Mu Yuze could swear that Earth stopped spinning for a second as soon as he realized what kind of brazen request he had just made. H–H–How could he… how could he say something like that ahhh?!! Was it possible to turn back time to one minute ago so he could slap himself to death?!
Never before had Mu Yuze wished so strongly that something would happen – a phone call, a car crash or a meteorite falling from the sky to knock him out cold, anything! – so that he did not have to sit here with He Juan for a second longer. And he became all the more mortified when he saw the stunned look on He Juan's face, clearly not expecting such a bold request coming from Mu Yuze of all people.
"I… I mean…!" Mu Yuze turned away and tried to cover his burning face from He Juan's sight. He did not even know what he was saying as his mouth kept blabbering on and on, "No, I didn't mean anything by that… I was just—"