If this were in the past, for the sake of vast sums of money and endless luxury, Shen Luo might truly have traded her autonomy, just as she had done before.
However, with her change in status, her perspective had undergone a qualitative leap. She would no longer be blinded by petty gains right before her eyes. Being under someone else's thumb was always just that—being controlled—with no freedom or dignity to speak of. It meant her entire existence was held in another person’s hands; if Xu Zijin wanted her to thrive, she would, and if she wanted her destroyed, she would be. There was simply no room for resistance.
If one day they had a falling out, or if she were no longer of any use to Xu Zijin, would Xu Zijin keep her around? Surely not. She would likely just kick her aside like a pile of trash! No, that must never happen. She absolutely could not allow that to occur, nor could she let everything she had worked so hard to secure vanish into thin air!
Chapter 1051