"It's not atonement."
Shen Mingji's gaze was lowered, his expression unusually calm.
"Miss Xue is a good woman. She protected her family and supported them all by herself. She's remarkable... My older sister probably had it just as hard when she was raising me."
He had been young and foolish back then. He could only imagine the toll it took on his sister to protect him.
Shen Mingji continued, "It's not easy for a woman to make her way in this world. My sister was exceptionally talented, but if she were alive today, the best she could have hoped for would have been to marry into a good family."
"Miss Xue is sincere and pure-hearted, willing to give everything for the people she cares about. Yet she hasn't been treated well. Some people mock her for her family's decline, while others say that as a divorced woman, she must have done something to wrong her husband's family."
If Xue Xingyao weren't close friends with Mei Wanying, the rumors would be even nastier.
