"Huan Huan..."
Chen Xi murmured under her breath.
Her expression looked as if she were about to cry.
No.
She was already crying.
"Chen Xi!?"
The tears in the girl's eyes made Ruan Nuan even more flustered and at a loss.
She had been the girl's tutor for so long.
Only now, watching the tears slide from the corners of the girl's eyes, did she suddenly realize that she had... rarely seen the girl cry.
After learning about the girl's situation, she had felt sorry for her.
She had also sincerely admired the girl's strength.
Sometimes, she even forgot that the girl was different.
Because the girl seemed so normal.
Especially when she smiled with her eyes narrowed. It was hard to tell that she was blind.
She had thought that the strong, sensible girl had come to terms with her.
That the girl had fully accepted that she was blind.
And no longer felt so much despair and pain over it.
But now, she couldn't help wondering...
Was the girl she had pictured all this time simply very good at hiding how she felt?
In truth...
Was the girl nowhere near as strong and optimistic as she seemed?
And all the negative emotions that had built up... often needed only one opening... one opportunity...
Before they came pouring out.
The girl's curled-up body trembled.
Ruan Nuan reached out.
Her hand hadn't yet touched the girl's back—
When the girl suddenly turned around.
Her expression was almost frightened.
"Master Xiao!?"
The girl missed Huan Huan.
Naturally, she thought of Master Xiao.
Master Xiao...
It was as if a clap of thunder had exploded in her mind.
Someone had just rung the doorbell.
It was very likely Master Xiao!
And they had already kept him waiting