"Cleared... up?" Lu Xingshen staggered slightly, releasing her and stepping back two steps, the light casting shadows beneath his cold gaze as his raspy voice sounded,
"Nuannuan, are you drawing a line with me for another man?"
"No, I'm doing it for myself." Shi Nuan had never felt so relieved; her lips curled slightly, "Second Uncle, for the past eighteen years, I've lived for the Shi Family. I've been reliant on others, unable to have my own thoughts.
I am a girl, yet for Shi Yue, I could only wear black, white, and gray. I couldn't grow my hair long, nor wear skirts, and all this merely because Shi Yue didn't like it.
If she didn't like it, I couldn't have it. Otherwise, I was deemed ungrateful. I was adopted by the Shi Family, which gave me a home, and I'm very grateful. But if I had known I'd lose my freedom by having a home, I'd rather have stayed in the orphanage back then.
