"The rain looks nice, doesn't it?" Chen Yuan scraped together a topic even he found awkward, and he regretted it the moment the words left his mouth. The air immediately sank into an awkward silence.
Out on the balcony, the air was thick with a tension so heavy it felt frozen.
He had come over to placate Jiangg Ning. Having just managed to comfort Yaoyao, he originally thought this would be an easy task—to get the two sisters to make peace. But the moment he approached, Jiangg Ning immediately turned her head away.
'I guess I was being too naive.'
In the dim, narrow space, Chen Yuan gazed at her delicate profile and could faintly make out the tracks of her tears.
Seeing this, he was suddenly at a loss for words. Guilt washed over him. 'I should have come over to comfort her right away, even if it was just to offer a few simple words. But I didn't. I just let Ningning stay out here all by herself for so long.'
