When a lot of things happen, they feel like a big numb mess—the whole crowd in an uproar—but if you think it over carefully, they probably won't affect a thing.
Chu Ge dating his female assistant, dating a female fan—so what, really?
He's an unmarried man, she's an unmarried woman; that's only natural. All anyone else can do is envy and hate and offer sour congratulations, which in the end become tea-table gossip: "Word is Author So-and-So married a female fan. Some of them even hooked up with their editors. Impressive, huh."
Same as at the class reunion back then—Old Hong brought it up, the table laughed it off, and nobody knew who was being talked about.
The only real effect is in your own heart.
So Chu Ge charged straight in.
Chu Ge was calm, but Qiu Wuji started to panic. Looking at the expression in his eyes, she opened her mouth and found she had no idea how to answer.
Before, when the people around them got the wrong idea, she could laugh it off and say it was bright wind and clear moon, utterly innocent.
But what about when everyone under heaven thought so?