As he spoke these words, his heart was beating violently.
She might never know how much courage it had taken him to utter that sentence.
"I know," Ren Chuqing murmured, "I don't find it dirty; it was just you using every means at your disposal to survive with Uncle Qin. If I were in your shoes, perhaps I would have fared even worse."
As she spoke, she reached out and gently took his hand.
Warmth flowed from her hand into his icy one.
"The words I said to Wen Muqing just now were all true. It is the evil fruit born of my mother's doing that put you through all this. If only I had been by your side back then," she whispered.
Qin Jingzhi's eyes flickered. Perhaps if she had been by his side back then, those hard times might also have held some joy for him.
