Chapter 161: Perhaps, It's Because of Love_1

She froze, the laugh that was on her lips now a stiff line.

Lu Zhanbei quickly realized, uncomfortably turned his face away, abruptly reeling in his uncharacteristic affectionate smile, then, he encircled his fingers around his lips and cleared his throat lightly: "Ahem! Didn't you have some questions to ask me? Shoot!"

"...."

Caught off guard by his question, Lu Zhanbei's face became even more awkward: "I have a lot of work to do, if you don't ask, I need to get back to it."

"Lu Zhanbei, why did you save me?"

It was the second time she had asked him this question today. Initially, Lu Zhanbei didn't think it was of any importance, but since she persisted for an answer, he obliged her: "Does there need to be a reason?"

"Of course, there is no such thing as a reasonless act, is there?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhanbei cracked a smile: "To help with a reason would be like having pre-set conditions, that wouldn't be so pure then, would it?"

Gu Qianqian: "...."