At that moment, Ma Rulong seemed to shine, as powerful as an invincible god of war!
Everyone was moved by Ma Rulong's resolve to face death without flinching. Even Xiao Hongchen, who had remained indifferent throughout, sat up straight, his expression showing a trace of emotion.
"And you, my friend, are a true hero!" Xiao Hongchen said earnestly. "For those words alone, I apologize for looking down on you before. You deserve my respect."
Meng Hongchen blinked and looked at her older brother beside her, who had abandoned his usual manner. A sudden sense of satisfaction rose in her heart, as though the child of the family had finally grown up.
"Very good, Xiao. You've finally grown up!" Meng Hongchen patted Xiao Hongchen's shoulder with a beaming smile.
Xiao Hongchen's expression darkened, and he slapped Meng Hongchen's hand off his shoulder.
"Stop fooling around. Senior Ma is prepared to sacrifice himself for a righteous cause. We can't disgrace Grandfather," Xiao Hongchen said. "No matter how strong that Ye Qing is, we have to fight with everything we have. If even we don't believe we can defeat him, then we really won't have any chance at all."
Meng Hongchen froze for a moment.
She truly had never imagined her older brother could say something like that. It seemed Ye Qing's suffocating strength really had changed Xiao Hongchen's sky-high arrogance.
A frog at the bottom of a well knew nothing of the vastness of heaven and earth. Only when he truly saw the world outside could he transform from within, no longer confined to the little well where he had once lived, but yearning for the scenery higher up.
Yet Xiao Hongchen's transformation made another thought spring unbidden into Meng Hongchen's mind.
*He really is worthy of being the man I've set