<h4>Chapter 1347: 1347. Her kindness is always done quietly.</h4>


    Just by stepping out onto the panoramic deck, one can see the Antarctic aurora in all its rity.


    "When I was a kid, my mom once told me she would take me to Antarctica to see the aurora..."


    As Elly Campbell sat on the deck, waiting for the aurora to appear, Ethan White beside her suddenly spoke up, his tone low and somewhat suppressed.


    Elly gave him a sidelong nce but remained silent.


    Ethan didn’t seem to mind herck of response and continued:


    "Back then, I was about to graduate from elementary school, eagerly looking forward to the holiday, hoping my parents would take me here. But guess what happened?"


    "I have no idea."


    Elly responded coldly, uninterested in Ethan’s past.


    Ethan didn’t mind her indifference. He chuckled and continued:


    "When I finally got the chance to look for my dad in hispany during the holidays, I saw him jump off the rooftop andnd right in front of me."


    Ethan recounted this past event with calmness, yet it startled Elly so much that she whipped her head around to look at him, a flicker of astonishment passing through her eyes.


    Although Ethan spoke about the incident as if his fathermitting suicide in front of him was an everyday urrence, Elly knew it would be a tremendous shock for a child of eleven or twelve.


    "I’m sorry."


    She pursed her lips and dryly apologized for her earlier attitude.


    Ethan shook his head,zily lying back on the deck, leaning on his side with a hand propping up his face and one leg slightly bent. Looking at Elly, he said:


    "My father went bankrupt; naturally, we never got to make it to Antarctica."


    Elly pursed her lips again and did not speak, but she continued to listen quietly.


    Seeing her like this, a softer light filled the depths of Ethan’s eyes.


    She remained just like the person in his memory—distant yet very kind.


    Her kindness, never ostentatious, could let a cold and deeply wounded heart gradually warm and slowly heal.


    "My mother too, because of my father’s death, fell ill and soon followed him in death not long after he passed away."


    "I was thrown out of the White Family by my uncle; he took everything my father left behind, not leaving me a single penny, and it was Uncle Xu who has been with me all the way till now."


    Uncle Xu is the butler who has always been by Ethan’s side.


    "We once were so down and out that even eating was a problem. Uncle Xu went out to work as a doorman, earning a thousand or two a month to pay for my tuition and living expenses."


    "There was a period when Uncle Xu was very ill, and I saved my living expenses to pay for his treatment. I went without food for a week..."


    Hearing this, Elly’s brow furrowed imperceptibly.


    "A ssmate of mine lost his living expenses and firmly insisted I was the one who took it..."


    It was with these words that some fluctuation finally crept into Ethan’s voice.


    His eyes remained on Elly’s face, trying to discern something from her expression, but obviously, he was disappointed.


    Apart from the empathy of a bystander, she hadn’t recalled anything else.


    "He evenined to the Academic Affairs Office and had the principal try to expel me..."


    "After school, some guys cornered me against the wall and gave me a beating, demanding that I hand over the money..."


    At this point, Ethan paused for a moment, his face revealing a trace of sarcastic coldness as he chuckled, "Actually, I knew that person used his living expenses to buy other stuff, it was just me who ended up taking the me."