Ni Sitian stood frozen outside the door for a while; she really didn't want to go in.

"What, do you need someone to pay you?" Ni Ziqi turned her head and sneered.

Ni Sitian stepped through the gate. Actually, her house was so small that it could hardly be called a courtyard. The distance from the gate to the house was only ten steps. Even if she wanted to move at a snail's pace, it wouldn't take her long to get inside.

It's clear they just got back today; their luggage is still piled up in the downstairs living room, with five or six large suitcases making the room quite crowded.

Ni Ziqi sat on the sofa with her legs propped up on the coffee table, a sight that seemed completely out of place with her elegant appearance.

"Ziqi, the cucumber is sliced." He Cuiyun came out with a plate of cucumber slices, smiling. "Mom will put them on you."

Ni Ziqi lay down on her back as a matter of course, and He Cuiyun carefully applied cucumber slices to her face.

Ni Sitian was already used to the way this mother and daughter got along. He Cuiyun was very shrewish and difficult towards her and outsiders, but she treated her daughter like a princess.

"Where's my dad?" Ni Sitian asked.

"She doesn't even know to greet people when she comes in. She's getting more and more ill-mannered." He Cuiyun glanced coldly at Ni Sitian and ordered, "Go and move these luggage upstairs."

Ni Sitian instinctively wanted to obediently go and move it, but after taking a couple of steps, she realized something was wrong. Perhaps because she had been used to being ordered around by He Cuiyun since childhood, she didn't immediately understand why she should be ordered around like a maid.

“Aunt He, I’m here to see my dad.” Ni Sitian turned around and said expressionlessly, “If he’s not home, I’ll be going now.”

He Cuiyun frowned, stood up, and looked at Ni Sitian.

It had been a year since I last saw her, and the girl I always remembered as soft and easily bullied seemed a little different, though I couldn't quite put my finger on it. This cramped living room seemed somewhat out of place with her demeanor.

Pooh!

He Cuiyun cursed inwardly. She had almost been intimidated by Ni Sitian's expressionless face. She frowned unhappily: "Your elders asked you to move something, and you just ignored them?"

Ni Sitian really ignored her words. In the past, she always felt like she was living under someone else's roof at home. Before she was able to earn money, she had to listen to He Cuiyun in order to get tuition and living expenses from her.

But since university, she hasn't been so easily manipulated by the mother and daughter. He Cuiyun left for a year, probably forgetting that she was no longer the little girl she used to be.

Ni Sitian glanced at He Cuiyun, said that she was leaving first, and then actually started to leave.

He Cuiyun was taken aback. Feeling ignored like this made her furious. She reached out and grabbed Ni Sitian's wrist, angrily saying, "You've only been a year and you're already disobeying your elders!"

Ni Sitian really didn't want to pay attention to her, so she pulled her wrist away.

To everyone's surprise, He Cuiyun held on even tighter. Ni Ziqi's eyes lit up when she saw the pink diamond bracelet on Ni Sitian's wrist. She stood up and helped He Cuiyun pull Ni Sitian back, saying, "This bracelet is nice. Can I borrow it for a couple of days?"

Ni Sitian was almost amused by Ni Ziqi's shamelessness. How many things had Ni Ziqi taken from her since they were little? No one would believe her saying she was just borrowing something; it was more like throwing good money after bad.

Besides, this was a gift from Xu Tingchuan; how could she possibly lend it out?

"Let go!" Ni Sitian frowned and shook her hand, but the two people held on tightly, and she couldn't break free for a moment.

Ni Ziqi had already started to unfasten her chain. In her anxiety, she pulled back with one hand and pushed Ni Ziqi with the other.

Before they had even exerted much force, Ni Ziqi and He Cuiyun suddenly fell to the ground.