The cause and effect are clear at a glance.

Liu Chengzhi stamped his foot, looked up at the tall and strong bald Lin, and said, "Young man, please make way for me. I need to go and ask my eldest daughter for some answers."

"That won't do, what if you run away?"

As soon as he finished speaking, apart from Bald Lin, the other burly men also stood in front of the door, making it clear that they had to get an explanation from Liu Chengzhi today.

Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake.

Even though Liu Chengzhi is a big shot in the provincial capital, in the mountains, even tigers have to crawl and dragons have to coil up. This group of brothers are just a bunch of simpletons. When they encounter unfair things, they only have one word: fight!

"Dalin! Get out of the way."

Ye Yun raised her voice.

Bald Lin was slightly taken aback, looking at Ye Yun, who had spoken, with a puzzled expression and an anxious frown: "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with you..."

"I trust Uncle Liu."

Ye Yun smiled slightly, tilted her head, and looked at Liu Chengzhi with sincere eyes.

That trusting gaze made Liu Chengzhi's face burn, and he dared not look directly into Ye Yun's eyes for a moment.

Upon seeing this, Bald Lin looked at Qin Zheng.

Qin Zheng's eyes darkened slightly as he stared at Liu Chengzhi, his voice deep and resonant: "Uncle Liu, you are the director of the Education Bureau, you should know the seriousness of this matter, right?"

Liu Chengzhi nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, I'll go find her and ask her clearly first."

After saying that, he fled in panic.

Ye Yun and Qin Zheng exchanged a glance, a faint gloom appearing in their eyes.

Down the slope, inside the car.

A pair of pale hands gripped the steering wheel tightly, the veins on the back of her hands standing out. Liu Xiaoyun sat anxiously in the driver's seat, her face ashen and pale as paper, cold sweat pouring down her forehead, soaking her bangs and sticking damply to her cheeks.

She pursed her lips, her eyes lifeless as she stared at the old Qin family's house on the slope.

For a moment, she wanted to step on the gas and run everyone inside over!

That way she wouldn't have to live in fear.

Knock knock! The glass window was suddenly knocked on, startling Liu Xiaoyun. She turned around and saw Liu Chengzhi standing outside the car with a livid face.

"Get down."

Liu Chengzhi outside the car window seemed to say something, but she couldn't quite hear it. The sheer terror made her head buzz, and all that remained was the thunderous pounding of her heart, striking her very soul.

"Get down!"

The people outside seemed annoyed. They yanked open the door and dragged her out of the car.

What are you doing!

Liu Xiaoyun finally came to her senses and struggled violently, like a frightened little wild animal, throwing Liu Chengzhi onto the car. Their bodies collided with the car's metal body with a loud bang.

She looked exactly like someone who was both embarrassed and angry.

They also successfully provoked Liu Chengzhi.

"Tell me honestly, why do people call you Teacher Ye when you're teaching!" Liu Chengzhi steadied himself, threw Liu Xiaoyun heavily towards the car, and demanded an answer in a stern voice.

Liu Xiaoyun glared at him back.

She had just been forcibly dragged out of the car, and her carefully styled hair was disheveled from the violent struggle. Her clothes were also a little messy, and she was panting and glaring at Liu Chengzhi with extreme indignation.

He avoided answering Liu Chengzhi's questions.

Seeing her like this, Liu Chengzhi became even more flustered and shook his head in disbelief, saying, "Xiaoyun, aren't you usually so sharp-tongued at home? How come you've become mute now? Could it be that, as they say, everything you have now is not something you earned through your own abilities, but rather something you stole from someone else's life!"

"Enough!"

Liu Xiaoyun also roared angrily.

Her eyes were red and swollen as she glared at Liu Chengzhi, her anger barely contained: "All you do is question me, is that it?"

"Okay, I admit it, I took Ye Yun's place! I used connections to take her place and became a teacher under her name. Later, I changed my name from Ye Yun to Liu Xiaoyun. My Liu Xiaoyun is the Liu Xiaoyun after Ye Yun changed her name, not your daughter Liu Xiaoyun, Liu Chengzhi. But to outsiders, I am your daughter Liu Xiaoyun, the daughter you think is excellent and makes you proud. So what!"

"Great Director Liu Chengzhi of the Education Bureau, are you going to personally send me to jail?!"

What?

Liu Chengzhi clutched his chest, staring at Liu Xiaoyun with an incredulous look.

With tears in her eyes, Liu Xiaoyun shook her head and smiled bitterly, "Dad, do you know why I stood up for Ye Yun?"

"You did something wrong and you're trying to find excuses? No matter how big your reasons are, you shouldn't steal someone else's life!"

"I just wanted you to look at me one more time!"

Liu Xiaoyun roared.

Her eyes were red and swollen. She tried her best to suppress her emotions but still couldn't control her sobs. She said in a broken voice, "I just want to be better, to make your attention turn from my sister back to me. I can become a teacher on my own, but I can't wait. I can't wait to see a better version of myself in your eyes!"

Liu Chengzhi was stunned.

He could actually read sadness in his eldest daughter's eyes, who had always been cold-blooded, and he even saw her tears falling like a string of threads.

He took a deep breath, "Xiaoyun..."

Liu Xiaoyun looked at Liu Chengzhi with teary eyes. Her tears obscured her vision, but she wiped them away fiercely with her hand. Her sad gaze towards Liu Chengzhi was now tinged with resentment and dissatisfaction.

At this moment, Liu Chengzhi also felt exhausted.

He shook his head and spoke again, his voice hoarse from the argument: "Daughter, do you know that your desire to be better is ruining someone else's life?"

Liu Xiaoyun choked up repeatedly.

She looked up and saw that the slope was now filled with people.

Ye Yun was the first to be affected. She stood on the slope, in the sunlight, looking down at her, at this mouse who could only stand in the shadows.

But now, her strong sense of pride wouldn't allow her to apologize to Ye Yun.

"It's not all my fault that things have come to this. I did want to take her place, but could I have succeeded without her cooperation?" She sniffed, wiped away her tears, opened the car door, and got in.

With a bang, the car door slammed shut.

She dodged swiftly, leaving Liu Chengzhi alone standing by the car, enduring the gazes of Ye Yun and the others—a dozen or so in total.

One of them was blind.

Liu Chengzhi scratched the back of his head, an embarrassed look on his face: "Um... I will give you an explanation for this matter."

"Yueyue, get in the car, let's go home with Daddy!"

...

The black sedan drove further and further away on the mountain road. The dazzling midday sun shone on the car body, and finally it turned into a black dot and disappeared completely.

The dozen or so people were unusually silent.

The crowd exchanged glances, hesitant to make a move, each stealing cautious glances at Ye Yun standing in front.

Ye Yun stretched lazily.

Facing the intense midday sun, she took a deep breath and said with a smile, "Qin Zheng, bring your good brothers inside and have a good chat."

"Auntie, please keep an eye on the child."

"I need to go out for a bit, I'll be right back!"