"Four years ago, I was sixteen years old. My family of three depended on each other: me, my sister, and my mother..."
Dong Siyue smiled softly, a smile tinged with self-mockery and sadness, her whole being enveloped in sorrow.
“My father died in an accident when I was very young. My mother was an exceptionally gentle woman, so gentle that she was almost too weak. Even a three-year-old could ride on her head and poop on her. It was a very difficult time for my mother to raise my sister and me. It was only with great difficulty that my sister and I grew up…”
Dong Siyue paused for a moment, "My younger sister is two years younger than me, and she's incredibly beautiful, like a porcelain doll, much prettier than me, but..."
Ye Qingqing's heart tightened, knowing that the crucial point was about to be reached. It seemed that her previous guess was wrong. The reason why Dong Siyue sold her body was not her parents, but her sister.
"Let's have a try."
Ye Qingqing poured half a glass of wine into Dong Siyue's cup, then opened a packet of broad beans. The spicy liquor paired with the fragrant broad beans was quite a treat in the cold wind.
Dong Siyue choked on the alcohol, tears streaming down her face. Her cheeks were flushed, but her eyes were particularly bright, and she became even more talkative.
Ye Qingqing has a higher alcohol tolerance and was unaffected; she remained lucid.
“My sister is really beautiful, just like you. And she’s so arrogant, she’s afraid to even speak loudly. Luckily, we went to the same middle school, so I could protect her from being bullied. But that day, I couldn’t protect her…”
Dong Siyue's voice stopped abruptly, she choked up, tears streaming down her face, her face full of self-reproach. She downed the half-glass of wine in her hand in one gulp, and poured herself another half-glass.
Ye Qingqing remained silent. What Dong Siyue needed right now was not someone to chat with, but someone to confide in. Ye Qingqing only needed to be a good listener in silence.
"When I found my sister, she was already..." Dong Siyue wiped away her tears, took another big gulp of wine, and said bitterly, "She was only fourteen years old then, just a child, but those beasts' parents said that their son was also a child... They even said my sister was a vixen who seduced those beasts... Hah..."
Ye Qingqing's heart tightened, and she roughly knew what was going on. She couldn't help but grit her teeth.
It was school bullying again, and the cruelest kind this time. She couldn't help but ask, "What about your sister now?"
Dong Siyue wiped away her tears again and said in a sorrowful voice, "She's dead. A month after the incident, my sister jumped off the roof of the school building where she was bullied, leaving behind a letter written in blood that said, 'Blood for blood...'"
She sneered, her voice sharp, "My sister is too stupid. How could she possibly pay for her crimes with blood? Those beasts' parents are rich and powerful, while my family is just an orphan and a widow with no one to back us up."
My sister was bullied because she was restless. Flies don't land on eggs without cracks; if my sister died, no one would sympathize. Even the school just wanted to smooth things over, afraid of making a scene, so they silenced everyone. Nobody spoke up for my sister… She died in vain.”
Dong Siyue tilted her head back, trying to hold back her tears, but there were too many tears to control. Even with her head tilted back, the tears still flowed from the corners of her eyes and down her neck.
Ye Qingqing took a clean handkerchief out of her pocket and handed it to her.
"Thanks……"
Dong Siyue was a little embarrassed, but she had been holding it in for too long. Today she finally had someone to talk to, and she really didn't want to keep it to herself anymore!
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