Xu Xiuxiu clutched Song Yuanhuan's clothes, smearing her tears on his body as her emotions collapsed amidst his slightly panicked pleas for her to stop crying.
"Don't cry anymore." Caught off guard by Xu Xiuxiu's emotional meltdown, Song Yuanhuan's rough hand cradled the small face in his arms, his thumb desperately trying to wipe away the freely falling tears, his handsome face tense and serious as the words of comfort he uttered carried an air of coercion and urgency.
But Xu Xiuxiu, who had suppressed her emotions all day, finally allowed them to be released, and there was no easy way to stop the tears on command. Song Yuanhuan's attempts at consolation only made her emotions overflow even more.
"Stop crying, my heart breaks when you cry," Song Yuanhuan implored as he looked at her small face, wet with tears, and her slightly swollen eyes, which appeared particularly jarring to him at that moment. He ended up using the most straightforward method to silence her weeping.
