Gu Xijue didn't take Gu Xiaonuan home; halfway through, he was called back by Zhao Ying.
"I'm sorry."
Gu Xijue felt helpless when it came to his mother.
Recently, Zhao Ying and Gu Qingyuan had frequent conflicts. These conflicts had existed for a long time, but they had only erupted recently.
"Brother, why do you keep apologizing to me? Aren't we siblings?"
Gu Xijue smiled faintly, his gaze toward Gu Xiaonuan particularly gentle. "If there's anything you need, just call me. Don't go looking for someone else because you're afraid of bothering me. That would hurt me."
Gu Xijue was undeniably Gu Xiaonuan's brother.
Gu Xiaonuan was not only the person Gu Xijue wanted most to protect, but also the emotional anchor buried deep within him that he couldn't explain to others.
Gu Xiaonuan looked at Gu Xijue in confusion. Why did she feel like she just missed something important?
Zhao Ying called Gu Xijue home, not to prove that she was being mistreated by Gu Qingyuan, but because...
