It's not that one cannot care.
It's just that the heartache is so severe that one doesn't easily mention it; many things are left unsaid, but that doesn't mean they don't hurt.
Lu Hechen wrapped his arms around Weilan and gently patted her back, whispering softly, "Weilan, you are a kind girl."
Weilan said nothing.
Lu Hechen held her tightly, fully aware that the petite her had faced so much alone, always so strong, facing everything on her own.
Now, that she was willing to share her troubles with him, he felt both relieved and pained.
He wished he could sort everything out and give her the most stable world possible.
"I'm just, I'm just feeling a little sad," she said again. "I know I shouldn't feel this way, but I just can't help feeling sad."
"Silly girl," she was a person, a girl at that, naturally subject to emotions and desires, and to feelings of unfairness. "It's okay, these are all natural human emotions, I understand them all."