"I didn't!!!"
The senior sister seemed to have had a sore spot struck, instantly bristling all over.
"I promised Elder Mu that if he helped me avenge my family, I would marry Bei Bei and remain at Shrek Academy for the rest of my life... What did I do wrong? It was just that none of you wanted me anymore!"
Zhang Lexuan's voice was hoarse, her emotions even more agitated than before, as though some instinctive defense mechanism had been triggered.
Her former composure, gentleness, and all the rest of her outward appearance had been torn apart, leaving behind only a hysterical soul.
The knot in Zhang Lexuan's heart came down to two words—responsibility!
As a child, she had witnessed her family's slaughter. Though weak and helpless, she had borne the blood-deep vengeance of her family. That was the responsibility of revenge.
Mu En's appearance had merely changed that responsibility from avenging a wrong to repaying a favor, but its essence had not changed. It was still a burden too heavy for the weak child she had been to bear.
Shrek could give her strength, but it could not heal that wound.
It was precisely because he had noticed this that Mu En had decisively annulled the engagement between her and Bei Bei.
If Zhang Lexuan could not move past it, then no matter how gifted she was, she could only become another Yan Shaozhe, stopping at the level of a Super Douluo.
For Shrek Academy, that would undoubtedly have been an enormous loss.
"I did nothing wrong! I'm not wrong..."
She buried her head between her knees, as if doing so could hide the weak and helpless girl she had once been from everyone's sight.
Jiang Yi sat beside her. He did not continue ruthlessly tearing open her scars,