Back then, no one could tell that she had kept it well hidden.
She wasn't entirely without affection for Wang Xuefeng. However, the questions in her heart remained unanswered, leaving her lacking the "sense of authenticity" she craved most.
Wang Xuefeng felt both real and dreamlike to her.
She feared she would repeat her mother's mistakes.
"Perfect love is impossible in this world."
"If a man relentlessly pursues you without any apparent reason, no matter how much he does, he definitely has ulterior motives!"
This was a piece of advice she received from her mother.
Having witnessed her mother's two failed marriages, she deeply believed in it.
She would use heavy makeup to cover her beautiful face and disguise herself as a delinquent or social outcast.
She originally thought that Wang Xuefeng was pursuing her because he saw through her stubbornness... But before she could be moved, she overheard them praising her appearance without reservation.
Although they meant no harm, this "vulgar" focus of attention really disappointed her for a long time.
Therefore, in that instant, the door to her heart that had just loosened closed even more tightly.
Having no experience in love, Wang Xuefeng naturally couldn't understand why she was distant, so he could only follow their advice and start by getting to know Xiao He...
Dai Lele was very grateful to him, even if it was just from her sister's perspective.
However, she was indeed tempted.
But every time before she felt a spark of attraction, her mother's dying words would bring her back to reality.
Contradiction, torment, torture...
Her heart was like an impenetrable fortress, and even the most perfect "model idol boyfriends" could not melt it.
In reality, aside from his many accolades, Wang Xuefeng was just like any other woman with countless suitors.
To put it nicely, they're suitors; to put it bluntly, they're "loyal lapdogs."
If he weren't truly skilled, Dai Lele wouldn't even glance at him, much less give him the chance to be "rejected."
Even so, Wang Xuefeng stayed.
Dai Lele had no idea what had happened between him and Xiao He back then, or what they had gone through together. At least on the surface, he had remained loyal to her from beginning to end.
She underestimated him.
She also didn't believe that anyone would selflessly dedicate themselves to someone they had just met.
Therefore, she will never understand where that deeper bond between them came from.
She believes that "dedication and sacrifice" are things she will never learn and will never learn.
But now, her long-held belief in "self-love and self-preservation," along with her increasingly unbalanced heart, has collapsed...
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