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There a time for a joke and a time for when need to be serious, at the time when the sword guy was asked, he already makes the situation tense by refusing the king offer to marry his other daughter, so anything said on that time frame by nature is taken seriously, joke or not, answering that "The one I'm in love/attracted, is gu changge." Is definitely will make the sword guy have bad end either way. Even if he were to answer like yours, it's doesn't make sense either, because they asked him who's he romantically interested that makes him dare to reject the king marriage offer, not anything else.
And such, if Gu changge were to retort or straight up killed him if the sword guy were to said those word, it's not make him rigid, unreasonable, or anything else because specifically the situation, the atmosphere, and the built up right there. It's can be taken as offense easily because to entertain such idea itself can imply that Gu Changge may have such thought or desire, which socially taboo or deranged there, and if Gu Changge were to just brush it off, it's can cause rumour, because that just how human/society work.
And even if Gu changge just brush it off as a joke despite the inappropriate time, the sword guy may not instantly lynched, but he definitely will be socially dead, the only way for the sword guy to actually unscathed is if Gu Changge were to actually play along or entertain the idea, which I'm sure as heck he wouldn't ever, not only that would make his reputation famished, it's might make his relationship with his harem a bit awkward.
A non-platonic confession to Gu Changge would be seen as an outrageous social affront and an attempt to drag the King's reputation and Gu Changge's reputation through the mud.
Basically, i know that so far it's shown how much changge have manipulated everyone and everything, but still, never underestimate how a reputation could collapse in one day, and it's can be from something non sense or absurd. And gu changge definitely wouldn't risk that, he may be strong, but still not the strongest or capable of killing every danger or risk, including those hidden master in the world (even if we were to include his family, the powerscale seem will always scale further and further for a while just like the usual cultivator manhua), so he need to use his reputation as a shield and a way to make people trust and do his bidding until he the strongest and only then, reputation doesn't matter and he can do anything he want, including being gay🤣
The only reasonable to do this move as i said, is to make it sound platonic, for example "I'm not in love with someone, nor interested in anyone, but i wish to serve young master gu changge as his subordinate and servant." Then yeah, this is the smart move one, and gu changge would have no way to retort harshly and make him socially unreasonable as you said if he does.
But! the problem is the build up, it's was about marriage and the sword guy said that he had someone in his heart already, which naturally would make the outcome rather like this if we were to follow what he said in the few last panel. "The one I'm in love/attracted, is gu changge." And that is basically suicide in both socially or physically (hence, why gu changge said those few word in the last panel if the sword guy were to do that)🤣
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