"Father," she said quietly, almost a whisper, "I don't know if you just haven't grasped what really happened, or if you're refusing to acknowledge my pain. This was never about the shares. It isn't about that. It's about Liu Yanmei stepping on my dreams, ruining my life."
She scoffed softly, "Do you even know what people think of me now? No, you don't. Because you never cared enough to know."
Her voice cracked as she laughed bitterly, her anger simmering beneath the surface. "Lustre Royale—do you know them? The brand where I was the ambassador for years—terminated their contract with me. All because of the narrative that I'm some scheming villain who stole Wu Changming and manipulated everything to hide Yanmei's identity as a Chen. Do you know how humiliating that is? Do you even care?"
Chen Jie started to reply, "Lin, I—"
