Fearing that his eldest brother would really punish him, Song Jingtian's eyes darted around as he stretched out his small hand, pointing at Tang Li and stammered, "I... I... She... She..."
He struggled for a long time but couldn't find a suitable excuse.
For a moment, he retracted his hand and scratched his head in frustration.
He twisted his head to look at Tang Li, only to see that she seemed to have no intention of "saving" him, her eyes fixed on her nose and her nose on her mouth.
Song Baiyan, watching the crumbling alliance between the two, who seemed eager to use the other as a shield, found the situation amusing. He swallowed the lecture he was about to give and simply asked Jingtian, "Did you tell your eldest sister when you came to Shangbu?"
"At the train station, I called my eldest sister," Jingtian replied truthfully: "I told her I was with Tang Li."
Of course, he couldn't say that his coming to Shangbu was something he did on his own accord.
