188 Negotiating the terms

Tan Rou looked at Wei Ling coldly. "I sympathize with your current situation, but I can only say that you deserve it. From the moment you helped the evildoer, we were destined to be enemies. I will not help you."

Wei Ling's face turned red, but she knew that she was too embarrassed to ask for Tan Rou's forgiveness. However, she had no other choice.

"Tan Rou, I really don't want to be your enemy," she pleaded. "But, I have no other choice. You don't know how painful it is to be a child of such a family." 

Wei Ling began to cry again. "Due to how useless they are, they would have to rely on the families that are more powerful. They would follow behind those wealthy businessmen and wait to be given a chance. So, since I was born, I was destined to be the same as them. They fawned over Tan Song, so I had to curry favor with Tan Jing. Why should I be Tan Jing's servant? I had no choice!!"