10 1.7

"Bunnies.. huh? I think bunnies are cute. What about you, Mister?" Xu Jiaqi answered after some consideration.

Qin Zicheng was described as a cold and unfeeling man who rarely started up a conversation, and refused to talk about insignificant matters. Is asking about bunnies important?

There were now two anomalies that she spotted deviating from the original storyline, Xu Jiaqi was starting to doubt its authenticity.

[Be assured, Host. The storyline is really what this world will turn out to be if we didn't come here and interfere.]

'I've only been here for less than a day, does that impact the story?'

[The effect shouldn't be that spontaneous.]

Xu Jiaqi: Then why is this gloomy man staring at her nonstop? Big brother policeman, come and save!

In other ways, Qin Zicheng was truly like the rumors. He spoke little words, and took so long to answer her question. She wanted to run away. Not long after, his answer finally arrived.

"I don't like bunnies. They are very sensitive, die easily and need a lot of care. Very troublesome." Qin Zicheng scoffed with a displeased expression.

'Then why did you ask?!' She complained at the man's strange actions in her mind, not daring to do it in reality.

Xu Jiaqi's lips parted, but no words came out of her mouth.

"..Come and sit down with me, I can't let you stand up like that while I sit comfortably. Do you have anything you wanted to ask from me?" Xu Jiaqi decided to pull out the chair beside her and gestured for him to take the seat.

Qin Zicheng did as she said, but even after settling down, he didn't say anything else.

Xu Jiaqi: Help, anybody, come help, I can pay good money. Whose child is this, come pick him up!

"Mister Qin, have I offended you before?" Xu Jiaqi's facial muscles twitched.

"No." Qin Zicheng replied in an instant. He felt confused, how come this young miss thought that he was offended by her? Was it something he said? He recalled the short phrases he had uttered to Xu Jiaqi and figured out the cause.

He had asked if she liked bunnies, and upon receiving a positive answer from her, he actually went ahead and dissed the cute little animal. Being in Xu Jiaqi's position, it was very easy to think that he purposely asked the question as an attack.

It wasn't actually meant as a harmful question, he just thought that she looked similar to a white bunny he used to take care of when he was still a child. In particular, their large doe eyes bore a striking resemblance. That same bunny died in just three months after being gifted to him despite him taking very good care of it. From that point on, he had always thought that bunnies were very troublesome.

The young miss in front of him seemed to have misunderstood his words.

Thus, he hurriedly scrambled around the brilliant ideas inside his head, wanting to clear the matter up before it was too late.

"You're like a bunny. So frail, a stray punch could take you out. Eating freely also can't be done, so many things can cause poisoning and end up in death. The living conditions, temperature, hygiene, mental and physical health, even though you put in a lot of effort, they can still pass away very easily." Qin Zicheng stated his experience. He had studied a lot about bunnies because he wanted to be a responsible owner, but he still ended up losing the creature.

Seeing Xu Jiaqi triggered memories of the dead pet, so he came to observe her from a closer distance. He had no enmity with her.

"..." Xu Jiaqi was speechless.

Wasn't this nudging on her 'sheltered princess' history, having everything taken care of by her family servants down to the smallest details? Her food, clothes, housing, was this man using a pet bunny's life as an analogy for her? Is she a pet bunny to her parents?

When on Earth did the original Xu Jiaqi offend the man? Wasn't he supposed to be an enigmatic man who didn't bother to partake into petty matters?

Then, it clicked inside her head. She wasn't just a simple woman, she carried the weight of the Xu family with her. Perhaps her parents had offended the man in their affairs?

"This.. Mister Qin, I will have to apologize if any of my parents- no, if any of Xu family's members wronged you. If I could help in any sort of way, then please tell me." Xu Jiaqi bowed her head, apologizing sincerely and showing a meek expression.

Xu Jiaqi: Hehe, I'm so pitiful, can you still bear to hold a grudge against me?

Qin Zicheng frowned. "..You have the wrong idea. I just thought that you resembled a bunny I used to raise. I don't dislike you or your parents."

He didn't know why, but he became slightly anxious after seeing Xu Jiaqi's dispirited expression. He thought that he absolutely couldn't let her get the wrong idea.

Xu Jiaqi: Oh.

"Is that so? Then, that's a relief. Where is the bunny now?" Xu Jiaqi beamed with happiness as she inquired.

"Dead."

...

Short and simple. She shouldn't have asked.

It was very hard to talk with this man.

Qin Zicheng didn't leave even after that exchange, so Xu Jiaqi had no other choice but to occasionally speak with him. With every words she said, she sweated bullets.

This Qin Zicheng wasn't just a normal heir. His Qin family members' wings didn't only lie in the business world, some also gained recognition in the military area, medicine, entertainment, and various others.

As the heir of this big entity, offending Qin Zicheng was the same as courting your death.

It was very scary to talk to this man. If she said something wrong, who knows what will happen to her? Silently killed?

The domineering man always replied to Xu Jiaqi's words. He was gullible to the woman's anxiety, and even felt that chatting with Xu Jiaqi was somewhat pleasing.