Li Zhenzhu suddenly stopped in her tracks.

She stood ramrod straight, and from behind, her silhouette appeared almost stiff.

She turned around hesitantly, her face showing obvious disbelief: "You..."

What did you call me?

Shen Qiyin curled her lips slightly, her smile, though faint, was genuine and touching.

She called out sweetly again, "Mother."

More resolute and more natural than before.

Li Zhenzhu clearly wanted to laugh, but she forced back her smile and turned away awkwardly.

Xianglan leaned over to look, then grabbed her other arm and said, "Laugh if you want to, don't hold it in."

"Who...who wants to laugh?"

“Whoever gets called ‘Mother’ will laugh.” Xianglan covered her mouth and giggled like a hen that just lays an egg. She said to Li Zhenzhu, “Madam, please stop pretending. I can see your bright white teeth.”

Li Zhenzhu blushed at the teasing: "This brat is really annoying!"

She said that, but her face was beaming with joy.

Just then, a figure rushed up from behind them, seemingly heading straight for Shen Qiyin. Fortunately, he was stopped by Chu Si, who had been following not far away; otherwise, he might have bumped into her directly.

On the fourth day, he tried to stop the person, but the force of the impact caused the person to fall directly onto the snow.

Shen Qiyin stopped and turned around when she heard the noise, but froze instantly.

It was actually the Sun family!

She sat on the ground, disheveled and in a sorry state. The moment their eyes met, she struggled to her feet and crawled to Shen Qiyin's side, saying, "Yin'er, Yin'er, Mother knows she was wrong, Mother knows she was wrong."

"Don't abandon your mother..."

"Your father doesn't want me, so you're all I have left."

Compared to her excitement, Shen Qiyin's reaction was much calmer.

It could even be described as indifference.

She looked down at Madam Sun and said calmly, "Mother, did you come to me because you can't let go of your daughter, or because you're desperate and need my protection?"

“I…” Madam Sun paused for a moment, then said, “Isn’t it all the same?”

"You are my child, so of course I care about you."

"Similarly, I am your mother. Are you going to just stand by and watch me suffer?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiyin nodded thoughtfully: "So, you still have feelings for me."

"Of course!"

"But your previous actions have broken my heart. Now, if you want me to trust you without any reservations, you can only do so by giving me something."

"What?"

Shen Qiyin leaned down, got close to her, and softly uttered a few words.

Upon hearing this, Madam Sun's expression changed drastically!

"You..." she pointed at Shen Qiyin, her face contorted with rage, and said, "You want my legs? You want to cripple me so you can do whatever you want with me from now on!"

"I'm your own mother! Are you even human?"

"A doctor should have a compassionate heart, yet you can disregard even your own mother. You're not only unworthy of being a doctor, you're not even worthy of being a human being!"

"Shen Xiyin, aren't you afraid of dying a horrible death?"

She had barely finished speaking when she was slapped.

Li Zhenzhu stood in front of her with her hands on her hips and said in a deep voice, "You're the one who'll die a horrible death!"

"If you have such a talent for cursing, why don't you use it on Shen Cang and that old woman? Instead, you're throwing your weight around on your own daughter. Bah! Do you even have any manners?"

"I'm just unlucky to have met you since I came in late. Otherwise, I would have taught you a lesson on how to behave!"

"Don't expect your child to support you. She's my daughter now, and I'm the only one she's allowed to acknowledge as her mother. If I don't agree, let's see if she dares to treat you well!"

Li Zhenzhu's words clearly indicated that she wanted to play the bad cop to prevent Shen Qiyin from being misunderstood and infamous.

Seeing this, Shen Qiyin's eyes welled up with tears, and her heart felt a tightness in her chest.

She tugged at Li Zhenzhu's hand and said, "Mother, let's go."

She suddenly felt it was all so pointless and couldn't be bothered to argue with Sun anymore. Someone like her would never understand what she had done wrong.

Li Zhenzhu gripped her hand tightly: "Come on! Let's go home with Mother."

But these words completely provoked Sun.

Her eyes widened in disbelief as she demanded, "What...what did you call her?! Mother?"