A hint of impatience flashed in Yun Jin's eyes, and she snapped at him impatiently.

"Mom, what are you saying? If making a phone call was useful, would I have needed to bring you to find my sister? If my sister doesn't help me with this, you won't have me as your son anymore."

"But……"

"No buts. My sister has been with her father for so long, what's wrong with giving us some compensation? You and Dad raised her all those years."

Yun Lian's mother's face showed disapproval, and she timidly retorted.

“You can’t talk about your sister like that. It’s only right and proper for your father and me to raise her. She doesn’t need to give anything in return.”

“We didn’t even care that she was shameful, and we were still using the money she sent us. She suddenly cut off all contact. Didn’t she consider that we would have a hard time making a living? Mom, don’t be soft-hearted.”

When Huo Ye arrived, he saw a woman dressed simply but looking sickly, with a faint resemblance to Yun Lian in her features.

Because of their resemblance, Huo Ye wore a kind smile.

"Hello, you must be Yun Lian's mother, right? My name is Huo Ye. Please don't be shy, just make yourself at home."

Yun Jin tried her best to straighten her back, looking at Huo Ye with disdain.

"You're my sister's stepson? Did my sister say when she'll be back?"

Huo Ye listened to his words and turned around suspiciously.

"You don't have Yun Lian's contact information?"

He vaguely remembered that on the morning of the day they registered their marriage, none of Yun Lian's family members attended. She was all alone at the engagement ceremony that morning, like a drifting duckweed.

Then that same unexpected event occurred again in the afternoon.

Despite the magnitude of the incident, not a single member of Yun Lian's family stepped forward.