The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law
Chapter 775 - 769: I thank you for your ruthlessness back then, which made me who I am today.

Chapter 775: Chapter 769: I thank you for your ruthlessness back then, which made me who I am today.

Hearing Miss Du’s words, the eager and pounding heart of the second son of the Jie Family finally began to calm down.

Despite knowing the result, hearing it from her still plunged him into an ice cavern.

He tugged at the stiff corners of his mouth, smiling as he said, "It’s okay, I’ve said, I can wait. Wait until you’re not angry anymore, then tell me."

Miss Du was startled for a moment, then sighed and said, "It seems you still don’t understand."

"I... I understand, but..."

"No, there’s no ’but’ between us anymore," Miss Du said with a slight bow, performing a courtesy, "I thank you for your cruelty back then, which has made me who I am today."

She spoke evenly, without sorrow or joy, yet it stirred up a storm within the second son of the Jie Family.

A mix of shock and joy!

He thought she had always been indifferent to everything, but it turned out she only seemed to not care or hate. That statement, however, betrayed her.

She, too, held grudges.

Indeed, she had learned to rebel silently two years ago, pretending to not care about anything so no one could ever hurt her again.

"I didn’t know you were such a person, delicate on the outside but tough inside," the second son of the Jie Family said. "You have grievances in your heart, I understand that. I’ve said it, I will wait."

"No, you don’t understand, you never have," she replied.

"I didn’t know before, but now I do, Xintong, I..."

Miss Du, suppressing the frantic pain in her heart, interrupted him, "If you really understood, you would know that staying far away from me is for my benefit. You, and Du Wanqing, just your presence reminds me of a past I don’t wish to recall, frightening me to the point of waking from my dreams."

"Xintong!" The second son of the Jie Family was stunned, his face slightly bewildered, "You never used to speak so harshly!"

Miss Du scoffed, "That’s why you thought I was weak and easy to bully, becoming complacent. But don’t forget, I am no longer the Du Xintong of the Jie Family. In my heart, there’s no more of that abject love for you to trample upon."

"You..." Staggering backwards, the second son of the Jie Family stuttered, "I’m sorry!"

Miss Du took deep breaths of the cold air to calm herself down.

"I don’t need your apologies! Those past events aren’t a blank slate; they consumed my life. You, all of you, and me—we three have a chasm between us that can never be crossed. Du Wanqing is the blood of my Du Family, my father said on his deathbed that we were the only family under the heavens. I can scarcely forgive her in the slightest, let alone you. What are you to me? A past, a memory, the originator of painful wounds.

I overlook what you’ve done, for the sake of Mr. Jie and Qinyun, but if you insist on forcing me to reopen old wounds, and eradicate the last traces of stranger’s kindness, so be it. From now on, do not come to Jinxiu City looking for me. If you do, I won’t see you again..."

The second son of the Jie Family’s face turned ashen as he watched the figure, growing more distant across the pale snowfield, while his legs, as if rooted, lost the courage to follow.

So, she hated that much...

A palm-sized copper mirror was in Du Wanqing’s hands.

She wanted to lift her other hand to touch her disfigured face, but her numb hand couldn’t rise anymore.

This was the first time she had seen her face after being licked by the flames. She knew it wouldn’t be pretty, but she never imagined it would be more terrifying than a ghastly spirit.

Such a face, who could bear looking at it day and