***
Despite warning herself a thousand times that it was Lin Na whom Qiao Chutian loved, not her,
she still harbored a sliver of hope in her heart.
"Yeah, It's kind of ugly."
Qiao Chutian nodded earnestly in response.
Upon hearing this answer, Mai Xiaomai wilted, her gaze dimming in an instant.
So, he really did think she was ugly.
And he truly did despise her for it.
"What's wrong? You look like a wilted chicken."
Qiao Chutian reached out, lifted her chin, and forced her to look at him.
But Mai Xiaomai avoided his gaze.
She felt she was so unattractive that she didn't even deserve to look at him.
All those sweet nothings, like if she can't reach up, he'd stoop down are so fake.
Just as You Bei had said, in this world, who doesn't yearn for a powerful match, someone by their side who is their equal?
And Chutian was no exception.
As an ordinary woman like her, with what right could she stand beside him?
Her marriage to him was nothing more than a stroke of dumb luck.
