Gu Jinzhi felt Li Wei's pain. His originally dead-still heart lake suddenly stirred with fresh ripples.
But before he could recover from that tremor, before he could hesitate over how to comfort her—
The girl across from him suddenly broke down.
"Waaah—"
She cried like a child, without the slightest shred of composure, gasping for breath between sobs.
Even as she cried, she did not forget to save face. Her voice was muffled and broken.
"Old Gu... I, I'm telling you... sob... don't misunderstand..."
"I wasn't... wasn't crying because I was worried about you... It's all your grandfather's fault!"
Sniffling, she fiercely wiped her face with the back of her hand.
"On the second day after we got married... he insisted I go fishing with him... hic... and then, I don't know what happened, but he... he started crying first..."
"Then... then I felt like crying too... I couldn't pull myself together for a long time after I got home... Look, it's started again now. Sob, sob..."
As she lodged her complaints, tears and snot streamed uncontrollably from her face. She cried without the slightest order or grace, let alone any hint of beauty.
Gu Jinzhi was completely thrown into disarray.
He wanted to persuade her to stop, but had no idea where to begin.
He wanted to hand her a tissue, but the terrace was empty, with nothing at all.
He wanted to go get one from the bedroom bathroom, but his feet seemed nailed to the spot. He simply could not bear to leave her side for even half a step.
Seeing Li Wei cry harder and harder, her little face flushing red until she could barely breathe, Gu Jinzhi could endure no longer.
He abruptly rose and kicked away the obstructive round table between them.
The table