Chapter 117: Hedgehog

Chen Enci stared at Qin Jie's retreating figure for a moment, then turned to leave the restaurant.

On the way home, Chen Enci was unusually quiet.

Her silence prompted Qin Jie to glance at her several times while waiting for the traffic lights to change.

Qin Jie wanted to ask her what was wrong, but he held back his words. He had a hunch why she was silent, but he didn't dare to voice it.

He could tell that the young girl wanted to distance herself from him. The more she did, the less he dared to push her.

She appeared audacious but was in fact deeply afraid of being hurt.

She called her fans "hedgehogs," but in reality, she herself was a hedgehog.

She presented herself as down-to-earth and unguarded, but when they became closer, he realized that she lived her life like a hedgehog. Even though she knew that showing weakness could gain her much, she chose to camouflage herself vehemently.

She seemed covered in thorns, but that was only to protect herself.