Xie Lian ran to his side. “What’s wrong? Don’t be angry, please don’t be angry, everything’s all right. Calm down, everything’s all right…” He gently rubbed Hua Cheng’s shoulders a few times, his voice growing soothingly soft. When Xie Lian was younger, whenever he got angry or upset, his parents would always stroke his back like this and comfort him with their gentle voices; thus, he used the same method on Hua Cheng. It turned out to be quite effective—Hua Cheng’s eye was turbulent before, but after being soothed, his lip quivered for only a second before he slowly but finally calmed, and
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