Even now, when Shujun thinks back, she can’t help but feel emotional. "According to his thinking, since it’s destined that I can’t keep him and since there’s no return, it’s better to make a clean break. That’s why I say, his personality is extreme!" "Feelings aren’t a transaction, it’s not about if you give you must receive in kind. A lot of things in this world are unfair, and Little Liu had his own set of principles in his heart. Moreover, it was because of these principles that he tended to take more extreme measures in certain situations." After quietly listening to this part of the past, Dong Huiying didn’t know how to react. What should she say, and how should she judge? No need. She needn’t speak, nor did she need to evaluate. But she felt panicked inside. Remembering how Yixuan had suddenly become distant, it was as if he had erected a solid wall around his heart. Between them, it seemed, a divide had formed. She thought, in Yixuan’s heart, she must have... become that little squirrel from the past. She had received his devotion, yet hadn’t given back the same measure in return. She had let him down again and again, causing him ongoing disappointment and sorrow, making him sad for far too long. He probably couldn’t bear it anymore, which is why he had changed . Because in some ways, Yixuan and Shu Yu, these two brothers, were very similar in character. They were afraid of getting hurt, afraid of being sad, afraid of enduring the pain that seemed endless and without reprieve; hence, Shu Yu chose never to touch these feelings from the start, while Yixuan decisively removed them from the bottom of his heart, to spare himself from further injury. Dong Huiying’s eyes were a bit red. She held Shujun tightly; she felt clumsy in the matters of polyandry. She hadn’t handled many things quite right. Sometimes, watching the jealousy between the brothers might have seemed entertaining or funny, but doesn’t that, from another perspective, prove that she had failed in her duties as their wife? She hadn’t managed to keep things even. But how, exactly, was she to balance it all? Knowing she was distressed, Shujun tenderly kissed her forehead. Then he softly said, "I hesitated a lot before bringing up these issues. But you need to know, Xiao Hui, I didn’t tell you this to make you sad or upset. I want you to understand, considering Little Liu’s character, what would be the best way for you to handle things?" He smiled and gazed at her, "See, you’re feeling uncomfortable right now, aren’t you? But I think Little Liu feels the same way. Let me tell you a secret, there’s more to the story of the little squirrel." "More to the story?" Dong Huiying lifted her head from his embrace. He tenderly messed up her hair, "Occasionally, Little Liu would be stubborn. For example, after the squirrel was eaten, he was adamant, claiming he didn’t regret it, wasn’t sad, wasn’t upset, though he was such a well-behaved kid; the only time he fought when he was young, he was beaten very badly, all because of that incident." "After the squirrel was eaten, a little while later, he suddenly found the kid and fought with him." "He was a novice at fighting, he had never fought before. That time he was covered in bruises and swollen from being beaten up, but the other kid didn’t have it easy either. He knocked out many of his teeth, and the villagers even gave that kid a nickname, they called him ’Gap Teeth’." "Because after the kid’s teeth were broken, they never grew back. Over ten teeth in total, and no one knew how Little Liu did it, but he knocked them out, leaving the kid so aggrieved every time he saw someone from our family, huffing with anger, and his mouth whistling with the wind."