Chapter 2164

Jim chuckled when he heard this. "I know I was blunt, but I'm just telling the truth, aren't I?"

Then, he strode over to Harvey's side and gently stroked his hair in reassurance. "After all, you've read so many crime thrillers that you probably know I'm right, so don't get too wound up about your friend, okay?"

Harvey finally stopped crying upon hearing this. He sniffed and bit his lip, staring at his father's face, then said timidly, "Daddy… Was it very unmanly of me to cry like that?"

Jim chuckled. "A real man cares about the people around him, so it's okay to cry when you're sad about losing someone important to you. Don't worry about that."

For a split second, Bonnie could not help being reminded of the old Jim when she heard these words.

Jim's kindness, consideration, and soft, gentle voice made a surge of warmth spread through her heart, even though this kindness was not directed at her.

She could not help remembering what Theo had said.

Theo had said that the old Jim woul