“Until one day, our peaceful life was disrupted. I was about eleven years old when my mother brought home a boy who was twelve or thirteen years old.”

“That boy was kidnapped by bad guys. My mother was passing by the factory when she saw him dying, so she took him home. My mother didn’t want a life to be lost like that, so she used all the money in the house to treat his illness.”

"Later, the boy recovered, but he lost his memory. And so, she lived in our small mountain village for two years."

“Until one day, my mother felt that he should go out and receive a better education, so she started looking for his relatives online.”

"After the search for my mother was released, someone came to my door very quickly. Coincidentally, this person was Mr. Gu's assistant, who was also the man who sent my mother to Mr. Gu's bed back then."

"And so, Mr. Gu not only found his son, but also his illegitimate daughter. The boy and I were taken back to the Gu family together."

“I was ignorant at the time. When I saw the Gu family’s house, which looked like a castle, I thought I had really become a princess. But I didn’t know that my decision would put my mother on the edge of a knife.”

“The Gu family does not allow their offspring to be left to wander outside, so in order to allow me to live in the Gu family with peace of mind, my mother was also brought back to the Gu family by the Gu family.”

“It wasn’t until a year later, when my mother’s health deteriorated, that I realized she was not happy at all living in the Gu family. She was only willing to stay with me in this prison-like place because of my vanity.”

“The moment I received my mother’s diagnosis, I had a bold idea: I wanted to take my mother back to that small mountain village and continue our peaceful life.”

"But before we could leave, that crazy woman couldn't hold back any longer. While my mother and I were out shopping, she drove her car into us."

"Actually, my mother had a good chance to dodge, but she was hit and sent flying while trying to protect me."

"As my mother was dying, she whispered in my ear that no matter what, I must live well, because she could finally be free."

"Later, it was my mother's words that sustained me until I became an adult. On the first day I got my driver's license, I did the thing I had wanted to do most for the past four years."

“I could have succeeded, but that boy hit me with his car and sent me flying, leaving me with no chance to avenge my mother.”

As Gu Yao got excited, she grabbed Wen Lu's shoulders and broke down in tears, sobbing uncontrollably once again.

Wen Lu had no way to comment on the matter. She gently patted Gu Yao's back, hoping that Gu Yao could get out of her grief on her own.

After crying for about five minutes, Gu Yao calmed down. She let go of Wen Lu, took the tissue Wen Lu handed her, wiped the tears and snot off her face, and continued to speak.

“From that day on, I felt that the arrival of that boy in our family was the beginning of my mother’s and my disaster. If it weren’t for him, my mother would not have been discovered by the Gu family.”

"That way, I won't be so attached to a world that doesn't belong to me, and my mother will never be able to return to that peaceful little mountain village."

“I hate him more than I hate his mother. His mother killed my mother, but he destroyed everything I had.”

“Every time I think of my mother, I can’t help but wonder if he has no heart? He’s been calling her ‘Mom’ for two years.”

“I was once angry because my mother treated her better.”

“My mother earns money to support both me and him, but she has never mistreated us. In fact, she treats him even better than she treats me.”

“I often say that I don’t like him because he has taken away my mother’s love for me, but my mother always comforts me by saying that he has no parents and no memory, so he is a pitiful person and we should give him more love.”

“It wasn’t until the day she hit my car with her car that I realized he wasn’t without parents or memories, and he wasn’t some pitiful person. He was just a heartless person. He loved his mother, but he forgot who carried her home when he was dying and gave him a second life.”

“I don’t expect him to avenge me at all, but I can’t understand why he’s stopping me from avenging my mother.”

“Phantom, do you know? After I regained consciousness, he told me that he did that to protect me because my mother had told him a long time ago that I was his sister and that he would protect me for the rest of his life.”

"But what I've never wanted is protection, what I want is for that woman to die..."

At this point, Gu Yao raised her hand, wiped away her tears of strength, looked at the sky outside, and suddenly revealed a bright smile.

“You know, God does have eyes. Just six months after her failed revenge, that crazy woman was hit and killed by an out-of-control truck while driving. The scene was particularly tragic. I secretly set off firecrackers on the mountain and celebrated for many days.”

Listening to Gu Yao's story, Wen Lu frowned slightly. She unconsciously thought of Gu Jingkun's expression, and for some reason, she felt that there was more to the story...

"Alright, now that everything's out in the open, I feel much better. Phantom, thank you for being alive. You have no idea, the second time I broke down in my life was because you died. Qinian and I simply couldn't accept the news of your death. At that time, Qinian made a decision to start cleaning house in the Shadow Alliance. He felt that the person who killed you was one of his own."

As she spoke, Gu Yao couldn't help but cry again. She reached out and hugged Wen Lu. The only people who had given her warmth in this life were her mother and Mei Ying. Her mother gave her life, and Mei Ying gave her a second life.

Without the Phantom, she might still be living that inhuman, ghostly life.

"Okay, stop crying. You've soaked my clothes. Calm down. I reckon our takeout should be here. I'll allow you to get completely drunk tonight. I hope you can get back on your feet tomorrow after you wake up."

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you something. My virus has been leaked, and I even cracked it while it was being broadcast live. I reckon it won't be long before my identity is exposed."

"Sister, are you ready? It seems like we're in trouble. I'm not going to hide any longer. It's time to settle some scores."