Xiao Zhu abruptly stopped in her tracks. Though she didn't understand why he suddenly said those words, the phrase "clean and pure" made her eyes brim with tears.
She wasn't clean. She felt filthy. He just didn't know it yet.
If he ever found out, he'd probably be disgusted by her, wouldn't he?
Xiao Zhu quickly left, returning to her room and burying her face in her bed, weeping silently.
If that incident hadn't happened, even if her family background wasn't a match for Shen Ming's, she would have fought for a chance with him.
But life doesn't allow for "ifs." She was so tainted now, and he was such a principled and upright person. Sometimes, she even felt that just standing next to him would sully the air around him.
**
The next day.
Sun Qi arrived at the estate and immediately heard about Shen Ming's drunk-driving altercation from the previous night. He promptly sought him out. "You deliberately got me drunk last night to get information out of me, didn't you?"