At that moment, Ye Xiaoyao still had no idea that the thing she rejected most had already been used by her biological daughter to dismiss her from the ranks of humanity ahead of time. Yangyang was even looking forward to the day she turned into a kitty. Otherwise, Ye Xiaoyao would definitely have bristled in advance and given Yangyang a fierce lesson in maternal love.
The next day.
Ye Zhaoxuan seemed even more docile, hardly talking back to her younger sister at all.
During the meal, while her mother was away, Ye Ranxing picked up her little bowl and said smugly, "See that? She didn't keep putting food in your bowl. The moment I said I didn't want to eat, she immediately started worrying herself sick, asking me what foods I liked and saying she'd make them for me next time."
Holding her own little bowl, Ye Zhaoxuan spoke in a tiny voice, inexplicably feeling wronged on her mother's behalf. "Who would brag about something like that? In this world, the only person who'd be threatened into action just because you said you weren't going to eat is probably your own mother..."
Ye Ranxing was briefly rendered speechless. "That's her own fault. Who told her to insist on keeping me? Since she wants to be my mother so badly, she has to serve me comfortably."
In the distance.
I froze for a moment, realizing it only after the fact.
So... she knew everything.
It wasn't that she didn't know I cared about her as my daughter. She had always known it. She had even been taking advantage of my love for her, deliberately tormenting me for no reason...
I lowered my brows slightly and handed over a freshly made bun filled with brand-new meat stuffing. "The buns are fresh, baby.