"Qiu Baihui and I have known each other since we were children. So what? From start to finish, the person I've loved is not her; it's you. We've always trusted each other, and that will never waver just because Qiu Baihui exists."
Putting himself in her shoes, Jiang Qiao could understand Mu Chenyuan's low spirits, because the memories held within the dark room they were currently in belonged entirely to someone else—not to Mu Chenyuan and himself.
If Jiang Qiao were in Mu Chenyuan's position, he too would sense a feeling of dissonance, perhaps even feeling excluded. Yet he needed to make Mu Chenyuan understand that their bond was rock solid, and he wanted to gradually dissolve her sensitivity and suspicion.
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