Unwilling to give up, Zhu Zhuyun stepped forward again and took Zhu Zhuqing's hand, softening her voice a little.
"You've been out there alone all these years. You must have suffered plenty of grievances. Have you run into any difficulties?"
"Tell your big sister. Whatever it is, I'll do everything I can to help you!"
"Stop pretending."
Zhu Zhuqing spoke, her voice as cold as though tempered in ice. She looked straight at Zhu Zhuyun with undisguised mockery in her eyes:
"This isn't the Zhu Family. There's no need to put on this loving-big-sister act here."
"Back when I left the Star Luo Empire and you sent people to hunt me down, you stopped being my sister in my heart!"
Zhu Zhuyun looked as though she had been struck by lightning. The color instantly drained from her face, and her eyes flew wide open.
Her eyes filled with shock and disbelief, as though she had heard the most absurd thing in the world.
"Impossible! Zhu Zhuqing, that's impossible!"
She cried out in denial, her voice turning shrill with extreme agitation, even carrying a trace of a tremor:
"When I learned you'd left, I clearly sent those people to protect you!"
"I specifically instructed them to escort you safely to Shrek Academy in Suotuo City!"
"They were to return and report only after you'd settled in. How could that have turned into hunting you down!"
Her face was as white as paper, and her body trembled slightly beyond her control. She unconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes, her knuckles turning white.
Zhu Zhuqing was the only person in the Zhu Family she sincerely wanted to protect. She had never thought of hurting her younger sister, either. How could something like this have happened?
How had those people she sent dared