Alliance.

Zhu Lingxue was stunned when she heard Shi Lang saying that what he was going to say could change her fate. It was not like she wanted to be used as a pretty bargaining chip that could be exchanged for social upgrade at the whim of her father. 

The entire family had an indifferent attitude towards her. Although they did not love her, they did not make things difficult for her either. However, she did not want to be treated like this. She wanted to experience their hate if not their love. No matter what she did, and no matter how hard she worked, none ever acknowledged her. 

Shi Lang was the only person who gave her a smile in ages, and even gave her the respect of a comrade. He allowed her to work along with him and he also understood her agony. She gazed at him and asked solemnly, "Is what you said true? Can you really change my fate?"