Ye Huanhuan suddenly found it somewhat ridiculous. She had thought she was strong enough, but faced with this situation, she still couldn't help but feel sad.
Two lines of tears slid down her cheeks as she stared at Gao Yalan and questioned her:
"Since you care so much about Ye Ru, your adopted daughter, why did you go to such lengths to find me?"
Hearing this, Gao Yalan felt a pang of pain in her heart and quickly explained, "Huanhuan, it's not that we don't care about you, you're our daughter too, it's just..."
Ye Huanhuan sneered, interrupting her: "Just what? You just want me to pretend nothing happened and forgive her? Is that it? No matter what she did, even if it was murder or arson, you still want me to forgive her, is that it?"
Gao Yalan was speechless when asked the question and could only shake her head repeatedly, tears streaming down her face.
"No...no...Huanhuan, we are family. Mom hopes that you and Xiaoru can get along well and give Xiaoru one last chance to change her ways. If she does it again, your father and I will not say a word for her..."
Ye Ru suddenly knelt down on the ground with a thud. She knelt and walked towards Ye Huanhuan, crying, and pleaded:
"Huanhuan... I know I was wrong, I'll never do it again, please, please give me another chance, I don't want to go to jail, I really don't want to go..."
Ye Ting, who was standing to the side, quickly pulled Ye Ru to her feet.
"Xiaoru, get up! What are you doing?"
Ye Ru kept shaking her head, her eyes brimming with tears, looking extremely pitiful.
"Brother, don't worry about me, just let me kneel... I won't get up until Huanhuan forgives me..."
Looking at Ye Ru's behavior, Ye Huanhuan felt that she was extremely hypocritical and wanted to vomit.
Ye Ting was furious. Seeing that Ye Ru really refused to stand up, he could only glare at Ye Huanhuan and yell at her:
"Ye Huanhuan, can't you have any conscience? Your mother is already in this state, are you still going to keep up the anger? Now even Xiaoru is kneeling down for you, what more could you possibly want?"
Ye Huanhuan looked at Ye Ting as if he were a fool. She asked Ye Ting, "Ye Ting, if one day I use Ye Ru's methods to frame you, will you mercifully forgive me?"
Ye Ting was immediately speechless, unable to utter a rebuttal.
Yes, he won't. Not only will he not, but he will also trample Ye Huanhuan underfoot, ensuring she never has a chance to rise again.
Seeing this, Tang Yi tenderly pulled Ye Huanhuan into his arms and stood up to speak on her behalf:
"Can't you see that Huanhuan doesn't want to forgive Ye Ru? Why are you still pressuring her? Wrongdoings should be punished. This won't solve anything; it will only encourage Ye Ru to make the same mistake again and again. If you let her go this time, what about next time? What if Ye Ru holds a knife to Huanhuan's neck next time? Will you still expect Huanhuan to forgive her then?"
Upon hearing this, Gao Yalan's face turned deathly pale, and she swayed unsteadily, as if she were about to collapse to the ground at any moment. Fortunately, Ye Haiming was there to support her; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Through her teary eyes, she looked at Ye Huanhuan and said in a trembling voice, "Huanhuan... Mom is so sorry... As long as it can make up for your loss, your father and I will agree to punish Xiaoru however you want. You can send her away, you can beat her up, or even make her kowtow to you and apologize, none of that is a problem. Just please, don't send her to prison, okay?"
At this moment, Ye Haiming called out to Wu Ma, "Wu Ma, come and help the madam."
Wu Ma immediately stepped forward to take Gao Yalan away. Ye Haiming took a few steps and walked up to Ye Ru. He pulled out his belt and lashed it hard across Ye Ru's back.
"I'll teach you to be so malicious! I'll teach you to never study properly! I'll teach you to think about how to frame your sister all day long! Now that you've done something wrong, all you do is cry and cry. When you were framing her, did you never think that this day would come?"
Ye Ru screamed in agony as Ye Haiming beat her, desperately trying to dodge, and repeatedly begging for mercy:
"Dad, I was wrong... I was wrong... I'll never do it again... I'll never do it again..."
Seeing Ye Ru being beaten, Ye Ting felt heartbroken. He immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Ye Ru, saying, "Dad, if you want to hit someone, hit me instead. Xiao Ru is a girl with delicate skin. How can she withstand being hit like this?"
Ye Haiming kicked Ye Ting hard and cursed, "You bastard, get out of my way!"
Ye Ting stumbled and fell to the ground, but quickly got up and continued to stand in front of Ye Ru.
"Dad, hit me if you want to hit someone, don't hit Xiaoru!"
Seeing this, Ye Haiming became even more furious, "So you think you're all grown up now, daring to protect her? I'll beat you to death!"
Ye Haiming whipped Ye Ting and Ye Ru hard with a belt. Ye Ting gritted his teeth but didn't utter a sound.
Ye Ru burst into tears, begging for mercy, "Dad, please don't hit me anymore, please don't hit me, I really know I was wrong..."
Gao Yalan quickly stepped forward, fearing that Ye Haiming would hurt Ye Ting, and spoke up to stop him, "Husband, please stop hitting him..."
Ye Haiming's actions were clearly intentional, meant for Ye Huanhuan and Tang Yi's benefit. He glanced at the two of them casually, then slowed his movements slightly, but still spoke angrily:
"If Huanhuan won't forgive this wretched girl, then I might as well just beat her to death, so she won't come up with any more schemes to frame others in the future!"
"Enough!"
Ye Huanhuan's voice suddenly rang out; she had regained her composure, her voice devoid of any emotion:
"You don't need to pretend anymore. I can promise you that I will forgive Ye Ru one last time and give her a chance to change her ways. But remember, if there is a next time, I will never let her off the hook again!"
Hearing this, Ye Haiming felt relieved and immediately stopped what he was doing. Gao Yalan looked at Ye Huanhuan gratefully and murmured:
"Huanhuan, you've really been wronged..."
Ignoring his own pain, Ye Ting quickly helped Ye Ru up: "Xiao Ru, did you hear that? She has forgiven you. Get up quickly and stop crying."
Ye Ru visibly breathed a sigh of relief. She stood up weakly and, with a sincere look of remorse, said to Ye Huanhuan:
"Huanhuan, thank you for forgiving me... I will never do anything to hurt you again..."
Ye Huanhuan ignored everyone from the Ye family, turned around and leaned against Tang Yi, closing her eyes and whispering to him:
"Tang Yi, let's go, I'm so tired..."
Tang Yi looked at Ye Huanhuan's exhausted face and felt a pang of heartache. He said softly:
"Okay, Huanhuan, let's go back to our own home."
Then, disregarding everyone's gaze, he picked up Ye Huanhuan and strode away from the Ye family villa.
As he was leaving, he turned back to look at Ye Ru and warned her:
"You better behave yourself. If there's a next time, I'll make you wish you were dead!"
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