Because of that, Gwen had unknowingly developed a deep inferiority complex over the years.
Mr. Crow clicked his tongue softly inside Lana’s mind.
"Now I finally understand," he muttered thoughtfully. "Even after becoming this beautiful and this talented, she still carries overwhelming insecurity inside her heart."
Lana quietly looked toward Gwen.
The sadness in her eyes made Lana’s chest tighten slightly.
Without hesitation, Lana suddenly snatched the phone away from her hands.
Gwen blinked in confusion.
anwhile, Lana stared dramatically at the certificates displayed on the screen before widening her eyes exaggeratedly.
"Seriously?" she exclaid loudly. "I barely managed to master English properly, and aside from that, I don’t know any other languages."
Then she pointed accusingly toward Gwen.
"But you know so many languages! You’re ridiculously smart!"
The mont she heard the word "smart," Gwen imdiately beca flustered.
A faint blush spread across her cheeks as she hurriedly waved her hands.
"No, no... it’s not that impressive," she muttered awkwardly. "You’re exaggerating too much."
Lana imdiately looked offended.
"How is this exaggeration?" she protested dramatically.
Then, without giving Gwen a chance to escape, she continued praising her nonstop.
"You have language certificates. You have excellent grades. You’re beautiful. You’re talented. You even managed to survive your toxic family without turning into a villain. That’s honestly impressive."
Every ti Gwen tried to deny the complints, Lana would simply praise her even harder.
She secretly used all the top-tier flattering skills she had perfected throughout both her lives.
By the end of it, Gwen’s entire face had turned red from embarrassnt.
Yet at the sa ti, the smile on her face had beco brighter and brighter.
Eventually, Gwen was practically grinning from ear to ear.
She honestly could not rember the last ti soone praised her this openly and sincerely.
Seeing her finally smiling happily, Lana chuckled softly.
"My talented lady," she teased playfully, "by now you should proudly post all these achievents online."
Gwen imdiately shook her head nervously.
"What if people think I’m showing off?"
Without another word, Lana directly took Gwen’s phone from her hands.
Then, before Gwen could react, she uploaded several photos of Gwen’s certificates and achievents onto her social dia monts.
The caption read: "Sister-in-law’s achievents."
The mont Gwen saw those words, her eyes widened completely.
She imdiately turned toward Lana in utter shock.
anwhile, Lana innocently shrugged.
"What can I do?" she said teasingly. "Soone refuses to let use her real na."
The mont she heard that, Gwen’s cheeks instantly burned red again.
"W-Who agreed to beco your sister-in-law?!" she protested shyly.
Despite her embarrassed complaints, however, Gwen secretly felt as though her heart had been dipped into warm honey.
anwhile, outside the room, Jas stood frozen near the door.
Earlier, right after Lana entered Gwen’s room, she had secretly sent him a ssage telling him to listen carefully.
She had even intentionally used a tiny trace of spiritual energy to prevent the door from fully locking.
Because of that, Jas had heard almost everything.
Every word Gwen spoke felt like a hamr striking directly against his chest.
Only now did he finally realize how deeply his actions had hurt her.
Eventually, after standing outside silently for a long ti, he finally pushed the door open and stepped inside.
Both Gwen and Lana turned toward him in surprise.
Especially Lana.
The mont she saw him entering, she almost had the urge to smack this idiot directly on the head.
’You really listened to everything shalessly, and still decided to enter at the wrong mont?’
She was already preparing herself for Gwen to beco angry again.
Unexpectedly, Gwen remained calm.
Instead, she quietly looked toward Jas and said, "We need to talk."
Jas nodded seriously.
Seeing both of them finally acting maturely, Lana wisely chose not to interfere further.
Without another word, she stood up quietly.
Before leaving, she even thoughtfully closed and locked the door behind her.
Once outside, Mr. Crow lazily floated beside her.
"What do you think will happen in the end?" he asked curiously.
Lana thought quietly for a mont before answering.
"If Jas is smart enough, then after today he should finally realize his mistakes and slowly work on fixing them without hurting Gwen again."
Then her expression beca calr.
"But if he still refuses to change..." she sighed softly, "...then Gwen would honestly be better off leaving him."
Hearing those words, Mr. Crowe rolled his eyes dramatically.
"If I didn’t know better, I would’ve thought you were part of so invincible won’s alliance."
Lana imdiately burst into laughter.
"What can I do?" she admitted shalessly. "I’m naturally a little biased toward girls."
With that, she leisurely returned toward her own room.
However, what Lana did not know was that the conversation happening inside Gwen’s room afterward beca far more serious than expected.
Inside the room, silence filled the air briefly.
Jas stood there awkwardly while staring toward Gwen.
After hearing everything earlier, Gwen had originally wanted to end their relationship completely.
In fact, before Lana arrived, she had almost made up her mind already.
Yet sohow, after calming down, her anger no longer felt as overwhelming as before.
Jas slowly clenched his fists before speaking honestly.
"I understand now," he said quietly. "This was my mistake."
His voice carried genuine guilt.
"I thought saying sorry imdiately would fix things, but now I realize that a simple apology isn’t enough."
Gwen silently listened.
Jas took a deep breath.
"How about this?" he continued carefully. "I’ll seriously work on changing myself. Give so ti... and if I still fail afterward, then you can decide whether you want to leave ."
Gwen quietly lowered her gaze.
Honestly, she had already softened considerably.
Especially after realizing that Jas truly was emotionally dense rather than malicious.
After hesitating for a long while, she finally sighed softly.
"You know..." she muttered, "...I really was planning to break up with you."
Jas imdiately stiffened nervously.
"But..." Gwen continued slowly, "...there is actually sothing I’ve started liking recently."
Jas instantly looked hopeful again.
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