Chapter 342

"Facing those rigid rules, annoying constraints, and suffocating pressure, haven't you ever felt the urge to flip the table and shout 'I refuse'?"

Long Shaoyun nodded. Of course she had—she'd thought about it countless times since she was little—but it was only ever a thought; she could never actually do it!

"Haven't you ever thought about casting everything aside, doing the things you've always wanted to do but never dared, and letting yourself go completely?"

"Of course I've thought about it, but my status doesn't allow me to do anything out of line!"

"What's considered out of line? You both come from great families—so why can Sister Zhuge live so freely and true to herself, while you can't?"

"Her? She's a madwoman—could I possibly imitate her? In the Zhuge family, apart from her grandmother, is there anyone who isn't afraid of her?"

Bai Jing countered, "Why can't you imitate her? Are you inferior to her?"

"That's not it at all! In what way am I inferior to her?"

"Then isn't that settled?"

Long Shaoyun didn't understand. "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"Do you think the Zhuge family indulges Sister Zhuge because of her out-of-control superpowers, or because of her uninhibited personality?"

"Isn't that the reason?"

Bai Jing flicked her forehead. "Of course not, little fool!"

This intimate gesture made the female tyrant blush, and ripples stirred in her heart.

To cover up her own strangeness, she pressed on: "Then what's the reason?"

"It's because she's outstanding enough—that's her capital for acting so willfully, and the fundamental reason the Zhuge family indulges her!"

Long Shaoyun was deeply struck; that string in her heart was plucked hard.

"So, the reason you live so exhaustedly isn't because the family's rules and regulations are binding you, but because you don't have a clear sense of where you stand!"