Qin Fei"er smiled softly. She did not say anything more. She raised her head as she wanted to look for Qin Chen. It was only then she realized that that youth had left without saying goodbye. She felt dejected.

"Fei"er, Qin Chen is just a white-eyed wolf. You don"t have to treat him so well. Look at how he treated you just now!" Wen Yu was quite angry seeing how Qin Fei"er cared about Qin Chen.

Qin Fei"er laughed bitterly. "After all, we"re the one who has treated him badly first. It"s normal if he hates us… Moreover, now that I can be married into the Mu family and he"s back too…"

"Qin Chen must"ve said that out of anger.

"He must care about me as his elder sister in his heart.

"If not… he would not have rushed back home immediately after hearing the news of my deteriorating health."

"But, that boy…"

"Mother." Qin Fei"er held Wen Yu"s hand. "Have you forgotten what you have promised me? We need to treat him better this time. We cannot treat him harshly anymore. Don"t ever give him food which has gone bad. Our Qin family is not that poor."

Wen Yu was infuriated. "I"m angry just by looking at his face. Our Qin family raised him but he always seems so cold and distant. It feels like we"re the ones who are indebted to him."

"My younger brother is born like that. He is always cold and distant. Don"t you know that? He treats everyone the same. He doesn"t only treat us like that. He won"t change even if he marries a wife someday. Why are you bothered about those things?"

Wen Yu opened her mouth while looking at Qin Fei"er"s unsatisfied face. But, she did not say anything in the end.

"It"s fine. I"ll forgive him because of you."

Qin Fei"er smiled and sighed softly.

Qin Chen was withdrawn since young. He had been in the Qin family for so long yet, she had never seen him smile even once.

She just did not know whether anyone in this world could make him smile.

"Maybe… there might not be one."

She was the closest to Qin Chen and she could not even warm his heart. Let alone the others!

If there was someone like that… she might not be able to accept that either.

***

Qin Chen returned to his room and took out a jade hairpin from his sleeves.

He had taken it from Feng Ruqing"s jewelry box when he left.

Hence, it was like she was still there by his side.

"Xiao Qing… I don"t have any other relatives in this world. I only have you.

"So, I"ll definitely protect you even if I have to sacrifice everything."

"n.o.body will be able to hurt the people you love!

"I"ll be your sword and kill everyone you hate. I"ll kill each and every enemy for you.

"So, I must become stronger!

"I want to so powerful that n.o.body can destroy your happiness!"

The youth looked out of the window.

His cold face was warmed by the sunlight.

His smile was clear and bright like the sun.

He was no longer withdrawn and cold.

There was someone who could warm the frozen sun after all.

There was also someone who was the sunlight in his heart, making his grief go away.