I knew everything about Du Yuwei's background, what had happened to her, and all the suffering she had endured while she was alive.
If you set aside what she had done, I thought anyone would sympathize with her.
Besides, those experiences were the reason she had become so brutal.
But what she had done was also hateful. That was why Zhao Laoqi refused to help her, and why Song Xiaotian and Meng Yifan did not want to help either.
But I couldn't do that, because our family was responsible for everything that had happened to her.
That was why I had been so torn all along.
Now Zhao Laoqi had left. Seeing that the only person who could help her had refused her pleas, Du Yuwei got up to leave.
I hurriedly called out to stop her.
She stopped, but did not turn around, and thanked me.
"You can't help me."
"Then we'll die together!"
I said, "Our family bears full responsibility for what you've become. Now that my dad and grandpa are dead, I'll take responsibility. I'm going with you."
She turned around, tears still clinging to her eyelashes. "Actually..."
"Don't try to talk me out of it." I took out the knife Zhao Laoqi had given me and said, "This knife was actually meant to kill you. I could never bring myself to do it. You're definitely going to rescue An Ning today, because she's your only family, and I'm definitely going with you."
"We probably won't be able to save her. When that happens, you can kill her so Du Ruhai can't torture her. Then I'll use this knife to kill you so Du Ruhai can't torture you. Finally, Du Ruhai will kill me. That's the best ending we can hope for."
By the time I finished,