Xiao Yisheng stood frozen in place...
As if transformed into a lifeless sculpture, the once bright and defiant gaze suddenly fell silent, becoming frighteningly empty and wooden, and the lips instantly turned as pale as paper.
Grandpa Xiao stood up, leaning on his cane, and walked to Xiao Yisheng's side. He patted her shoulder kindly. "Grandpa understands your feelings for Yiting. But you are ultimately not good enough for him. Now that he has made this request, are you going to refuse it? Can you bear to see him continue to struggle in the political arena, exhausted? Don't you love him very much? Then why won't you agree?"
Xiao Yisheng felt as if he had been thrown into a river in the dead of winter, the water cold and suffocating, his whole body trembling with cold. He turned his head blankly to look at the seemingly kind and gentle but actually cold and ruthless face of the old man.
In the blink of an eye, he has become old and frail, with wrinkles and marks etched mercilessly on his face. His appearance has aged, but it has not warmed his heart, which was originally cold and ruthless. Over the years, it turns out that he has never changed!
The only change was that her longing for family affection grew stronger, which is why her heart ached so much at this moment, as if an invisible hand was holding a bundle of fine threads, constantly tightening and constricting it, making it hard for her to breathe!
It turns out that hurting someone in the name of love can be so ironic, and can even leave someone in such a wretched state of pain.
Xiao Yisheng suddenly laughed. As she laughed, she shook off the old man's hand that was on her shoulder. Tears welled up in her eyes as she laughed, and she took a few steps back.
She spoke with a sorrowful and poignant voice, "They adopted me, but from the very beginning of my life, I was plunged into a bitter struggle and repression. Every day, I spent in despair over the unattainable bond of family. Mr. Xiao, do you know that when people experience disappointment repeatedly over a long period of time, they fall into despair and gradually become numb?"
Ignoring Old Master Xiao's surprised gaze, Xiao Yisheng abruptly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "You say I love Xiao Yiting? Ha, why should I love him? When I was in this family, did any of you or Xiao Yiting ever give me even a shred of warmth? Did you ever give me the love and care that belonged to Grandpa, Dad, and Brother? Did you? No! Not even a tiny bit!"
"Furthermore, even without your Xiao family's adoption, I could have grown up in the orphanage, and without any extra desires, I could have lived a more relaxed and carefree life. But since your Xiao family raised me, I must repay you in some way, that's true. However, this distorted and oppressive upbringing is not enough to make me sacrifice my entire future happiness to repay it! I am a person, not a toy for you to mold and manipulate at will, Mr. Xiao, Grandpa Xiao!"
Xiao Wei glared at her, his face ashen, his fierce gaze seeming to want to kill her. "You bastard, what are you saying!"
Similarly, Old Master Xiao's expression was not much better.
The fact that everything from the past was so bluntly brought up made them suddenly realize that Xiao Yisheng, who used to be at their mercy, had somehow lost the cowardice that made him look so pathetic when facing them!
People are no longer under their control!
This realization made the old man's face grow increasingly grim!
"Xiao Yisheng, some things can't be changed just by your firm opposition. Since you won't listen to my good advice, you should understand that I have many ways to force you to do it!"
"Are you threatening me? Have you always thought that your threats have been effective against me all these years? Let me tell you, that's because I've tried my best to cooperate and integrate into this family. Do you think they'll still be effective now?"
Xiao Yisheng took a half step back. Seeing the fleeting gloom in the old man's eyes, he suppressed his fear and panic. "If I remember correctly, you shifted the blame onto me when the Xiao Group's project went wrong and resulted in huge losses. If you push me any further, I don't mind exposing this matter and letting them see how incompetent and mediocre Xiao Wei, the president of the Xiao Group, is!"
"Fine!" Xiao Wei suddenly gave a cold smile, stood up, and walked towards her. "Then let me tell you, you have no chance to leave the Xiao family now. We'll issue the statement for you. You should go and keep your mother company!"
Xiao Yisheng was startled and quickly stepped back, his face showing shock. "You're going to put me under house arrest?"
"So what if it is?"
"This is illegal imprisonment!"
“You are a daughter of the Xiao family, and there is no illegal imprisonment. Moreover, the Xiao family is so large and heavily guarded that it is not so difficult to keep even this small secret!”
Xiao Yisheng was breathing rapidly and ran towards the door.
She was wrong; she underestimated the ruthlessness and cruelty of the Xiao family.
"Stop her!" A row of bodyguards suddenly appeared at the doorway, blocking her way with cold faces...
It was as if all her expectations and hopes had been annihilated and buried!
Xiao Yisheng was completely panicked. What should she do? What should she do?
She didn't want to be under house arrest, she didn't want an arranged marriage, she couldn't afford to lose her freedom...
She turned around, pale-faced, and looked at Xiao Wei and Old Master Xiao in the living room. "Why did you do this? Why were you so cruel? If you never considered me a member of the Xiao family, why did you adopt me in the first place? Why?"
A complex emotion flashed in Old Master Xiao's eyes. He ultimately avoided her gaze and sighed softly, "Take Miss to the villa!"
Then he turned around, leaned on his cane, and went upstairs!
The last glimmer of light in Xiao Yisheng's eyes was suddenly extinguished...
She gritted her teeth, turned around with a resolute air, and stormed out the door.
No matter what, she absolutely cannot be left here today...
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