Chu Zheng was genuinely insulted. Chen Gu certainly understood the damaging power such words could have on a woman. However, if he hadn't said it, truly explaining the situation and convincing Chu Zheng would have required quite an exhaustive debate.
And Chen Gu was furious as well. In what way is Man Suling not better than you?
Fury flashed in Chu Zheng's eyes, but the Great Actor Chen, preempting her, assertively took on the mantle of a drill instructor, and commanded with his hands behind his back, "Go clean yourself up, then come back and listen to my lecture!"
Resentfully, Chu Zheng left. Half an hour later, she returned, refreshed. Yet, reality was cruel. It was easy to turn from sloppy to neat, but what one lacks remains absent, immutable.
Chen Gu asked with a stern face, "Why are you so negative?"
