C173 Chapter 173

When Duu Luo finished saying that, she settled into a calm, almost detached stillness. The way she spoke, it was like she was telling someone else’s story—not her own.

“Back then, maybe I was just too young,” Duu Luo said. “Mr. Shen told me he hated me and didn’t want to see me anymore. I got mad and left him—left everyone who cared about me.” She sighed, then kept going. “And once I left