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When you put it that way with 言い方

からかい上手の高木さん » Volume 7 » Page 42

Nishikata finds Takagi in the library. When she asks if he’s there to study, he says he stopped by because she had said she often goes there to study. Takagi asks if that means he came to meet with her.

西片:
「い…いや… そうなんだけど そういう()(かた)をすると…」
“I... no... well, that's true, but putting it that way...”
高木:
「あはは 顔赤(かおあか)いよ。」
“Ahaha, you're blushing!”

()(かた) refers to the misleading way Takagi is phrasing his visit.