Before she could speak, Luo Xiao seemed unwilling to linger on the topic. He frowned, hesitated, and then asked, "Xiao Ran, I saw you were all bruised up yesterday. Mo Nanjue... does he not treat you well?"
Treat her badly?
What does it mean to be treated well?
Their relationship... could it even be described in terms of 'treating well'?
Sponsor and mistress, money and transactions, there's no question of good or bad.
It's all about compliance and obedience.
Yet she foolishly and stubbornly chose defiance and resistance.
Tong Ran drifted into thought. A man like Mo Nanjue, if a woman could just go along with him, would certainly shower her with endless benefits.
If he were pleased, he could lift you to the heavens.
But why did she force herself time and again, yet fail to become obedient?
Perhaps because she knew that this elevation without the support of emotions, no matter how high, would always include the risk of falling down one day.