Su Huaijin saw Lu Feng stare blankly in silence, and her expression could not help turning somewhat dejected.
"Was it because you heard about what I went through these past two years that you no longer wished to acknowledge me?"
"Do you think I'm dirty?"
Su Huaijin looked at Lu Feng with pitiful eyes and said wistfully, "I got close to those powerful young masters, flattered and catered to them, and sought to please them all for the sake of my family's development and to build connections. It was never sincere."
"With all of them, I was merely playing along for the occasion, never going beyond the proper limit."
Listening to Su Huaijin speak as though she were clearing her own name, Lu Feng found her increasingly impossible to see through. Yet because of those words, he finally understood why she had taken the initiative to draw close to people like Luo Tianfu at the Qin Family Banquet that day. Presumably, it had also been for the sake of supporting her family's development.
As a woman, she had given so much for her family. The hardships and bitterness involved were easy enough to imagine.
A measure of sympathy could not help arising in Lu Feng's heart, but he did not reveal his identity because of it. Mere words might stir his pity, but they could not earn his trust.
To stop Su Huaijin from continuing in that vein,
Lu Feng said bluntly, "At the Qin Family Banquet that day, didn't you already know that I had lost my memory? You even seemed perfectly calm about it. Why are you saying such things now?"
Su Huaijin pursed her lips and feigned grievance. "Are you blaming me? Is it because I was too cold that day, and even catered to other men