Perplexed and Smitten (156)

"The more people there are, the better. That means that you have a higher chance of meeting the one you like. Shixin, don't you feel like an emperor? Picking a suitable woman you fancy amongst many others."

"No, I just feel like a eunuch getting sliced up by others."

"You can't say that just because you look like one. Shixin, that's not right. You're the one choosing others, how is that akin to getting sliced up by others?"

"To me, it's akin to the torturous feeling of being sliced up by others," Fan Shixin said, expressing his distaste toward matchmaking. "Those who attend matchmaking sessions do so because they can't find a partner. I don't want to admit that."

"But isn't that the truth?"

Fan Shixin darted a glance at him. "Young Sir, can you not add salt to my wound?"