Should I Try?

Regardless of Gu Luoxin's internal musings, the cringy and dramatic conversation continued to unfold before his eyes. 

"Tell me…" the anguished Jin Jiuchi beseeched in a low, suppressed voice, his voice trembling under the weight of his agonizing heartbreak and overwhelming fury. "Do you love him? Huh? Do you love him so much that you can't accept anyone else? That you can no longer live on without him?!" he burst out, his tone emotional. Even his eyes glistened with faint moisture as though he would instantly break down in tears if Shen Nianzu were to say yes. 

"Of course, I—" the devilish Shen Nianzu was about to play along and tease Jin Jiuchi to his heart's content when he suddenly realized something amiss. 

Wait a moment. He narrowed his eyes sharply, a faint doubt and suspicion forming in his heart. Is he…?