Chapter 23
Loathing, disgust, abhorrence . . . Even though she was only thirteen at the time, she could still understand the emotions within his gaze .
He disliked her, and a very great deal of dislike at that .
It was then that she realized that there was a great distance between him and her .
As time passed and she grew up, she eventually came to learn that this distance wasn't the only thing that stood between them .
From the very start, they were from two completely different worlds . He had come from a wealthy and noble family whereas she'd been born into a poor and humble household . If not for the promises their grandfathers had made back then, their worlds would have never crossed .
While her family condition wasn't so poor that she starved, it wasn't wealthy enough to provide her with good living conditions either . As such, she tended to be slightly thinner than an average person, but she was by no means ugly .
Unlike him, she couldn't wear a different set of beautiful and expensive clothes every day, and most of what she owned were hand-me-downs from an older relative . They were a little old, but they couldn't be considered as dirty . . .
As for shabby-looking . . .
It must be said that his words had really cut deep into her younger self's dignity .
As such, even though he had eventually agreed to the child betrothal under the coercion of his grandfather, she had never once approached him as his fiancée . In school, she never spoke of their relationship to outsiders . Even the red packet money that Grandpa Lin had given to her all these years, she hadn't touched it at all .
Recalling these past events, Shi Yao pressed her lips together .
She didn't know what had gone wrong, but she wasn't willing to stand idly by and allow him to frame her as he wished . However, she didn't want to fight with him either . Thus, she chose to turn around and leave silently .
Unfortunately, her actions only served to fuel the rage burning in Lin Jiage's heart .
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