Chapter 85: After too many delicacies from land and sea, time for a spicy dish!

"She actually told you about something like this!"

Deng Xin's heart sank — had that girl already fallen this deep? They had clearly only met not long ago!

"Don't you mind?"

"Why should I mind?"

Bai Jing retorted, "Could it be that even you look down on her?"

"Nonsense, I don't!"

"If you don't, then why do you treat her differently? Why must you restrict her in everything? Don't you know why she is the way she is? You're forcing her!"

"In truth, deep down you've been looking at her through a colored lens — you just haven't realized it yourself!"

"I…"

Deng Xin's face went pale — could it really be that, just as he said, I look down on Rong'er?

Then haven't I been hurting her all along?

No, that's not right!

Deng Xin jolted awake — he'd almost been led astray by that bastard!

"I'm protecting her, preventing her from getting hurt — and the very thing I'm guarding against is a bastard like you!"