Pei Che remained silent for too long; Shen Jianian couldn't help but grow suspicious. Her eyes, clear and discerning, looked at him unblinkingly, and she couldn't help but ask, "Is this question... difficult to answer?"
"Little Nian..."
Pei Che hesitated before revealing the truth.
He repeatedly asked himself, should he really share the harsh truth with Little Nian? Tell her that the Shen Family no longer existed, that her father had been betrayed by his lifelong friend, and after his company collapsed, unable to bear the blow, he had a heart attack and was admitted to the hospital, where he didn't survive. Her mother, unable to withstand the shock, followed her father.
She lost both parents overnight.
Pei Che couldn't bring himself to say it.
He still remembered the scene when he returned to Yicheng to see Little Nian. Her once-clear eyes were filled with pain, struggle, and hatred, and even now, thinking about it made his heart ache immensely.
