Erosion of rationality… Zheng Dan was rendered speechless. 

Why doesn’t this fellow go with the flow? Other men would surely try their best to showcase their gentlemanly side, but this guy is acting as if he was afraid that others might somehow miss his perversion!

Despite the unexpected hiccup, Zheng Dan reacted fairly quickly. She put on a natural smile and replied, “Teacher Zu is a gentleman; you aren’t like other men. You’ve saved my life, so there’s no way I would think of you in such a light.”

She felt queasy just saying those words. There was no way one could ever associate the word ‘gentleman’ with Zu An.

“Oh? I never knew I had such a noble side to me.” Zu An touched his face in delight, pleased with Zheng Dan’s words.

“Allow me to propose a toast to Teacher Zu for saving my life.” Zheng Dan raised her wine cup as she looked at him with a gentle smile.

Zu An hesitated. Based on what Chu Huanzhao had said, the Sang clan wasn’t on good terms with the Chu clan. Since the Zheng clan were going to be in-laws with the Sang clan, it should be safe to assume that they were...