Ye Jinghe sat while he stood, the height difference just enough for him to shield Ye Jinghe's face from others by his chest.

"Jinghe, it's okay, your brother is here, don't be afraid!" Ye Jingchen coaxed softly, gently stroking the back of his head with one hand and patting his back with the other.

Enveloped by the familiar scent, Ye Jinghe's emotions, which were on the verge of spiraling out of control, gradually calmed down.

Ye Jinghe slowly loosened his clenched fists and hugged his brother back, his rationality beginning to return.

He went crazy again, and his brother found out!

However, his worst fears did not come true. His brother was neither angry nor disappointed. Instead, he felt sorry for him and comforted him.

He was still the younger brother whom his older brother doted on, and that didn't change because of Ye Jingshu's appearance!

Realizing this, a sweet feeling began to rise in his heart, even sweeter than drinking sweet soup.

Ye Jinghe started remembering things when he was a little over one year old. Since he could remember, he has kept a little notebook in his mind, recording the names of those who bullied him.

Ye Jingshu and her bad brother are both on the list.

He disliked Ye Jingshu because of the humiliation she had caused him in the past, but now, that dislike had turned into jealousy and hatred.

He was jealous of Ye Jingshu's relationship with her brother.

She was her brother's biological older sister, born of the same mother, and was much closer to him than to him, her half-brother born to a palace maid.

He couldn't decide which woman's belly he would emerge from, so he could only be jealous.

The better his brother treated him, the more jealous he became.

Besides jealousy, there was also hatred.

Because Ye Jingshu always tried to drive a wedge between him and his brother, wanting his brother to abandon him, which he absolutely could not tolerate.

Everything he has now is given to him by his brother. If his brother abandons him, he will become the same pitiful creature who can be bullied by everyone again!

Having tasted the sweetness of life, he would absolutely go crazy if forced to experience hardship.