Nikolai stood there like a cold, towering statue. He didn't speak or move for what felt like forever.
Jin Liwei wanted immediate answers but sensed the great turmoil within his brother-in-law even if the man wasn't showing anything from his unreadable expression.
By this time, Jin Liwei had already calmed down his emotions. He realized that it wasn't his right to demand answers for things that happened in his wife and her brother's past lives from way before he came to know either of them.
Ever since falling in love with his wife and working hard to make her fall in love with him too, he learned the important life lesson of putting aside his pride to apologize for his own mistakes.
He was about to apologize to his brother-in-law when Nikolai finally spoke.
The story he told shocked Jin Liwei so much that he staggered on his feet and had to hold on to the wall to stay upright.
