This wasn't normal.
She needed to get to the bottom of this—not to satisfy some gossiping urge, but because if she understood Qianyi well enough, helping Jun, Xi, and the others resolve their relationship issues later would become much easier.
"Is there some special reason?" Shu looked at Qianyi, her gaze serious and focused.
"There's no special reason." After carefully choosing his words, Qianyi explained, "When two overly forceful people meet, it's like warriors meeting on a narrow road. If neither is willing to yield, one of them is bound to lose and get hurt. But we're partners, family, lovers—not enemies."
"It's really that simple?" Shu was quite surprised.
"It's that simple," Qianyi said.
"Ah." Shu let out a long sigh, then, in the tone of a homeroom teacher calling out and criticizing the ten worst students in the class, began naming names like a Khan reviewing his troops. "If Wang, Ling, Jun, Ji, Yi, Nian, Fang, Xi, and the others were all as worry-free as you, Qianyi, that would be wonderful."
Whenever she thought of that bunch of little demons in the Sui Family, Shu felt exhausted.
Every last one of them had especially strong opinions, yet none of them would give an inch. Whenever they got together, they had to argue until the place was turned upside down before they would stop. In the past, it would not even have been an argument—they would have had to fight until the heavens overturned and the mountains collapsed before calling it quits.
By comparison, a "younger brother" like Qianyi, who would rather suffer a loss himself than let those around him suffer one and who proactively yielded whenever conflict arose, was practically an angel descended to earth.
Though Qianyi was not a member of the Sui Family, Shu felt that