A Er Ni had never experienced anything like this. It was as if someone had ripped away every last scrap of covering from her, leaving her naked beneath the other person's gaze.
The feeling made her think she was cheap!! Sex workers had no choice but to sell their bodies for a living; they did it for themselves. But what about her? She was nothing more than a tool for reviving her family.
As her thoughts struggled ceaselessly, a faint blue light flickered across A Er Ni's forehead.
"I can tell you're confused, poor child." Lu Sheng quietly put the pocket watch in his sleeve away.
That flash of blue light did not seem to be A Er Ni's own ability, Hell's Light. It was more like something acting upon her.
He was not sure what effects using the Psychological Guidance Art rashly on someone whose background he did not understand might cause.
So it was better not to act recklessly.
"I..." A Er Ni clutched her head, pain written across her face. She crouched down, and tears slipped unconsciously down her cheeks.
"I just don't want to disappoint Mother. I don't want to..."
"What a filial child." Lu Sheng reached out and gently stroked her hair. "But have you ever considered whether your mother truly wanted you to sell yourself like this, until you really offered your body and everything else to the family?"
"I..." A Er Ni had no answer.
"So let yourself go. Don't bind your heart. Failure is not frightening; what is frightening is being utterly crushed." Lu Sheng smiled.
"Think it over carefully." He withdrew his hand and slowly walked past A Er Ni.
She was an interesting little girl. The secrets hidden within her, along with the contradictions and pain that had plagued her