"Chuyi, if I had known you earlier, I would have protected you from being bullied." His words were tinged with deep past regrets and subtle promises for the future.
Xia Chuyi: "...If we had met earlier, I would have still been a child."
In every sense of the word.
Huo Shiqian: ...
Realizing Uncle Liberation Army's body had tensed, she lifted her face and smiled at him, "If we had met earlier, you would have been a mature adult, and I would have been just a little troublemaker with a criminal background; you wouldn't have spared me a glance."
Huo Shiqian remained silent.
"Meeting later, you would have been older, and I would have been in my prime—we wouldn't have seen eye to eye."
The chill around Huo Shiqian intensified.
Seemingly oblivious to the cold demeanor he adopted, Xia Chuyi continued:
"So, Brother Shiqian, our meeting at the best time and place ensures that we are bound to have the best outcome."
With that one sentence, she melted the glacial cold.
