They ambled in silence till they reached Qie Ranzhe's Pavillion with one looking for words to comfort and the other thinking of ways to propose marriage. Like this, the two sat across each other uncertain of how to break the ice. It was Wen Qinxi who couldn't stand the silence anymore inquiring, "Are you okay?" but Qie Ranzhe didn't say a word only shaking his droopy head like a sad puppy.
Wen Qinxi felt his chest tighten sympathising with him. His father died in the mines when his mother was two months pregnant with Wen Danzhe and he was barely a year old. He had experienced the pain of losing someone but not the grieving process as he was too young to understand when it happened. At least he knew his father's death was accidental but how about Qie Ranzhe whose mother was murdered. Though it was just an in-game setting to Qie Ranzhe it was as real as day.
