Having pacified Zhai Xiao, she stood up again to escort her back to her room, admonishing her to treat this place as home. Seeing Zhai Xiao nod obediently, Qin Yuji then turned to leave.
Returning to the living room and sitting next to Chi Jingxuan, Qin Yuji sighed softly and said, "I finally understand why she acts so cold."
"In fact, she feels very inferior and anxious, but to mask those emotions deep inside her, she can only adopt a cold demeanor towards everything she faces, resulting in her current behavior."
Speaking softly, Qin Yuji couldn't help but recall her own childhood.
There was a time when she too, like Zhai Xiao, was cold and prickly, like a little hedgehog, who would raise her spikes immediately whenever strangers approached, putting herself in a defensive mode.
And that version of herself felt extremely exhausted every single day, never having a moment of relief.
