"Is there anything I can help you with? Tell me, and I'll do my best if I can."
"Young Miss, you must have had a nightmare. I heard your voice outside and was very worried, so I came in to check on you."
Upon hearing this, Mu Ya's eyes dimmed, and she replied with a hint of self-mockery, "It's alright, I'm used to it. Not just me, everyone else in this villa is used to it too. Only you still come in to check on things."
In the darkness, Ding Zhi clenched his fists, his voice carrying a barely perceptible hint of suppressed resentment.
"They are all your family, how can they be so indifferent to you? Is your existence so worthless?"
Muya was somewhat surprised that Ding Zhi would say such a thing.
All the men in black from the Mu family had been personally tested by the old master and Mu Nanxun. Their loyalty and bravery went without saying, but in addition, they had to be careful with their words and actions and could not comment on anyone or anything in the Mu family.
Is Ding Zhi standing up for her?
Mu Ya's expression turned serious, her eyes narrowed, and she seemed quite displeased.
"Ding Zhi, I will pretend I didn't hear these words. From now on, never say them again in front of anyone, at any time, or in any place."
"Young Miss, are you afraid of them?" Ding Zhi asked in return.
"No, they are all my family, and they treat me very well. I won't allow anyone to speak ill of them. Also, as a member of the Black Organization, you should do your job. Don't concern yourself with things that aren't your business, and don't say things that aren't your business. Get out, I'm going to sleep."
Muya gave the order with a cold look in her eyes.
Ding Zhi probably realized he had said the wrong thing, so he lowered his head and apologized, "I'm sorry, Miss, I was overthinking it. Please let me stay with you a little longer. If you can't sleep or have anything on your mind, you can tell me."
"There's nothing to say, you should leave now."
Mu Ya was heartbroken. Those things stuck in her heart would remain unspoken, unable to be relieved. But speaking them out would be like tearing open old wounds with a dagger, showing them to others again, without any guarantee of healing.
In the darkness, Ding Zhi's narrow eyebrows furrowed slightly, he nodded almost imperceptibly, and bowed respectfully.
“Alright then, Miss. I will be guarding the door. If anything happens, just give me a call and I will appear before you immediately.”
Muya: "Mm."
The hands under the blanket clenched tighter, as if trying to grasp something, but the tighter they clenched, the less they could hold on.
"I will always be by your side, in places you can see and places you can't see. As soon as you call my name, I will appear in front of you immediately."
Once upon a time, that handsome young man with the warmest and most beautiful eyes in the world looked at her with a smile, his eyes full of affection.
In the sunlight, that smiling face remains vivid in her memory to this day. He whispered in her ear in the gentlest voice that he would always be by her side, never leaving her no matter what happened. He also said that wherever he was, whenever she needed him, whenever she called his name, he would appear.
But throughout those countless days and nights, she called his name countless times, yet he never appeared.
"Qin Lang, why did you break your promise? You said you would come back."
Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes and spread across her entire face.
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