Seeing Shang Ning's furrowed brows, Jin Yining reached out and took her hand. "You've been too stressed lately. The things that have happened recently are indeed hard for you to accept. You're too tense."

Shang Ning wanted to say no, but couldn't quite put her finger on the feeling.

“I was like you at first too. I felt that everything was dangerous. For a while, I even felt that Qin Wei might shoot me when I looked at him. Over-stress can cause this. You’ll be fine once you get over it.”

Jin Yining lowered his head and kissed the back of her hand. "It's okay."

Shang Ning didn't say anything, but felt her mind was a bit of a mess.

But why is it chaotic? This is called nothing wrong.

“Shang Ning, being with me means facing these kinds of things. We could be suddenly monitored at any time, or we could face unexpected situations at any time,” Jin Yining said in a low voice. “These kinds of things are normal, and they will happen frequently in the future.”

Shang Ning was stunned for a moment and looked at Jin Yining. Jin Yining was also looking at her. What he was more afraid of was that she would think of leaving him because of this fear.

However, if Shang Ning wants to leave him because of this, he has nothing to say.

Shang Ning was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses and looked at the man who was holding her hand with his head down. "Jin Yining, aren't you afraid?"

"Before I met you, I wasn't afraid." Jin Yining sat down on the carpet, leaned against the edge of the bed, and looked up at Shang Ning. "But after I met you, I became afraid."

Shang Ning slid down to sit next to him, tilted her head slightly, and leaned directly on his shoulder. "Before I met you, I was quite afraid of this kind of thing, but after I met you, I'm not afraid anymore."

I am your weakness, and you are my armor.

Because it's you, I'm not afraid.

Jin Yining gripped Shang Ning's hand tightly. This world is inherently a game of mutual competition; whoever is strong is safe—that's the law of survival.

“It’s like actors expose everything about themselves to the camera, as if someone is watching your every move 24 hours a day. It’s the most dangerous thing, but also the safest.” Jin Yining and Shang Ning held hands, looking at the person leaning on their shoulder. “Actually, thinking about it this way, when I first debuted and was criticized, Sister Yang asked me why I didn’t care. How could anyone not care? It’s just that the direction of my care is different.”

Shang Ning gripped Jin Yining's hand tightly. "I used to wonder what deep-seated hatred Ning Kong had with those people that made them so desperate to kill her, to cross the line and trample on her dignity, and then shamelessly become keyboard warriors. But later I realized it's because you people spoiled her. You haven't experienced the harsh realities of life, so you're just bored and have nothing better to do than become keyboard warriors."

The arduous journey of countless people has bred a swarm of ants in the shadows. These people should be dragged out one by one and let them experience the friction of society.

“You’re being biased by generalization. It’s normal for hundreds of thousands of scumbags to emerge from a population of billions. If all billions of people in the world were hardworking, selfless, or benevolent, what would be the point of us?” Jin Yining stretched out her legs and fiddled with Shang Ning’s fingers. “Life will be like this from now on, but I will try my best to give you stability.”

"It's just a bit unbelievable that you're going to live this kind of life your whole lives, while those you've protected are still doing things to hurt you. Don't you feel wronged?"