She hugged her tightly in her arms until the little girl whizzed in pain.
Jin Shuren's voice came low from behind her, not for the others, only for her to hear. "No one will take her from you again, don't hug her too painfully, she is delicate and tiny... Be careful with her..."
The warmth of his cedarwood scent lingered in the air between them, and despite the chaos around her, Yueyao felt an unfamiliar certainty, it was dangerous to trust him, but it was far more dangerous not to.
"Yueyao... She is not your baby! We have only one child! That's Shen Xuan... They are lying to you.." Shen Xiao was getting frustrated. With her mental health spiraling, it was easy to feed her fantasy.
