Shen Gu refused Su Ziqing's request at this critical moment, which was actually quite disappointing from Su Ziqing's emotional perspective!

Of course, even before the refusal was spoken, Shen Gu himself felt the same way.

But he had to say it like this. Using the excuse that it was already late in the day was the best reaction he could come up with in a short amount of time!

He was relieved that Su Ziqing didn't show any anger or decrease in intimacy towards him after hearing his reason. It was good that such a bad thing didn't happen.