Chapter 47 Keep Your Standards Up

• Ning Shaochen threw a cushion at Liu Xu. “I will not lower my standards, ” he spat gloomily as he walked to the door in order to hide his chagrin over being exposed.
• I, Ning Shaochen, had given my heart away? Impossible. How would I fall for an ugly and boring hag? That is utterly impossible.
• “It’s true you haven’t lowered your standards, but you had some sort of... reaction.” It made Ning Shaochen stagger on his way out. Liu Xu rolled his eyes upon seeing it, but he was truly glad for his friend. Ning Shaochen seemed callous on the outside, as if he were the living embodiment of the king of Hell, but not so if you look within that outer shell.