Chapter 406 Cunning

An inexplicable tacit understanding.

Seeing this, Shi Muchuan looked at Lu Sheng again and repeated in a low, steady tone, "You go ahead."

Lu Sheng paused for a moment before speaking, "...Actually, I just wanted to apologize on behalf of my mother."

Lu Sheng had heard from Shi Erya before that when Shi Muchuan's mother passed away, it was the day before his eighth birthday.

It was hard to imagine how devastating such an event must have been for a child. Shi Muchuan must have taken a long time to emerge from that shadow and grow into his current composed and mature self.

The debt to Shi Chengyun had already been paid, but as for Shi Muchuan, Shi Suyu, and that still-unseen Shi Xiche, Lu Sheng couldn't help but feel a lingering guilt.

"What happened back then was just an accident; it wasn't your fault," Shi Muchuan said with a faint hint of melancholy in his eyes as he lowered them.