"Who do you think you are, comparing yourself to Yan Nian? You're just a member of the Hu family, I don't even look down on you, especially since you're just a puppet heir who hasn't even gotten any real power."
Meng Wan spoke softly, yet every word was piercing to the heart.
He watched Meng Wan leave, then rose in humiliation. Passersby occasionally glanced at him, watching with amusement and mocking his 'failed confession'.
Meng Wan packed her things and went downstairs, but Hu Lou had already left.
She didn't care where Hu Lou went, but if he wanted to pull some tricks, she might as well play along. There are always people who feel they are underappreciated, unaware that they are already universally acknowledged as foolish.
I got in the car; the journey wasn't long, less than half an hour, but unexpectedly, I saw a familiar person standing at my doorstep.
Tang Zhiyi straightened her clothes, but instead of making them neat, she made them even more wrinkled.
She messed up her hair a bit more to make herself look more pitiful and delicate.
After she finished doing all that, she rang the doorbell.
After pressing the button, there was no response. Tang Zhiyi wasn't in a hurry and looked around the house.
If I hadn't gone back to their original place and couldn't find them, I wouldn't have known that they had moved into such a nice house.
She curled her lips into a smug smile. She had always said she was the chosen one, and no matter what, she would never live a life of hardship. Once she returned to the Meng family, she would live the life of a pampered young lady again.
Who is it?
Just then, Qin Yi's voice rang from the doorbell, her voice still gentle, unchanged over the years.
"Mom..." Tang Zhiyi suppressed her calculating expression, her eyes reddened, and her tone was full of grievance.
There was a moment of silence on the other end; no one spoke.
"Mom, it's me, your daughter Zhiyi..." Tang Zhiyi blinked and tears rolled down her cheeks.
"I don't have a daughter named Zhiyi. You should leave." Qin Yi's voice was low, as if she were sighing softly.
"Mom, I was wrong, I was really wrong. You can hit me or scold me, just don't disown me! If even you don't want me anymore, I really can't go on living. Do you want me to die?"
Tang Zhiyi was shocked to hear Qin Yi say such a thing. Although she felt resentful, she still cried and begged Qin Yi for forgiveness.
Now that Meng Zhilian is a household name, he can easily give her a little extra money, and she'll still live a comfortable life. What does it matter if she suffers a little hardship now, as long as she can return to the Meng family?
Thinking of this, she cried even harder, pressing the doorbell repeatedly.
"Mom, open the door! Do you know what kind of life I've been living in the Tang family? They beat me, they scold me, they only think about Tang Wan, and now, because of those rumors, they actually want to kick me out!"
She kept muttering about her tragic experiences in a plaintive voice, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"Mom, do you know how much I've been wronged? Your beloved Zhiyi has been wronged! I know you resent me, I was wrong, please let me come back, I... I'm kneeling down before you!"
As he was talking, he actually knelt down on the ground.
Occasionally, passersby would glance at this scene, and some even posted about their "strange encounter" that day.
Seeing this, Qin Yi had no choice but to open the door and go out.
Seeing Qin Yi come out, Tang Zhiyi was overjoyed. She quickly wiped away her tears and stood up.
The two were separated by a tall iron gate. Tang Zhiyi reached out to grab her, but they were a fist's distance apart.
"Mom!" Tang Zhiyi gripped the iron gate's bar and pressed her face against it, her expression somewhat agitated.
"Mom! Open the door!"
However, no matter what she said, Qin Yi just stood there, neither moving forward nor backward, and ignored Tang Zhiyi's pleas as if they were nothing.
Tang Zhiyi pressed her lips down, and two tears appeared.
"Mom, I miss you so much..."
She pouted, just like when she was a child and would act coquettishly towards Qin Yi.
"Mom, I understand that my biological parents don't want me. After all, they didn't raise me and they have no feelings for me. But are you, who raised me, also planning to abandon me?"
Qin Yi pursed her lips, "You were the one who abandoned us, so why are you coming back now?"
Tang Zhiyi concealed the panic in her eyes, "I didn't, I didn't!"
As she spoke, she unconsciously touched her nose, feeling a little guilty.
“It’s Tang Sheng!” she said with certainty, her eyes darting around.
"It was Tang Sheng and the others who wouldn't let me contact you, and made me cut off all contact with you. I... I had no choice, Mom. You know, I wasn't even an adult at that time. I had no other option."
"So, they've agreed now?"
Seeing how easily Tang Zhiyi could spout lies, Qin Yi felt no disappointment left. But despite this, she still wanted to get to the bottom of it.
What did the Meng family ever do to wrong her that she had to hurt them so much? Now that she has fallen so low, instead of looking for the reasons within herself, she even wants to drag Meng Wan down with her and get others to cyberbully her!
What did their family do wrong to raise such an ingrate, the kind that eats people alive without spitting out the bones!
Qin Yi was neither sad nor angry. Having gone through so much, she had become indifferent to many things. The only reason she was willing to talk to her now was that she wanted an answer.
However, Tang Zhiyi still thought that Qin Yi knew nothing and that she was putting on an absurd one-woman show.
"Now...now I'm an adult, but I went abroad before, and I came to find you as soon as I got back."
Tang Zhiyi smiled ingratiatingly, gripping the pole tightly as if letting go would mean losing something.
"Mom, let me in first. I'm so tired from standing. Look at my clothes and hair. Let's go inside and talk slowly. Let's not let others laugh at us."
Qin Yi simply looked at her, her eyes devoid of any emotion. She shook her head, her movements slow yet resolute.
“This is my home, and I don’t want unrelated people coming in.”
Tang Zhiyi's smile froze. "Mom, what do you mean by 'unrelated person'? I'm your most beloved Zhiyi! If Dad and my brothers were here, they would definitely let me in."
“When you left, you said we would never cross paths again, and we did. I hope you can do the same. You don’t need to use my family as an excuse. I believe that even if they were here, they would make the same decision as me.”
Qin Yi spoke each word with firm conviction.
"That's impossible. Call Dad and my brother, they'll definitely let me come back. I... I didn't bring my phone, it's broken. Mom, call Dad and my brothers, they've always loved me, they definitely won't abandon me."
"Yes, I've always doted on you..." Qin Yi sneered and whispered. Her words were full of sarcasm, but they were sarcasm directed at themselves.
Tang Zhiyi looked at Qin Yi, who was clearly acting strangely, and her heart started pounding.
"Mom, please let me say a few words to Dad and the others."
"Is your phone broken, lost, or have they blocked you? Don't you know?"
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