"I've always been the guy who never got any validation."
"Other than my sister, no one ever wanted me around."
"My parents thought I was useless because I wasn't a female, and outsiders thought I was a freak for the way I acted."
"She was the only one who needed me, even if it was just to order me around, run her errands, or feed her."
"Honestly, before you came here, I never knew that loving someone could bring this kind of happiness."
"I just thought being loved meant being needed." Shi Zhiyan laid his scars bare, telling Shi Li everything without holding back.
His wretched, broken childhood.
After being bossed around by his sister for so long, now that he was feeling true love and respect, it was easy to tell the difference.
The difference between being loved and not being loved was stark.
"I'm telling the truth. I'm not making any of this up."
