Cai Die's supposedly invincible study plan officially went bankrupt ahead of schedule, thanks to Ye Xiaoyao's shameless "she's different" routine.
Cai Die quickly found herself an excuse.
Her little sister had never been very bright... Hmm, perfectly normal. Completely normal.
Yangyang scoffed inwardly.
That savage was trying to drive a wedge between them again.
Did she really think Mom was an idiot who'd be fooled by a few words?
I stroked my daughter's head, soothing her agitation.
At the same time, I slowly raised my head and looked at Cai Die. My gaze hadn't changed from beginning to end.
Just as Ye Qingxian would unwaveringly choose me,
I would unwaveringly choose her, too.
By now, I was gradually beginning to understand what Cai Die wanted to do.
Big Sister seemed to have something she wanted to do, but didn't want to hurt me, so she'd chosen to test the waters gently, one step at a time.
For the time being, I chose to stay silent, too.
I was the gentlest little cat in the world.
I didn't want to hurt anyone who was good to me, either.
Yangyang suddenly looked up and secretly studied her mother.
Mom... must have figured it out already, right?
Cai Die's first-stage plan had practically gone bankrupt.
So she decided to activate the second stage of her plan.
The core of the first stage was simple: teach Mei Bao some lessons about love, then use those lessons to draw parallels with what had happened before, so Ye Xiaoyao would finally see the light.
Now that it had gone bankrupt, she could only keep hold of her central idea of reasoning with her and use what was about to happen to remind Ye Xiaoyao, in real time, whether her views lined up with what everyone else