The bitterness in his heart, he didn't want to lay it bare for her to see.
He took a deep breath, trying to keep his voice as calm as possible: "It's alright."
"No, it's not."
Shi Nian's mind raced, "George used a code lock, and his purpose is not just to trap me. His true target is still Mr. Huangfu, so the meaning pointed by the code must be something that can severely harm him."
Shi Nian closed her eyes in the darkness to calm herself down.
Having come this far together, she understood most of Huangfu Huazhang's past. In the silence, like him, she replayed those past events one by one.
By putting herself in his shoes, she increasingly felt empathy, understanding the source of his struggles and despair over the years, and also his obsession with her.
In the past, during those murder cases, she had felt disgust towards him; but now, what she felt most was heartache.
