Chapter 110 Wanting to Disappear from This World

For a moment, the air froze, as if a pause button had been pressed, and no sound could be heard on this floor.

Qiao Xing's heart was in her throat. She subconsciously moved closer to Qin Ce, feeling as if a battle was about to break out at any moment.

Lily stared intently at the woman at the door, her face draining of all color in an instant, replaced by a deathly pale expression.

She seemed to have been struck by lightning, standing there stunned for a long time before she came to her senses.

"Lili..." the woman called out nervously, breaking the silence.

Lily's pupils finally focused, and she mechanically turned to look at Wang Ye, who still had a smile on his face, as if he were asking for her credit.

"What do you mean?" Lily asked in a hoarse voice, her voice trembling as if she were suppressing some emotion.

Wang Ye smiled innocently, pointing to the woman at the door, "Don't you recognize her? This is your mother!"

"I'm not blind!" Lily suddenly raised her voice, making Wang Ye's smile freeze. He stared blankly at Lily.

"What...are you doing?"

Lily's emotions gradually spiraled out of control. She pointed at the woman and said, "Who gave you the right to bring her here on your own?! Did you ask for my permission? Do you think you're doing something noble? Do you think I'll be eternally grateful to you?"

"No, I am..."

Before Wang Ye could finish speaking, Lily interrupted him again, "Who do you think you are! You're nothing! What are you pretending to be so affectionate for? Do you think I'll thank you just because you brought her here? You're just being presumptuous! Why don't you care about your mother this much?"

Hearing this, Wang Ye also got a little angry. He suppressed his anger and said, "What are you yelling at? Open your eyes and look carefully. This is your mother, your own mother! The mother who carried you for ten months and gave birth to you!"

"So what if she's your biological mother? That has nothing to do with you. Who gave you permission to bring her here? If you're so filial, then you should just acknowledge her as your own mother!"

Wang Ye was completely dumbfounded. He thought that although Lily resisted going home, she still had some feelings for her mother. Even if she didn't like her, she wouldn't go crazy in front of the old lady.

Lily was now flushed red and in a state of frenzy, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. She desperately brandished her claws, looking ferocious, trying to break free of her restraints.

"Lily, why are you like this?" Wang Ye looked at Lily in disbelief. "She's your mother! You're standing here now because she secretly saved up money bit by bit by selling eggs and corn to send you to school. After all these years of schooling, has all you learned to be heartless towards your own family?"

Lily smiled, but her smile was to hide the tears in her eyes.

"I'm heartless? From childhood to adulthood, have they ever cared about me? Have they ever treated me like their daughter? I'm standing here because I've worked hard and made something of myself. She just went with the flow. If I hadn't gotten into a top high school, do you think I could be standing here with the few eggs she made?"

“I paid for all my tuition in junior high and high school with scholarships and grants. Her little money wouldn’t even be enough to buy Hu Jun a toy!”

"That's hilarious! They think they can kidnap me just by saying they're my mother? They're so good to Hu Jun, why are they coming to me? Shouldn't they be enjoying themselves in Hu Jun's big villa?"

Wang Ye was speechless after being cornered by Lily. He stood there helplessly, looking at the woman who was filled with guilt and self-reproach. He should have known better than to bring Lily here so hastily.

With this one action, he hurt two people.

The woman's name was Zhou Lan. She was a typical rural woman. Like Lili, she had five or six children in her family when she was young. They couldn't afford to raise so many, and the girls didn't have the opportunity to go to school.

She is illiterate and has been unable to get married even after the age of 25 because she injured her leg while working as a child.

Later, they met Hu Mazi, who had been to prison and couldn't find a wife. One couldn't get married and the other couldn't find a wife, so the two families paired them up.

Although Zhou Lan couldn't understand Lily's words, she could understand most of them from her tone.

She walked shakily to Lily, looked up at her with her head held high, and choked out, "Lily, it's all my fault, I'm so sorry."

“Mom can’t read, and I can’t earn money. I’ve listened to your father’s advice my whole life. I know that girls who can’t read will suffer. Mom doesn’t want you to follow in my footsteps. I want you to study, but Mom doesn’t have the ability…”

She practically cried out her last words, a cry that expressed all the bitterness and helplessness she had endured over the years.

She tried almost everything she could to get Lily into school; she hadn't given up, she had given it her all.

Lily couldn't help but shed tears. She turned her head away, refusing to look at Zhou Lan's face, her chest heaving violently as she cried uncontrollably.

When she saw Qin Ce's expressionless face, all the embarrassment, shame, and utter disgrace rushed over her. She wished she could find a hole to crawl into and disappear from this world forever.

Lily stood there, her glamorous facade forcibly ripped off by Wang Ye, exposing her most unbearable, ugly, and shameful side to the sunlight.

Her self-esteem suffered an unprecedented blow. Even the hardships and resentment she experienced in the mountains during her childhood had never been as bleak as this.

At this moment, her whole world was gloomy. All the things that had happened in the past seemed like punishments from the gods, like a mirror that revealed her true colors, leaving her nowhere to hide her wretchedness.

The situation reached a stalemate, and Wang Ye, unsure of how to break the deadlock, looked to Qiao Xing for help.

Qiao Xing twitched the corners of her mouth, walked up to Lily, and said, "Lily, this is nothing to be ashamed of. At least, your mother has always cared about you. She has her own helplessness, and she has tried her best to help you get out of that place."

“There is an unbreakable blood bond between you. It’s not that your past will disappear just because you don’t go back or acknowledge her. It will always be there, in the deepest part of your heart, haunting you for the rest of your life. You will never be able to truly be yourself.”

"Everything you do now will not change your past; it will only lead you further astray, make you more and more hypocritical, and make your life more and more tiring."

Lily stared coldly at Qiao Xing and sneered, "What do you know? Have you ever lived my life? You people are always talking without understanding the situation. You only know how to criticize others from a saintly perspective. What right do you have to lecture me?"

Qiao Xing took a breath and said, "How do you know I haven't been through it? Yes, I may not have had it as hard as you did when you were young, but when my parents abandoned me, it wasn't much easier for me than for you."

“But at least I dare to face my past, and I am willing to accept my past. If my mother could treat me like this, I would do anything to make something of myself and give her a better life, to escape the place that trapped her for the rest of her life, instead of resenting her for being useless, ignoring her, or even severing ties with her.”