Lu Xiaoxiao's tone was certainly earnest as she said this, but it was also very calm.
She didn't think it was anything particularly remarkable to say. The thought had simply occurred to her, and she had voiced it naturally.
Tonight, Lu Xiaoxiao felt she had actually seen a very different side of Ji Yunhuai.
Hmm... how should I put it?
It was just that Ji Yunhuai seemed especially relaxed tonight, in a way that differed from his usual casual ease.
As Lu Xiaoxiao understood it, Jiang Feiwan and Cui Anze were probably a special kind of friend to Ji Yunhuai.
They were friends, but also something like elders, looking after him in many ways in his parents' stead.
When Jiang Feiwan had brought up playing hide-and-seek with Cui Anhe earlier, for instance, Ji Yunhuai's expression had seemed disdainful, but there had been warmth in his eyes.
It was clear that, although Cui Anhe's clinginess annoyed him, he still treasured the time he had spent with these people.
Ji Yunhuai could clearly tell which relationships were fundamentally good.
Even though he had become so prickly later on, he had never shut out people who were genuinely kind to him.
In short, people who didn't know Ji Yunhuai might think he was sly and mean, but spend enough time with him, and they would discover... he was really just a softie in a dark disguise!
He knew perfectly well who treated him kindly. Wasn't that its own way of knowing exactly whom to love and whom to hate?
At that thought, Lu Xiaoxiao couldn't help smiling a little.
Then she silently mused, Seen that way, the two of us are pretty alike at heart!
At most, Ji Yunhuai put on more of an act than she did and didn't wear every emotion