Gong Heng also comforted her, telling her not to mind what Jin Ruomei said. But at that time, she was very young, and a single sentence easily cast an indelible shadow over her; she had retreated into her shell, unwilling to come out no matter what.
In the following years, their relationship became more and more distant… distant beyond the relationship of siblings, whether by blood or not…
Mu Mian pouted, "I'm used to it, it's not a big deal to be talked about. After all, she's speaking the truth; I'm just a foster daughter. But today she really went too far, seemingly oblivious to the fact that it was you who wouldn't let me leave, pushing all the blame onto me. If she minds me living with you so much, she should have come to you directly. What's the point of troubling me? Could it be that I'm clinging on and refusing to leave?"
