Watching Young Master Shen look so frail and listless, Qi Shan felt a jumble of emotions. In an exceptionally gentle yet firm voice, he replied, "Mm. It won't happen again. There won't be another time!"
It sounded as though he was answering Shen Tang, but also warning himself.
Gu Chi, however, was always good at pouring cold water on things. He said rather tactlessly, "Things in this world rarely go as people wish. Nine times out of ten."
What he meant was—
There would be this time, and then another, and another after that... until Shen Tang ran out of luck and died at someone's hands. If everything went as people wished, there wouldn't be so many injustices in the world. Did Yuan Liang not understand this?
Shen Tang wasn't a child anymore.
At this age, she could accept that life meant birth, old age, sickness, death, love, hate, and partings.
Using a well-intentioned lie to comfort her would do more harm than good.
Qi Shan: "..."
Of course he understood all these toxic truths!
But at the moment, he wanted to turn Gu Wangchao into a dead octopus!
Qi Shan looked at Young Master Shen, who kept his head bowed beside him, weak, pitiful, and helpless. Then he thought of how completely alone she was. Even the hardest-hearted person wouldn't pour cold water on her at a time like this! And yet—Gu Chi had done it!
Was that any way for a person to talk?!
Was that even something a human would say?
Qi Bu Shan's smile didn't reach his eyes as he flung out a Word Spirit: Silence!
Gu Chi's eyes flew open. He opened his mouth and silently mouthed something.
Qi Shan pretended to be blind and not see a thing.
By the time Gu Chi angrily