"Waaaaah~"
"I'm crying my eyes out!"
"I thought the eldest brother was spoiled and arrogant because he grew up pampered, but it turns out he's had a really tough time!"
She pulled out several tissues in one go and wiped her tears haphazardly from her face. Leng Ruxue couldn't help but cry even louder.
"Little sister, don't do this. No one outside knows what's going on in there."
Chu Nanfeng forced a smile and gave a bitter laugh.
"Okay, I won't cry, please continue."
In the darkness, Leng Ruxue's pretty face flushed slightly, and then she lowered her voice and said.
"Um... are you sure you can stand listening to this?"
"Yes! Tell me quickly!"
Onlookers, onlooker spirits, onlookers are all superior people!
She'd eat this melon even if she had to kneel down!
Upon hearing this, a smile flickered across Chu Nanfeng's eyes. He didn't know why he suddenly talked so much with a little girl he had only met a few times.
Perhaps it's because I've been alone for so long, with no one to talk to, that I suddenly feel like saying a few more words.
He adjusted his posture and then continued speaking:
"Liyue's talent is too amazing, and I have disappointed my grandfather and father too much, so they have relaxed their control over me and devoted most of their energy to Liyue."
"I thought I would be happy, but looking at my mother who often sheds tears alone and my sister who lives a life of darkness, I just can't be happy at all."
"But I'm too cowardly, too weak, too spineless. Faced with this situation, I didn't even have the courage to say a single harsh word to my grandfather and father, or tell them to take their anger out on me."
"I continued to live a pampered life of a young master while deceiving myself with guilt, and this continued until I was seventeen years old."
As he spoke, his voice became hoarse. That year was a turning point in his life, and the only time he ever stood up for himself.
Hearing his tone, Leng Ruxue couldn't help but move closer to him, her eyes red and swollen as she looked in his direction, even though it was all dark there.
“When I was seventeen, Li Yue was ten. My grandfather finally released her, ending her ten years of imprisonment.”
"The day before Liyue returned home, her mother cried all night, unable to sleep, because she was both excited and heartbroken."
"I still remember the scene when she came home. It was the first time that I, and my mother, were able to get close to her."
"Although she is only ten years old, she is already so beautiful that it is hard to look away. The mature and aloof temperament she has is really not something a ten-year-old girl should have."
“In the past ten years, she has never seen us. She has only seen her grandfather and father. It was her grandfather who told her who we were and how to address us.”
"And this title seems to be just a title to her. When she called out 'Mom,' her mother excitedly tried to hug her, but she dodged away immediately, the coldness and estrangement in her eyes were tangible."
"My mother was so upset that she couldn't eat for two days, and my father couldn't sleep in the same bed with her for a month because of this."
"Even so, my mother and I were overjoyed that she was back. We tried everything we could to get closer to her."
"Although we were mostly turned away, no matter how aloof and independent she is, she is still essentially a ten-year-old girl. We can feel that after spending some time with her, her attitude towards us has improved a lot compared to when she first came back."
"Just when we were overjoyed, an accident still happened."
With his deep, dark eyes fixed on the darkness above, Chu Nanfeng couldn't help but reach out and grab at that darkness, as if trying to grasp something.
After a long pause, he spoke again, his voice hoarse:
“During the time Liyue returned, the Chu family was not at peace. One branch in Ice City, which had grown stronger over the years, was showing signs of getting out of control.”
"Grandpa sent many groups of people to try to suppress them, but all of them failed. It must have been Grandpa's actions that aroused their dissatisfaction. A month after returning from Liyue, they actually dared to send a large number of assassins to infiltrate the Chu family's old residence in an attempt to assassinate him."
"That night was very unsettling. There were constant gunshots and fighting outside. I could only cower under the bed in fear and dared not move."
"Two of the assassins somehow made their way into the main house. I heard fighting and deafening gunshots outside the door. Only Liyue and I lived on that floor."
"I was so scared that my legs went weak. I don't know how to describe that feeling. There were gunshots going off outside, but I couldn't move an inch to go out, not even to see if my own sister was hurt."
"Only when all the sounds had stopped did I dare to walk out, my legs trembling."
Chu Nanfeng's gaze into the darkness above grew ever deeper, and his voice became increasingly strained. The scene he had witnessed in the corridor would never be forgotten, even if he were to walk into his grave.
"In the corridor, blood was everywhere. Two assassins lay on the ground, and Li Yue was kneeling beside them, her face and hands covered in blood—the blood of the two assassins."
"When she looked up at me, there was no emotion in her eyes. She just glanced at me and then turned and went back to her room."
"I stood alone in the corridor for a long time. By the time I came to my senses, I was so scared that I had already wet my pants."
"I don't know how a ten-year-old girl can kill two people without even changing her expression. I'm seventeen years old and I've never even killed a chicken."
“I didn’t know what Grandpa was training Liyue for before, and that he made her live a life like a prison without seeing the sun. At that moment, I think I could guess some of it.”
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