Geng Qiu listened to Wen Xin's words, feeling that it was too cruel. She could have had a good future and a home, but now everything had turned out this way. She didn't want this.
All she could do was deceive herself into believing that Wen Xin was speaking. Only by doing this could she feel a little better. She convinced herself that Wen Xin was just a bumpkin from the boonies, fully accepting whatever Wen Xin said, things like being a first-level researcher... about a beautiful future...
Wen Xin looked at the resistance and evasion in Geng Qiu's eyes and gave a faint smile. The more Geng Qiu didn't want to listen, the more Wen Xin insisted on telling her. There was nothing more unsettling than a direct hit to the soul.
"I can only say your dad and your grandma were too naive. Whatever Su Li said, you believed. I'm not her biological daughter, I'm just someone who was raised by my grandmother."
