Fu Xingchen trying to cheer her up? The words felt alien, so alien they sounded like a lie. Jiang Lili’s refusal was swift and sharp: [Please pass on my thanks, but dinner isn't necessary. I don't need him to cheer me up.] The most she could manage with Fu Xingchen was to coexist peacefully in that house. Beyond that, she had no desire to put on an act, to pretend as if none of their unpleasantnes