"If you'd like me to put you down, you could have just told me so," he growls.

Jiang Cheng stops and sets him down onto his feet before they even approach the gates of Lotus Pier. He crosses his arms and fixes him with a sharp stare, waiting for him to get his bearings before they would start walking again.

"And tell me the whole story - the truth."

He has the feeling it would be far more fantastic than whatever lie that the youth would give him.