699 Hypocrite (2/2)

Iris burst into tears, shocking Jin Liwei. She bit her lower lip hard to try to stop herself from sobbing out loud.

”What happened? What's wrong?” Jin Liwei hurried towards her and pulled her into his arms. He wiped her tears but they wouldn't stop flowing, making him panic a little. ”Don't cry.”

She grabbed the lapels of his robe and cried on his chest. Jin Liwei heard her say something but couldn't hear it clearly.

”What did you say, love?”

”I'm…I'm a…hypo…crite.”

”A what?”

She lifted her head and looked at him. ”Liwei, I'm a hypocrite.”

”No, you're not. What are you talking about?”

He didn't understand why she was acting like this, making him feel confused and also worried because she still wouldn't stop crying. Did he say something that made her cry?

”Tell me what's wrong, love,” he encouraged her but she shook her head. He could only sigh and continue comforting her in his arms.

Inside Iris' mind, images of her past life as Evelina began flashing. This was the first time in a long while that she remembered her past life's memories so vividly, as if they only happened yesterday.

Her father always used to tell her, ”I know that you resent us because we're not allowing you to do many things that you want to do. But I can't stress this enough, my princess. The world outside is an extremely dangerous place for us Vetrovs, especially for you, my daughter. We're only doing this to protect you, my dear Evelinochka, so be a good girl and stay inside the estate.”

Hearing Jin Liwei talk about not wanting to restrict Ketchup's freedom and block her aspirations felt like a brutal arrow was shot and pierced Iris' heart.

She wanted to protect Ketchup from danger but wasn't that also the exact reason why the Vetrovs caged her in her past life?