"Su Xiyan, ever since you returned to the Su family, you've mocked me behind my back time and again, and repeatedly used those despicable tricks you learned outside to frame me and make our parents misunderstand me. It's not that I wasn't angry. I simply couldn't be bothered!"
"I couldn't be bothered to argue with someone like you, nor waste my time and energy on someone like you. My time and energy are precious. They're meant for studying and doing meaningful things, not for wasting on someone who's been full of schemes and hostility since childhood."
The more Su Xiyan listened, the worse her expression became. In the end, she shot to her feet in fury, her eyes blazing as she pointed at Su Qiao. "You... You're making malicious accusations!"
Su Qiao didn't respond at all. Her expression clearly said, I can't be bothered with you.
The greatest contempt was to ignore someone.
"Tao Junhui, she suffered a lot during the twelve years she was away. May I ask whether I caused that?"
Su Xiyan had clearly been kidnapped by human traffickers only because she had wandered off while playing around, yet she could actually blame it on the entirely unrelated original host. It was truly ridiculous.
"When I first came to the Su family, I was only a little over three years old. Was it my choice to come here?"
"She suffered, so was I supposed to give in to her in everything? I enjoyed the Su family's superior material conditions and our parents' love, but at the same time, didn't I provide this family, which had lost its child, with psychological comfort? How should that be counted?"
"Besides, even if I were supposed to be grateful, my gratitude wouldn't be directed at her. It would be directed at