"Why are you following me?" Qin Mei wanted to give Jie Jingchen the cold shoulder, but then she felt it wasn't worth it. Giving him the cold shoulder would only wear her out.
"Meimei, I was wrong." Jie Jingchen was using a move he'd learned from his father: regardless of who was right or wrong, admitting fault right away was always the safe bet.
Besides, he really was at fault. He knew she had misunderstood but hadn't bothered to explain right away.
'If our roles were reversed, I wouldn't have been as magnanimous and forgiving as Qin Mei,' he thought. 'I wouldn't have been so kind as to save someone. Save them my ass. It would have been merciful of me not to deliver the finishing blow and hasten their death.'
His eagerness to admit fault actually left Qin Mei at a loss for what to accuse him of.
