A brief silence settled inside the sanctuary. Lu Xingchen looked at Shen Ming sprawled on the ground, then at Shen Ye beside him, and for a moment did not know what to say. Shen Ming was Shen Ye's half-brother—the boy who had bullied him, ostracized him, and trampled his dignity since childhood. Now he lay in a pool of blood, his life hanging in the balance. Lu Xingchen had assumed Shen Ye would walk away without a backward glance. After all, if it were him, he doubted he could repay cruelty ...