Lu Xiao was someone who naturally made people feel secure. Ares had known this since the very first day he spent with her.
And as it happened, he was sensitive and prone to overthinking, not particularly good at expressing himself.
In truth, this wasn't a flaw unique to him. Most males in the Empire were like this.
Sometimes, it wasn't that they couldn't express themselves, but that they didn't dare to. Most females simply lacked the patience to listen. All they cared about was what value a male could bring them.
A male's emotions, his thoughts, his insecurities—those were things they couldn't care less about.
But Lu Xiao was different. She would take the initiative to talk things through. Whenever she sensed that Ares might be feeling a little insecure, she would encourage him. She'd tell him that they were family, and family meant mutual tolerance and understanding, helping each other solve problems. They were both intimate family and inseparable partners.
