Weakness

The moment the two women turned around, even though Qin Jishi had already confirmed their identities, the sight of their eyes meeting still left him unable to believe it.

Shiqing!

Baihe!

The two who entered his sight were none other than Zhang Shiqing and Baihe.

Qin Jishi would never mistake them. They were Zhang Shiqing and Baihe.

"Shiqing!"

"Baihe!"

Qin Jishi's expression shifted as he unconsciously took a step forward.

He wanted to go up to them!

"Jishi... it's us... Jishi... it's us."

Zhang Shiqing's tone was somewhat cold, her face devoid of the slightest expression. Even her eyes, as they looked at Qin Jishi, contained no emotion at all.

"Jishi... it really is us... it's us..."

Baihe's voice was the same, stiff and unnatural to Qin Jishi's ears.

They recognized Qin Jishi, yet the way they spoke was so unfamiliar.

Qin Jishi frowned.

No!

No matter what, Zhang Shiqing and Baihe would never be so cold toward him.

That was right!

There was no denying that Zhang Shiqing was like an icy snow lotus on a mountaintop, meant only to be admired from afar.

But she behaved differently around Qin Jishi. Even when Qin Jishi had first met her, she had not been this cold.

And then there was Baihe.

Others might not understand Baihe... but Qin Jishi understood her best.

Put it this way: if someone said Baihe treated others like this, Qin Jishi would absolutely believe it, without needing a single reason.

But!

If someone said Baihe would treat him this way, Qin Jishi would not believe it even ten thousand times over.

What a joke!

No one understood Baihe better than Qin Jishi.

She was the typical sort—cold on the outside, warm within.

Especially toward Qin Jishi, she was even colder, but that coldness was merely