had someone keep it a secret from her family."
"what did you say?" mu yichen's face darkened. " aren't you and fu jiatong siblings? you didn't even know that she went abroad?"
fu linchen recalled how he had promised mu yichen that he would catch fu jiatong, but this had happened in the end. he suddenly felt extremely embarrassed.
"cough, cough, this matter is indeed ... indeed my negligence. my relationship with fu jiatong isn't that good, and i don't really care about her. now that she's moved out of the president's house, if i didn't go and find out, i wouldn't even know what she's been up to ..."
fu linchen's voice became softer and softer as he spoke.
he was telling the truth, but even he felt like he was quibbling when he said it in this setting.