Tears welled up in Yang Jing's eyes as she gazed at Shen Lu with a look of utter grievance.
Shen Lu took a deep breath and leveled her tone. "I'm disgusted with you, not for any other reason, but because you don't value yourself. Self-respect is what makes a person worthy. If you constantly debase yourself, no one will ever treat you with genuine kindness."
Yang Jing pressed her lips together. "Little Deer, I... I don't understand what you're saying."
She had never been to school. Though she could read, that was the extent of it. Shen Lu's words were too profound for her to comprehend.
Shen Lu felt like she was about to cough up blood from sheer frustration. 'Right, right, right,' she thought. 'Now I finally understand the importance of an education.'
"Let me put it simply: you have to love yourself before anyone else can love you. If you don't even cherish yourself, others will only look down on you even more. Do you understand?"
"Huh?"
