Chapter 54

YuZhi was a seasoned people reader and disliked her instantly when she sat but now, he began to internally rage and despise her with a passion. Hating her snide remark, given TangShi didn’t look all that different from the day he took her from their house. He hadn’t given her much attention at their previous encounter, but now she was on his radar, and he could sense TangShi’s apprehension to reply was not unfounded.

“Maybe if they hadn’t kept you as a beggar and earning your own money to clothe yourself…” Linlin mumbled under her breath, so it was barely a whisper, but TangShi, ZhengLi, and YuZhi all caught it as TangShi nudged her under the table to hush.

“Thank you. Being a public interest meant I had to care more. I do try now.” TangShi deflected, but YuZhi hated that her response, probably conditioned from years of living with them, was self-deprecating. His flash of temper grew from a small warm spot in his belly and erupted into his chest like a growing fire.