Hao Ren took a deep breath and calmed himself. The voice from the system sounded right before the moment he was about to go ballistic. As he calmed down, he observed the expressions of the people around him.
Hao Mei's eyes were misty as if she was on the brink of crying, Han Lingshi was anxious and his parents were gazing at the floor or their hands. They could not raise their heads to look at their children because they blamed themselves for what was going on here.
Hao Ren walked up to Hao Mei, and everyone watched him anxiously. He stood half a meter away from her and said in a calm tone, "All those moments when I sat on the windowsill sulking, I was actually thinking what I can do to get better. I was tired of being average, and always being the one who needed you to protect me. I did not want to be your burden. I just wanted to catch up to you."
Hao Mei looked at him in surprised and asked, "Then why didn't you tell us you could cultivate?"
