"Alright, don't overthink it. There's nothing between Comrade Li and me. Since you don't like me having too much contact with him, I won't actively engage with him anymore."
Gu Jia Ning doesn't feel there's anything wrong with this, nor does she feel restricted by Sheng Zexi in her freedom to make friends.
To be fair, Gu Jia Ning is a bit obsessive by nature.
In her mind, she divides people into important and unimportant ones.
She certainly needs to clearly distinguish who is most important to her.
As for those unimportant ones, she doesn't care.
For Gu Jia Ning, Sheng Zexi is important, while Li Tingxuan, whom she has only met a few times without much interaction, is unimportant.
So, if there's ever a need to give up one person between the two, undoubtedly, it would be Li Tingxuan.
And she doesn't need to make an important person unhappy for the sake of an unimportant one.
