Su Li slept quite soundly, only waking slowly when the sky began to pale and the warm morning light filtered gently through the sheer curtains, casting mottled patterns across her face.
In those first moments of waking, her mind was hazy, but in the blink of an eye, the horrific scenes and nauseating sounds from the psychiatric hospital surfaced clearly in her memory. The hesitation in her eyes vanished, replaced by a cold, resolute clarity as sharp as the stars in winter. It was true—the filth and ugliness of last night had nearly dragged her into an emotional abyss, but she quickly pulled herself together with astonishing speed. Li Xueyao’s current plight was nothing more than her just deserts.
Su Li had come to a profound realization: in her past life, it was her excessive kindness and soft-heartedness that had invited everyone to trample upon her. From this day forward, apart from the beloved few she held dear and cherished in her heart, she would not offer a single crumb of compromise or indulgence to anyone else. If anyone dared to try and manipulate her again, she would pay them back a thousandfold.
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