He knelt down and stretched out his hand to the boy hiding behind the door frame - "My name is Wen Zhixu, and I am your brother." From that day on, they became each other's only anchor in the world.
Wen Zhixu swallowed all the bitterness in his stomach. He started from scratch and worked his way up, leaving scars on his wrists that even his younger brother didn't know about. He thought he was building a shelter where Wen Jingran could grow up safely.
Blood ties are fake. But the hand Wen Zhixu stretched out was real.