As Zhu Zhuqing looked at Huo Yuhao shielding her, her eyes grew a little moist for some reason.
The last time someone had stepped forward to protect her had been many years ago. Back then, neither sister's engagement had been settled yet. Although her older sister Zhu Zhuyun had a somewhat sharp tongue, she had still been a good sister in Zhu Zhuqing's childhood memories.
The two of them would play and roughhouse like ordinary sisters. When they ran into a vicious dog blocking their way, her sister would stand in front of her and shield her behind her back... Without those childhood experiences, Zhu Zhuqing would not have been caught unprepared by the change in Zhu Zhuyun's personality after the engagements were settled, finding it so difficult to adjust.
At that moment, Zhu Zhuqing stood half a head taller than Huo Yuhao. Watching Huo Yuhao, who was smaller and shorter than her, shield her behind him, Zhu Zhuqing felt warmth in her heart.
Her cold expression, aloof attitude, and taciturn nature did not mean that Zhu Zhuqing truly thought herself above others or held everyone beneath her notice. They were merely a little girl's clumsy way of protecting herself after facing malice and schemes from others, shielding herself from the harm of the outside world.
Dai Mubai was still "explaining" his side of things, but Zhu Zhuqing took none of it in. She simply reached out instinctively and held Huo Yuhao's hand, just as she would have held her sister's hand in that "distant past," when her sister stood in front of her to protect her.
People rich in "life experience and wisdom" would always adopt a lecturing attitude, shamelessly telling others what they had done wrong, how shortsighted their views were, and how successful they would have been