"You can be poor, but you can't be without ambition. If you have money, you have money. If you don't, you don't. Why lie about it? Dignity is earned through strength, not boasting. Otherwise, you'll be the ones who get hurt in the end."
Old Master Zhang sighed as he looked at Tang Xuewu, his face filled with disappointment.
"Grandpa, I really didn't..." Tang Xuewu tried to continue.
"Alright, alright. I know you're proud, so let's just drop it," Old Master Zhang bluntly rejected her explanation and turned his head away.
"This..." Tang Xuewu shook her head helplessly. She felt wronged and could now truly empathize with how Qin Long must have felt. Back then, Qin Long was the one being misunderstood, and even she had viewed him that way. Now, she was the one being misjudged. It was the exact same situation. The Zhang family wasn't giving her a chance to explain either, firmly convinced that her family couldn't afford a large villa.
