"Huo Jingtang, if I'm really going to be with you, it will be in an honorable way. If not, I would rather keep you in my heart forever. But I believe that one day, I will make everyone see my brilliance, including your parents and relatives. If it's not me who earns their approval, your protection will only make me unable to hold my head high for the rest of my life. You might think I'm being stubborn, but this is a matter of my dignity. I don't want to live under your protection all my life, as that would only mean I'm too useless."
"Perhaps I can never reach your level of equality in this life, but I will try my best to be the best version of myself."
Qin Yucen once again rejected him. Huo Jingtang stared at her hands, calloused yet delicate, now stained with a small patch of oil paint immersed into the fair skin of her palm.
Huo Jingtang's brows were knitted tightly, and he couldn't utter a single word.
She was so stubborn, so much so that it pained his heart.
