"I... I can't say," Xia Wanwan said to him, her voice tinged with a thread of guilt. She really didn't know how to explain that Xia An'an wasn't her mother's daughter, yet she received the most affection from her.
She had kept this secret for too long and dared not tell anyone. She feared that once she revealed it, her mother would suffer many misfortunes. It wasn't that she didn't trust Xi Muchen, but she still couldn't bring herself to disclose it, as if keeping this secret had become a habit.
"Then don't," the man said to her, "Tell me whenever you feel ready."
"I..." His words deepened the guilt in her heart.
"Go take a shower, I'll prepare something for you to eat," Xi Muchen said as he pinched the tip of her nose.
Xia Wanwan nodded, only realizing what she had just done after she left his embrace, her cheeks suddenly flushed.
