Her eyes darted around as she studied Su Qiqiang's expressionless face, and she said truthfully, "I've been pretending to be weak in order to please Pei Siyu."
"But sister..." She bit her lip, covering her swollen face, her meaning unspoken.
Su Xueya was furious that Ming Yao would set her up, and she shouted, "You framed me!"
Mingyao frowned, her face turning a shade paler.
"Sister, how... how did I scheme against you?" She choked out, her eyes brimming with tears. "Sister, please calm down."
Su Xueya's fierce gaze swept across Ming Yao's face like a knife.
Just as she was about to retort, she noticed Su Qiqiang's questioning gaze and had no choice but to suppress her anger.
"Dad, I'm calm now."
"Let me out. Mingyao can't do it right."
Mingyao looked at Su Qiqiang with tears in her eyes, "Dad, Mom is still in the hospital, please give me another chance!"
With a thud, Mingyao knelt on the ground to the astonishment of Su Xueya and Su Qiqiang.
Her face was streaked with tears, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying. "Waaah, I'll definitely do better this time!"
Su Xueya glared at her with disgust, wishing she could tear her to pieces.
If Su Qiqiang hadn't been standing there, she would have definitely torn Mingyao's mouth apart!
"Because of you, everything outside is in complete chaos now!"
Su Xueya's tone became even more urgent, "Dad, let me go back."
She never wanted to stay in this godforsaken place again.
Su Qiqiang frowned, glanced at Su Xueya, and said coldly, "Su Xueya, your sister is right."
“The situation is complicated right now, and you’re too prone to losing control of your emotions. Just in case, let your sister continue.”
Upon hearing this, a fleeting smile flashed in Mingyao's tearful eyes.
It was worth it for her to endure that slap and still put in the effort to act.
Su Xueya couldn't accept this outcome. She stood rooted to the spot, muttering, "Mingyao messed everything up, so why am I still the one locked up here?"
Anger surged up, completely overwhelming the last shred of her reason.
Su Xueya's eyes turned bloodshot, and she became as agitated as a small, ferocious beast. "Let me leave here!"
"Dad, I promise I'll do better than Mingyao, please let me go!"
Su Xueya pleaded, "If I stay locked up here any longer, I'll go crazy!"
Seeing that Su Qiqiang remained unfazed, Su Xueya couldn't hold back any longer. Her temples throbbed, her eyes turned bloodshot as she pointed at Ming Yao and growled, "She's a good-for-nothing, she can't do anything right!"
"Only I can handle all of this properly!"
The more Su Xueya tried to prove herself to Su Qiqiang, the more Su Qiqiang believed that she was emotionally unstable, like a bomb that could explode at any moment.
He can't afford to gamble.
"Don't go out until you can control your temper." Su Qiqiang's cold, emotionless voice crushed Su Xueya's last hope.
She clenched her fists and took two steps back. "Why!"
"Dad, why won't you believe me?"
She questioned him hoarsely, her eyes filled with doubt as she looked at Su Qiqiang.
Su Qiqiang lost his patience, anger rising in his eyes, "I'm doing this for your own good!"
"You're not doing this for our own good; you're only after your own wealth and status!"
Su Xueya's crazy words struck a nerve with Su Qiqiang, and his face darkened visibly. He slapped Su Xueya across the face.
Su Xueya covered her face in shock and collapsed to the ground.
Her hair was disheveled, her eyes were vacant, and the tingling sensation on her cheeks constantly reminded her that she had really been hit.
Because of Mingyao, she was beaten twice by Su Qiqiang.
An eerie silence fell over the apartment. Mingyao seized the opportunity to smooth things over, saying, "Sister, Dad is also thinking about our long-term future."
"Just be patient for a little longer."
Su Xueya tilted her head back, her face streaked with tears, and glared at Mingyao fiercely. She slapped Mingyao's hand away rudely and said with disgust, "Stop pretending to comfort me!"
Mingyao's hand froze in mid-air. After a moment's hesitation, she sadly put her hand back down. "I'm sorry, I know my sister doesn't like me."
She took a breath, turned to look at Su Qiqiang, and a smile spread across her pale face. "Dad, don't be angry with my sister."
"This time it was my fault, it was my mistake."
"I will do everything I can to make up for it and make Pei Siyu fall in love with me."
Su Qiqiang was very pleased with Mingyao's understanding nature.
"Mingyao, go and tidy up first." His expression softened, and his tone became gentler.
Mingyao, like a little chick pecking at rice, nodded, "Okay."
When she came out of the bathroom after washing her face, Su Xueya in the living room had already disappeared.
Su Qiqiang looked down from the second floor while on the phone, asking, "Where's your sister?"
Mingyao was taken aback. "Didn't she go back to her room?"
Su Qiqiang frowned and strode quickly toward Su Xueya's room.
The bedroom was empty; there was no sign of Su Xueya.
With a stern face, Su Qiqiang began searching for Su Xueya in the upstairs room. "Come out before I get angry!"
Mingyao felt a sense of foreboding and searched the apartment with Su Qiqiang.
The two searched every room, big and small, but couldn't find Su Xueya.
Mingyao realized something and rushed to the window.
Downstairs, Su Xueya seemed to sense something, turned around, looked up at Ming Yao and laughed, then arrogantly gave her the middle finger.
"Bye now."
Mingyao mimicked Su Xueya's lip movements and read it out word by word.
Under Mingyao's watchful gaze, Su Xueya got into a taxi and drove away.
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