“You are my mother, and I am willing to respect you. However, if you handle matters without listening to the parties involved, without looking at the evidence, and only rely on your own conjecture, then I will consider whether you are worthy of my respect,” Yun Chuwei continued.

He Ning's lips twitched, but in the end, she couldn't utter any words of rebuttal.

She didn't know what was wrong with her; she actually felt that what her daughter was saying made a lot of sense.

Moreover, this daughter was not raised by her side since she was a child, and it is already rare that she is still willing to respect her now.

She couldn't do anything to hurt her daughter's feelings; if she pushed her daughter away, she would never be able to get her back.

So, she looked at Yun Chuwei, and her expression softened.

"Your meaning is clear, Mother understands. Since this matter has nothing to do with you, Mother will naturally not wrong you!"

Yun Chuwei remained noncommittal, not wanting to dwell on the matter any longer. So she stood up and said, "I'll come back to live here in the future. My courtyard should still be there, right?"

He Ning nodded repeatedly and waved to a maid, asking her to take Yun Chuwei to her courtyard.

Seeing that Yun Chuwei was about to leave, Yun Qianming couldn't help but stand up and reach out to block her way.

Yun Chuwei neither continued forward nor spoke; she simply remained where she was.

He Ning then spoke to Yun Qianming, saying, "Weiwei is tired, why are you stopping her?"

Yun Qianming was clearly dissatisfied with how He Ning was treated.

He looked at He Ning and said, "Mother, are you really going to let her go like this? Harming a sibling deserves twenty strokes of the cane! Lian'er has suffered so much injustice, and you're not even punishing Yun Chuwei. How can you be Lian'er's mother..."

"Smack—"

Before Yun Qianming could finish speaking, He Ning took a few steps forward and slapped him across the face.

Yun Qianming's head was knocked to the side, and a clear handprint appeared on his cheek.

He stared at He Ning in astonishment, never expecting his mother to hit him.

"Mother, why...?"

He Ning shook her delicate hand and slowly said, "I have never seen a son dare to speak to his mother like that. Yun Qianming, you have truly impressed me!"

She hadn't thought there was anything wrong with her son before, but now, after Yun Chuwei's reminder, she realized that her son did indeed have a problem.

Both daughters said that Yun Lianhua fell on her own, so why does the son insist that Yun Chuwei pushed her?

Now, people are even saying this about Yun Lianhua in order to speak up for her.

It's truly unbelievable.

She felt that her son needed to be taught a lesson.

Yun Qianming quickly bowed to He Ning and said, "Mother, I'm sorry. I was too anxious just now. Please forgive me this time."

He Ning's expression softened upon hearing this.

Seeing that He Ning's expression had softened, Yun Qianming tentatively said, "Mother, I was indeed wrong just now. I was afraid that if I didn't teach Yun Chuwei a lesson today, she would make even bigger mistakes in the future!"

Upon hearing this, He Ning's lips curled into a mocking smile, and he said, "You keep saying that Weiwei made a mistake, what evidence do you have?"

She felt that Yun Chuwei's words made sense, so she naturally agreed with her statement.

Yun Qianming was taken aback; he never expected his mother to ask such a question.

He Ning sneered and continued, "Lian'er said she fell down on her own. Weiwei said she didn't push anyone, Lian'er fell down by herself. The two parties involved have already made their statements very clear. Are you deaf or brainless?"

Yun Qianming: ...

This was clearly Yun Chuwei's excuse to exonerate himself, and he never expected that his mother would believe it.

Yun Chu raised an eyebrow slightly, somewhat surprised.

She sensed just now that He Ning didn't intend to stand by her side.

This seems to have changed.

Seeing Yun Chuwei's smug expression, Yun Qianming was furious. He gritted his teeth and looked at Yun Lianhua.

"Lian'er, don't be afraid. Tell me and Mother the truth about what happened, and we won't let you suffer."

Yun Lianhua frowned slightly; she hadn't expected things to develop in this direction.

She originally thought that no matter what she said, that idiot Yun Qianming would fight for her, and her mother would definitely stand by her side.

But that's not the case at all now.

For a moment, she didn't know what to do.

Are you going to change your story and say that Yun Chuwei promoted you?

He Ning glanced at Yun Lianhua and frowned imperceptibly.

She had only this one daughter by her side before, so she didn't think much of it.

Now that Yun Chuwei is by her side as a control group, she feels that Yun Lianhua's every move and word is a bit strange.

However, she couldn't quite put her finger on what was strange about it.

She spoke slowly, "Lian'er is not a liar by nature. She will naturally tell you what happened. She already said that she fell down on her own, so what else do you want her to say? Do you want her to lie with you?"

Yun Lianhua was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Hearing He Ning's words, it was clear that she shouldn't say anything more.

Although she didn't understand why He Ning was helping Yun Lianhua so much, she didn't care anymore. He Ning wouldn't live much longer anyway, so she would just have to be patient.

Thinking it over, Yun Lianhua said, "Mother, Brother Ming, I really did fall down on my own today."

After saying that, she reached out and tugged at Yun Qianming's clothes, then put on a gentle and fragile appearance.

She shook her head slightly and said softly, "Brother, let's just let this matter go."

By any measure, he appeared to be enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens.

He Ning frowned slightly. She hadn't noticed before, but now, looking at Yun Lianhua's appearance, why did she find her somewhat annoying?

Yun Chuwei was amazed.

It must be said that Yun Lianhua is indeed quite capable.

Every sentence was fine, every sentence was fine, but she easily got Yun Qianming to fight for her.

In her previous life, she hadn't paid much attention to how this family got along. Now it seemed that Yun Lianhua was toying with Yun Qianming like a dog.

As Yun Chuwei was thinking, she met Yun Qianming's fierce gaze.

After glaring at Yun Chuwei, Yun Qianming said with disgust, "I'll let you off the hook today for Lian'er's sake! But if you do something like this again, I will never let you get away with it!"

Yun Chu glanced at Yun Qianming sideways, her voice somewhat cold: "Yun Qianming, who do you think you are, daring to point fingers at me? You'd better mind your own business. I see you have a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks, a dark look on your face, you look ridiculously comical, and you might be in for some bloodshed!"

Yun Qianming frowned: "Nonsense!"

Yun Chuwei gave a mocking smile; she had indeed just been talking nonsense.

Yun Qianming is not worthy of her divination.

However, just because it was said casually doesn't mean it can't become a fact.

Then she looked at He Ning and slowly said, "Mother, since Yun Lianhua has also confirmed that she fell on her own, it proves that Yun Qianming is framing me without any evidence! I heard Yun Qianming say that framing a sibling is punishable by twenty strokes of the cane. I wonder if that's true?"