"Miss Ning, Miss Ning, I know Xia You did something wrong, but Miss Ning, I know this matter is also related to you. Miss Ning, could you please plead for me? I've already lost one daughter, I can't lose a second one." Jian Tong said, tears streaming down her face.

Shang Ning felt as if her heart was being torn apart. The words "I have already lost a daughter" were like steel nails, driven into her heart one by one.

Xia Fangzhou and Jian Tong truly raised her as their daughter.

"Auntie, this is not something I can plead for right now," Shang Ning said softly, looking at Jian Tong who was still crying.

She was raised by Jian Tong, and I've almost never seen her cry.

Jian Tong's tears fell on her heart, burning and stinging.

"If a child is not raised properly, it is the father's fault; if the teaching is not strict, it is the teacher's laziness. As parents and teachers, we have not done well; we have not taught well; it is our fault," Xia Fangzhou said in a deep voice.

"Dad, Mom, why are you begging her? She's a treacherous and cunning bitch, she..."

"Smack..."

Xia Fangzhou slapped him across the face and said sternly, "You worthless brat, is this how I taught you since you were little? Don't you know you're wrong?"

Xia Fangzhou's slap not only frightened Xia You, but also Shang Ning. Xia Fangzhou had always been a gentle and refined teacher; when had he ever lost his temper or hit anyone?

Xia You covered her face and looked at Xia Fangzhou, seemingly stunned by the slap, and just stared at Xia Fangzhou.

"From childhood to adulthood, I have taught you to be decent people, to know the importance of propriety, righteousness, integrity, and a sense of shame, and to help each other as brothers and sisters. Xia You, look at what you have done now?"

"Why? Why is Shang Ning better than me in everything? Why does everyone like her?" Xia You shrieked. "Just because she's smarter than me? Why can't you see my good points!"

“Xia You.” Jian Tong turned to look at her daughter, her expression filled with disbelief and disappointment.

"Did I say something wrong?" Xia You was provoked by the disappointment in her mother's eyes, and her emotions became even more agitated. "When others tell you, it's always the same thing: how great is your Shang Ning? All the certificates, trophies, and honors in the family belong to her, all of them belong to her. Even He Zhiyan, whom I like, likes her. What do I have? What do I have left?"

Shang Ning lowered his eyes, gripping the edge of the table with one hand, as he listened to Xia You's accusations.

“But those who died in the car accident were innocent.” Shang Ning looked up at Xia You.

“Innocent…” Xia You suddenly laughed, “If I want to kill, do you care how many I kill?”

"Who exactly was the person who taught you to kill?" Shang Ning asked in a deep voice.

As soon as Shang Ning finished speaking, Jian Tong suddenly knelt down, pleading, "Miss Ning, I beg you, I beg you to save her."

"Mom, what are you doing?" Xia You was shocked to see her mother kneel down.

"Miss Ning, I beg you, please save her, my life is worth a life." No matter how much Jian Tong hated her daughter, she couldn't bear to watch her die.

Shang Ning tried to help Jian Tong up, but Jian Tong kept crying. So she squatted down and supported the sobbing Jian Tong, then looked up at Xia You and asked, "Xia You, who exactly instigated you to kill Shang Ning? Do you really want to cause your parents so much pain for someone who used you as a pawn?"

"Xia You, Xia You, Xia You, say it." Jian Tong turned to look at her daughter, and as her daughter squatted down to support her, she grabbed her wrist with almost all her might. "Say it."