Chapter 405: The Secret of Shang Lvxing

The man on the other end of the receiver knew Xining had already hung up, but he hadn't spoken for a long time.

He asked with some concern, "Yi?"

"Brother, I'm fine. I promised you I wouldn't go back on my word."

Haozi said it seriously, as if he were reminding himself, telling himself he couldn't waver anymore.

Shang Lvxing sighed, deliberated for a while before deciding to talk it out with him, "Yi, that's not what I mean."

When they were children, tragedy struck the family, and his younger brother, still very young, was sent away by their parents. Although he later managed to find him, his brother had already endured so many hardships, changing from a bright and confident boy to someone timid and withdrawn, even terrified of communicating with anyone—always preferring to stay in the dark.