Wen Wan reached out to help Tian Yiwei pass the tissue, gently comforting her and asking for her opinion, "Don't cry, even if you cry yourself blind today, it won't solve the problem."
"Tell me what you really think now. Do you still want to recognize her as your mother? Do you want to get the money you gave back? You have to tell us the truth, then we can help you find a solution."
Tian Yiwei tried everything to hold back her tears, but none of them worked. She simply couldn't hold them back. She thought for a moment, lowered her head, and said with a choked voice, "I'm sorry for making you worry again. I didn't want to cry, but I really couldn't help it."
Everyone couldn't help but raise their eyebrows when they heard her words. Ji Qianyi was the first to scold her, "Silly! We're just friends who went to the little idiot's house for dinner together, why are you being so distant? Don't you consider me family anymore?"
This analogy made Wen Wan want to laugh. Qianqiuyi was really getting better at speaking. She nodded and agreed, "Qianqiuyi is right. How can a family say sorry? Besides, how have you ever let us down?"
After teaching Tian Yiwei a lesson, he looked at the other teammates and said, "Don't all stand here. If you have an announcement tomorrow morning, go back to sleep now. Don't cry and say you can't get up tomorrow."
Ming Chuqing frowned and said, "It's urgent, and you still think we can fall asleep?"
Tao Zhizhi: "If I could fall asleep at this moment, how great would that make me feel..."
"...It's not to the point of being urgent yet." Wen Wan retorted helplessly, but what the two said did make sense, so she didn't continue to chase them away.
Tian Yiwei's eyes were red from crying, and the skin around her eyes hurt when touched because of the friction of the tissue, but no matter how painful it was, it couldn't be more painful than her heart. It was like a knife was cutting her heart. She always told herself to be strong, but everything collapsed at this moment.
She wiped away her tears again and forced a smile.
Her forced smile looked even uglier than crying in everyone's eyes. Wen Wan thought of what she had just said and couldn't help but feel distressed. "Don't worry about what I said just now. Just cry if you want to."
Ji Qianyi also said: "If you don't want to laugh, don't laugh. It's really ugly."
"No." Tian Yiwei refused softly, and said seriously with a smile on her face, "I will be happy from now on. I want to escape this cage that is suffocating me."
She placed her legs on the sofa, then held them with her arms, earnestly recounting the cruel experiences she had gone through. "Actually, I not only have a younger brother, but I also have an older sister. She has always loved me very much, and we have a very good relationship."
"But as soon as my sister came of age, my mother arranged a marriage for her. She forced her into marriage despite her objections and received a large sum of money as a betrothal gift."
"Even though I was young at the time, I didn't understand it at all. I asked my mother why, and she said there was no reason, just because the family didn't have money. It wasn't until she signed up for several expensive interest classes for my brother that I understood why."
"Then two years ago, my sister committed suicide—"
When the others heard this, their hearts skipped a beat and an expression of disbelief appeared on their faces. It was really incomprehensible and outrageous that someone would force his daughter to death just for a little betrothal money.
They are all your own children, so why should they be treated differently just because of their gender?
When Tian Yiwei said this, the expression on her face became painful and she couldn't stop crying.
"Her husband always beats her. Every time she comes home, her body is covered in bruises. Every time she says she wants a divorce, my mother gets angry, saying that the betrothal money has been spent and her husband will definitely ask her for it back if she divorces, so she can't divorce."
"She just endured it. A few days before she died, she came back to see me and, strangely enough, gave me two thousand yuan. My sister doesn't have any say in the family, so I knew she had saved up the two thousand yuan by cutting back on her expenses."
"I asked her why she gave me the money, and she said, 'Weiwei, you must escape this cage. Don't live like me. Don't let your mother control you. I believe you can do it.'"
"Then a few days later, I received the news that she had committed suicide. Only then did I understand why she said those things to me. I kept thinking, if I had discovered her abnormality at the time, would the outcome be different from what it is now?"
By the time she spoke, she was already in tears and sobbing. Wen Wan was the first to hug her, and then the others came up one by one, and everyone hugged each other tightly on the sofa.
"The only sister who loved me left me just like that. I really have no relatives in this world." Tian Yiwei cried loudly and almost fainted from suffocation.
Wen Wan didn't know what was happening to her, but she suddenly started crying too, choking and saying, "Don't cry, I want to cry too when you're like this."
Ji Qianyi's eyes couldn't help but become moist, and she fought back the tears and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How come you don't have any relatives? Don't be afraid, we are your family. I will support you from now on, and see who dares to bully you! I am not enough, I still have my parents!"
Others also agreed, how can there be no relatives? Even if we are not related by blood, we are still the closest people in the world!
Wen Wan cried like a cat, and then said: "Yes, don't be afraid, if her parents are not enough, then there are still my parents, we will never let anyone bully you!"
Tao Zhizhi cried and complained, "I'm so annoyed! It's already this late, and you're still competing for your father's favor!"
After hearing her words, everyone burst into laughter at the same time. Although Tian Yiwei still felt heartbroken, a warm feeling rose in her heart. Yes, don't be afraid, you are not alone!
As she thought about it, she suddenly smiled. This time it wasn't a forced smile but a genuine one. "It's really great to meet you guys!"
"I've always had low self-esteem, always feeling that I'm so different from everyone else. Sometimes I feel like fate is unfair to me. Why do I have to suffer like this?"
"Since I was little, my mother has always told me that I am different from others. My family is poor, so I should be frugal and not spend money lavishly. I should also stay out of trouble at school. I have always done what she said."
"One time I was bullied and I went home to tell my mom. She insisted that I was the one who started the trouble and just told me to endure it. I really thought I was wrong and kept enduring it."
"Later I realized she simply didn't want to stand up for me and didn't want anyone to be offended because of me. Because later when my brother had the same experience, she rushed to the school without saying a word."
Everyone was heartbroken after hearing this. The lucky ones are healed by their childhood throughout their lives, while the unlucky ones spend their entire lives healing their childhood.
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