I had thought that family bonds were a truth that could always bring people to their senses.
Even without saying very much.
But I had been far too naive. To her, the other members of the organization were her family.
She even felt disappointed in me and could not understand me, just as I could not understand her.
She said to me, "After all, I carried you for ten months and gave birth to you. As long as you cut ties with Zhao Qiankun and do everything I tell you from now on, I can minimize the harm you suffer."
"Then don't waste your breath." Tears streamed down my face as I rejected her without the slightest hesitation. "That's never going to happen. I may have done some things wrong in my life, but I will never help evil flourish."
"The Zhao Qiankun you speak of is a righteous man in my eyes. He stands tall and lives for a greater cause. You have no right to judge him."
"Not only will I refuse to cut ties with him, I'll stand beside him and wipe out that so-called home of yours, along with your so-called family."
She looked at me in disappointment and asked, "Does that include me?"
I did not answer her. Instead, I asked, "Did you have a hand in the illness I had when I was eleven?"
She fell silent, saying nothing for half a minute.
I already had my answer.
Thinking of that answer, I truly felt that this world was absurd.
She had actually harmed me. She had actually harmed me!
I had missed her for sixteen years. I had thought I had misunderstood her for sixteen years. I had thought she was the kindest person in our family.
In the end, I had still