Ma Dong spoke calmly and then lay down on the neatly made folding bed.
Chen Tong, having been rebutted repeatedly, felt his resentment towards Yu Jingting grow, and said to Ma Dong while holding back his anger:
"You go sleep on the big bed, I'll sleep on the folding one."
"I'm fine anywhere." Ma Dong replied and lay down, his modest concession inadvertently fueling Chen Tong's hatred.
When he was first taken in by Suizi as a young boy, he too was like Ma Dong, trying hard to present himself as smart, well-mannered, and polite.
He was willing to do anything to win Suizi's favor; Suizi liked polite children, so he stopped uttering any swear words.
Wearing the mask for too long made it impossible for him to take off; today, when he quarreled with Yu Jingting, he found himself completely powerless to retaliate.
Looking at Ma Dong now, Chen Tong felt like he was seeing his former self and grew even more resentful, wanting to expose Ma Dong's "true face."
