Chapter 625 Jealous Rivals Meet (2)
Li Wen’s heart was flooded with myriad thoughts, and facing An Yiqing, the incredibly low-profile owner of Yuyuanzhai, she was so distraught she could almost cry. Not even the most basic hatred could she muster.
There was no helping it, the disparity between the two was too vast. One was the darling of Xuandu’s top-tier wealthy Xuanjin family, and the other was an ordinary citizen scraping by with odd jobs, Li Wen couldn’t even afford to hate. At that moment, her heart was filled with nothing but endless fear.
What if An Yiqing wanted to deal with her, would she lose her job? Would she have to leave Xuandu City? Would she have to return to that backwater village?
No! She didn’t want that! She didn’t want that!
It had taken her over a decade to claw her way out of that rural backwater and into the urban life she had dreamt of, how could she just go back!
Ignoring the pain in her body, Li Wen struggled up from the ground in a haste, scrambling on her hands and knees to An Yiqing’s feet, her shaking hands tightly clutching the hem of her trousers.
"Miss An, Miss An! I was wrong! I was wrong! It was my lack of insight! It’s all my fault! You have a generous heart, please forgive me! I beg you! I beg you!" Li Wen, with snot and tears streaming down her face, clutched at An Yiqing’s trousers and kowtowed as she spoke.
An Yiqing looked down, her gaze cold as she watched the woman crying and scraping at her feet, having cast aside all her dignity. A trace of indifference and sympathy crossed her clear eyes.
Yes, she sympathized with Li Wen.
An Yiqing sympathized with her for losing the most basic principles of being human, for discarding all dignity in pursuit of wealth and status, for becoming a slave to power and money, for in the decades to come... having no place to stand in Xuandu City!
Without another look, An Yiqing deftly removed her trouser leg from Li Wen’s grasp.