Xu Nuo tugged at the hem of Xu Shihua’s shirt. "Brother Minghua, please, say less. My sister has the right to make friends; we just don’t know who is good and who is bad."
"Good and bad?"
Xu Shiyan crossed her arms over her chest, a cold snort escaping her nose. "Are you saying one can choose who to work with based on their moral fiber? Even if those men had ulterior motives toward me, that’s on their own lecherous nature. They saw a flower growing on a cliff edge, thought it looked beautiful, and scrambled to pick it. If they stepped into thin air and fell into the abyss to their deaths, do you blame the flower for being too beautiful?"
Chapter 25