Chapter 135

Wang Dong lowered her head, her eyes still slightly red. She said nothing, her fingers picking at the small scar on the tabletop over and over until wood splinters lodged beneath her nails.

Xue Lingyun leaned against the headboard and watched her without rushing to speak. Wang Dong's fingers kept picking at that small scar on the tabletop, wood splinters embedded beneath her nails. After watching for a few moments, Xue Lingyun felt that if he did not say something soon, she might pick the table to pieces.

After quite a while, Xue Lingyun finally said, "So you don't need to think too highly of your biological parents either."

Wang Dong raised her head. Her eyes were still red, and there was a trace of confusion in her gaze.

"What if your father really is scum?" Xue Lingyun's tone was calm, as if he were discussing something utterly ordinary. "Maybe you'd be happier not knowing what he's done."

Wang Dong froze for a moment, the corner of her mouth twitching. "Is that any way to comfort someone?"

"I'm telling the truth," Xue Lingyun said. "Wouldn't it be a good thing not to put any filters on people you've never met? If your parents really are scum, being mentally prepared beforehand would minimize the harm. And if they turn out to be good people, wouldn't the joy of that reversal from rock bottom be doubled?"

Wang Dong opened her mouth, then closed it again. She found that she could not refute him at all.

The reasoning sounded strange, but upon thinking it over carefully, it did seem right.

Without expectations, there would be no disappointment. With expectations, if they fell through, the fall would hurt even more.

If she assumed the worst from the start and found that things were not