Very protective. [ She answers gravely. ] And he was the same way when I was younger, and he's still like that now. There's never any end to working harder.

[ It's awful!! Surely Nie-xiong understands her plight.

But that's not the point here. ]

Secrets are definitely the best, especially ones shared and made between friends. Don't you feel closer when there's something special like that between you? It's very fun.

[ And, she winks. She may or may not have caught what, exactly, Nie Huaisang was saying there. ]