Chapter 48: Are You Mistaken? I'm the One Who Got the Better Deal!

"What?! You want me to take responsibility for you?"

Lu Meng spat a mouthful of milk right into his face. Ace gave her a fake smile and handed her a tissue, his tone entirely reasonable.

"Yes, is there a problem?"

Lu Meng didn't even take the tissue, her mind entirely consumed by what he had just said. She widened her eyes and slammed her cup down. "On what grounds?!"

Seeing that she refused to take it, Ace pulled the tissue back and leisurely wiped his face. "On the grounds that you are a Guide. As a Guide, you took advantage of me—shouldn't you take responsibility?"

Lu Meng looked at him as if he had lost his mind. "Clearly, you're the one who did that to me, you..."

She pointed at Ace, then pointed at herself, suddenly feeling a suffocating sense of injustice.

Why did this feel so wrong? What kind of bizarre role-reversal was this?!

Ace looked at her with amusement. "What did I do to you?"

Lu Meng wanted to say that *he* should be the one taking responsibility for *her*!

Yet, upon second thought, she didn't need him to take responsibility at all, because yesterday's incident was purely an accident!

Fuming, she snapped, "Nothing!"

"Yesterday's matter was completely an accident, what is there for me to take responsibility for?"

"You took advantage of me, and I'm still an innocent Sentinel! Being groped and hugged by you like that, how am I supposed to stay in the military district from now on? Shouldn't you take responsibility?"

As Ace spoke, he even put on a hypocritical, aggrieved expression, sending a chill of revulsion down her spine.

Stop making that face, it really doesn't suit you, thank you!

And besides! This was completely turning the world upside down—she hadn't even started crying about how she couldn't stay in the military district!

Yet, thinking of the status disparity between Guides and Sentinels in this world, her momentum instantly withered.

It seemed that here, Sentinels were indeed the vulnerable party.

Ace glanced at her and continued,

"Besides, you were the one who insisted on giving me mental counseling yesterday. It was because of your counseling that I lost control! If it weren't for you, how could something like this have happened?"

Lu Meng's eyes widened in disbelief. Slander! Blatant slander!

"How was I supposed to know it would turn out like that? Besides, how can you be so sure it was my fault? For all I know, you might just have some special fetish of your own!"

The more she spoke, the more indignant she became, her tone even carrying a hint of disgust.

Ace was practically laughed into a fury by her. Meeting his icy, gloomy gaze, Lu Meng quickly looked away.

Why was he looking at her like that?

She wasn't even wrong! When he couldn't win an argument, he resorted to physical intimidation! How annoying!

She gave a guilty, light cough, then quickly changed the subject.

"Oh, well, that's not the most important thing. The main point is that yesterday's incident was simply an accident!"

Besides, Lu Meng felt like crying tears of genuine grievance.

She was the victim here! Heaven and earth as her witness! She was the one who had been taken advantage of!

Ace's gaze darkened. "Then you're saying you don't want to take responsibility?"

His look made Lu Meng's hair stand on end, and her intuition told her that if she flatly refused, something terrible would definitely happen!

Moreover, with him being a Sentinel with a contamination level as high as 86%, he was practically a ticking time bomb—she couldn't afford to anger him!

What if he flew into a rage out of shame?

So what should she say?

Her brain raced at lightning speed.

Actually, it wasn't that she didn't want to take responsibility!

It was about taking responsibility gradually, slowly, excellently, and in an orderly fashion! Allowing those with the capacity to take responsibility first, and letting the affluent take responsibility first, so that those who took responsibility early could lead those who took responsibility later, while also tailoring responsibility to specific circumstances!

Not taking responsibility blindly, but precisely, scientifically, efficiently, and strategically!

Letting those with technical skills take responsibility, letting those skilled in management take the lead, using professional strength to assist and share the burden, while remaining flexible to handle special situations!