Before the words could leave her lips, Shi’s mother saw the door slowly open, and her daughter’s face gradually enlarged, appearing before her doorway.
Shi’s mother was stunned for a moment before she reacted. For some inexplicable reason, she felt a vague sense of guilt, particularly since her previous words were indeed a bit too blunt. However, recalling that she was this brat’s mother, she felt more assured.
"How come you..." Shi’s mother tugged at her clothes, feeling embarrassed to reveal so much in front of her daughter. "Why are you back at this time?"
Thinking of how her daughter was taken by Boss Zeng yesterday, Shi’s mother felt excited, quickly put on her slippers, and came to her daughter. "Did Boss Zeng bring you back? Is he still downstairs? How could you leave him outside? Invite him in!" Shi’s mother spewed out a string of words, even reaching out to pull her daughter toward the outside, but found she couldn’t budge her.
Shi’s mother then turned sideways, the smile gradually freezing on her face as she sensed something was amiss.
"Little brat, say something!" Shi’s mother extended her index finger, poking Shi Qing’s arm, full of anxiety.
"What did you put in that glass of water?" Shi Qing’s gaze was cold. She didn’t answer any of Shi’s mother’s questions but instead posed her own.
Hearing her daughter’s words, Shi’s mother’s eyes flickered, and she took two steps back, her hands clasping together incessantly to conceal her inner panic. "Wha-what do you mean?" Shi’s mother intended to play dumb and muddle through.
"There’s only the two of us here, so stop pretending." Shi Qing turned, fixing her gaze on the other. "I’ve known since I was little that you don’t like me—I’ve never hoped for your maternal love. For so many years, I thought we’d just continue this indifference throughout our lives. I even thought that maintaining our relationship was quite fine."
Shi Qing finished this statement expressionlessly, while Shi’s mother remained silent, her usual arrogance now resembling a defeated rooster.
Shi Qing went on, "I want to know, whose child is my sister carrying? I also want to know what price my sister paid to get me into college. You clearly know the truth of these matters but refuse to tell me, instead manipulating me with them repeatedly."
When Shi Qing mentioned her sister, her emotions became somewhat agitated as only her sister could stir her feelings in this world!
"Now, you’re even more unscrupulous. It’s bad enough to arrange blind dates, but you even put something in the water I drank. Humph, letting your daughter be ruined by someone else—is that something you can do, too? Do you deserve the title of ’mother’?"
After saying these words, Shi Qing placed her hands beside her body, fists clenched, the bitterness in her heart only truly felt by her.
Listening to her daughter’s every accusatory word, Shi’s mother’s heart was swept by a peculiar emotion, making her profoundly apologize to this daughter before her. However, this sense of apology lasted only a second before her thirst for money quickly pulled her back to reality.
Didn’t this brat just mention the word "ruined"? Shi’s mother’s eyes suddenly lit up as she trembled toward Shi Qing. "Did you two consummate your relationship?"
Upon hearing these words, Shi Qing’s last glimmer of familial hope vanished, leaving only endless despair...
Seeing her daughter silent, Shi’s mother grew anxious, "Speak, are you two together? Boss Zeng promised me that once you’re together, he’d give us a generous sum of money. After you graduate from college, you’d marry him. You must know, marrying into a rich family is a rare good fortune for many people."
"I’m unharmed, so I’m afraid your plan fell through!" Shi Qing, unwilling to continue listening to her outrageous dreams, chose to simply pierce through them directly.
"How is that possible?" Shi’s mother screamed, and when it came to matters linked with money, Shi’s mother would become obsessed, tipping into a deranged state. "Did I not put a few sleeping pills in your water that day..."
Upon hearing her mother’s final words, Shi Qing’s facial expression froze slightly.
Realizing she misspoke, Shi’s mother immediately shut her mouth, glaring at her daughter, using both hands to drag Shi Qing outside, "Go, I don’t care how you escaped, just head to Boss Zeng now."
During Shi’s mother’s forceful pull, Shi Qing, who had always endured in silence, extended her hand to brush aside her mother’s arm and gave her a fierce shove.
Shi’s mother had not expected Shi Qing to resist, stumbling a few steps back, her feet hitting the bed’s edge, and she fell backward onto the bed, staring at her daughter incredulously, "You... you dare to push me?" ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝⟡𝕗𝗂𝗋𝖾⟡𝕟𝕖𝕥
Shi’s mother was utterly shocked; the usually aggressive Shi’s mother didn’t immediately retaliate but merely extended one hand, pointing at Shi Qing, even stammering with her words.
"Mother, this is the last time I’ll call you that. As of this moment, our mother-daughter ties are completely severed." Shi Qing said, looking toward the bedside where her phone was placed. She walked over, picked it up, and headed toward the door.
The reason her phone ended up with Shi’s mother was that, when dining with Boss Zeng, she appeared drowsy until the end, and without a doubt, her phone left on the dining table was taken by Shi’s mother.
Shi’s mother finally comprehended what Shi Qing had just said.
Mother-daughter ties severed?
She jumped up from the bed, walked to Shi Qing’s side, and grabbed her daughter. "Wishful thinking!"
Shi’s mother’s voice was a low growl, audible to the entire surrounding neighborhood with their poor soundproofing. Shi’s mother felt no wrongdoing in her actions, her plump face exuding maliciousness, and the expression she cast toward Shi Qing was sinister. "If you dare to disown me, I’ll cause a scene at your school, making sure everyone knows you’re unfilial to your mother."
Shi’s mother spoke with arrogance.
"If ruining me makes you happy, then by all means!" Shi Qing cast her a sidelong glance, feeling only sadness.
"You..." Seeing her daughter’s indifferent attitude, Shi’s mother felt deflated, unsure of how to threaten her, until a flash of inspiration struck her mind, "Don’t you want to know whose child Chuchu is carrying?"
"Heh heh..." Shi Qing let out a bitter laugh, realizing her mother was still intent on exploiting her deceased older sister. "Haven’t you already tricked me with this once? Do you think I’d still trust you? Let go of me!" Shi Qing’s gaze settled on her own arm.
Shi’s mother’s hands gripped her daughter’s arm tightly, and Shi Qing’s indifference sparked an unexplainable tension within her heart.