Zhou Ningyi looked dejected; it was indeed not enough.
So for all these years, she has been making amends.
Seeing this child tormented by psychological trauma for so many years, she also felt bad.
She truly regretted it.
Zhou Ningyi sighed heavily, leaned back on the sofa, and looked much older.
"Back then, I really shouldn't have wanted to kill Qing Ning. I don't know what came over me at the time, but I just believed Zhou Ningshuang's words."
“She said that Meng Qingning was a huge threat to me and had to be eliminated, otherwise the Meng family would kick me out of the house on the grounds that I couldn’t have children. Meng Qingning would also bring the child to bully me. With Meng Qingning around, I would never have a good life.”
"I trusted Zhou Ningshuang too much at the time. Because she was my best sister since childhood, blood is thicker than water, so naturally I trusted her."
"But later, after I harmed your mother, I realized that Zhou Ningshuang hated me."
“She hates me for taking away her Guo Ying, she made me unable to have children, and she deliberately instigated me to kill Meng Qingning. That way, she has something on me. I can only swallow my anger about her making me unable to have children. We both have something on each other, so I can't do anything to her.”
So that's how it is.
Mu Xiaocheng finally understood.
It turns out that the mother and daughter were merely sacrifices used by the two Zhou sisters for revenge.
Ji Huaishen was right after all.
There is no one in this world she can trust.
Mu Xiaocheng smiled wryly and looked at the things on the table, which were all the snacks and fruits she usually liked to eat.
In her memory, when she was in school, especially during her growth spurt in adolescence, she would come home from school every day like a starving ghost, clamoring for this and that to eat.
Whenever that happened, her aunt would patiently cook for her, making whatever she wanted to eat.
My aunt is the daughter of the Zhou family, and there are many snacks and dishes that she doesn't know how to make.
So she has been studying.
Just like any ordinary mother, she cooks for her children by hand, and every time I see her, she is busy.
But what keeps me busy are mostly trivial matters.
She treated her like a mother treats her child.
In fact, Mu Xiaocheng knew that she had no right to hate her.
Because Zhou Ningyi gave her so much, and she could never repay what she had given her.
"And what about my father?"
Mu Xiaocheng stared straight at her. Just as Zhou Ningshuang had said, was Zhou Ningyi preventing her from finding her father because she wanted to stop her from finding out the cause of her mother's death, or because she cared about her safety?
Now, all she wants to understand is this one thing.
Zhou Ningyi lowered her head and said slowly, "I am very sorry about this."
“Meng Yun and I investigated your father’s case, and it was beyond our capabilities. There have been people secretly preventing us from investigating. After we learned that you were also investigating, Meng Yun and I discussed it and decided that we couldn’t let you take the risk, because we don’t know who is behind it, and you could be in danger at any time.”
"That's why I've been stopping you and not giving you any chance to investigate."
After hearing Zhou Ningyi's words, Mu Xiaocheng curled her lips in a sarcastic smile: "Don't you really have any selfish motives? For example, are you afraid that I will find out the real cause of my mother's death?"
Zhou Ningyi chuckled softly, stood up, and moved closer to Mu Xiaocheng.
"Silly child, in your heart, am I really such a venomous woman?"
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