Inside the cave abode, how could I not know what Ye Ranxing had just gone to do...? I'd barely finished telling her to keep it a secret, and the next moment she'd gone straight to Ye Qingxian, carrying the most painful news for me and happily claiming credit. My heart was cut to shreds. I was utterly despondent, lying facedown on the table with my shoulders trembling.
Betrayed by my own beloved daughter.
The unbearable pain packed into those words left me unable to hide my feelings any longer.
"Mother, do you really not want Little Sister anymore?"
Ye Zhaoxuan tugged at my sleeve, her voice suddenly turning plaintive.
"I don't." I spoke bitterly, my heart wounded, then ordered Ye Zhaoxuan, "Do you hear me? Don't open the door for her."
At that moment, I finally understood Ye Ranxing's true nature.
She had never once thought of me as her mother.
Someone who had never considered me her mother would never respond, no matter how much I opened my heart to her.
Ye Zhaoxuan fell silent for a while. Then I suddenly changed my tune. "Mom doesn't really want to abandon your sister. Let her suffer outside for a few days first, so she learns the difference between good and evil. Once she sees reality clearly and understands who truly cares about her, I'll bring her back."
Outside the door.
Ye Ranxing stared at the door that would never open again. For the first time, tears spilled beyond her control, pattering onto the ground in big drops. Sobbing, she shouted inside, "Ye Xiaoyao, don't you want me anymore? Even you don't want me anymore, is that it?"
"Ye Xiaoyao, I hate you! I hate you so much!"
"Waaah!"
Ye Ranxing was heartbroken.
"You're just like Ye Qingxian. You're both bad!