"Sister, you don’t have to blame yourself for taking my husband anymore, I didn’t like him."
Xiaoxiao shook her head. Even so, she had still taken her husband. She was sure that even if she had married the wrong person, they would have ended up liking each other because he was genuinely nice.
"Ah, I remember now."
"..." Xiaoxiao was startled by her original self’s sudden exclamation. What had she remembered?
"I remember who he is!"
"He was with the man I had my eyes on that day."
"..." The person who was with Yang Ming, dressed so finely, was most likely a wealthy guy.
It seemed she had guessed right; the original self liked the wealthy guy, not Yang Ming.
Xiaoxiao suddenly felt very warm inside. It turned out she had never had a rival in love; she was the first to like Yang Ming. Little Qingmei got the wrong person, and so did her original self; Yang Ming had always belonged to her alone.
"No wonder I got it wrong, it seems it was all fate." The original self, Zhong Xiaoxiao, said innocently.
"Sister, I can see that Yang Ming really likes you, you should go back to him."
"But..." Xiaoxiao hesitated. Did she really have to choose her lover over her parents? Doing this wouldn’t make her a good daughter.
"Sister, you know I don’t like him, even if I went back, we wouldn’t be happy together. Am I supposed to go back just to get a divorce? That’s impossible."
"..." She was right. Initially, she thought that her original self liked Yang Ming, and they would live well together, but now, she wasn’t sure anymore.
"Sister, you’re someone who hasn’t found her perfect match in thirty years. Are you really going back to remain a spinster?"
Xiaoxiao felt a massive blow, that sentence was really hitting below the belt. Her original self could actually say such things; no doubt learned from Xiaoyao, "Don’t you feel wronged? Changing from fifteen to thirty years old."
"If you want to survive in such an advanced place, you must pay some price, right?"
"..." She thought quite optimistically, but the price might be a bit too high.
"Sister, are you worried I will treat your family poorly? Don’t worry, let’s pinky promise. I’ll definitely treat them well, and you should be kind to my family too."
The original self finished speaking and stretched out her pinky, wanting to make a pinky promise with Xiaoxiao.
"..." The silly girl, she actually understood why she was hesitating. She hugged her tightly, tears started to flow again, "How can you be so wonderful, you know, if I were a man, I would fall for you."
"Sister, you’re really funny."
"I’m not joking, I mean it, you’re such a great girl, you will definitely find your perfect man, trust me."
"Don’t worry, I’ll definitely treat your family well."
"Yes, me too. Sister, you better let go of me now. We need to hurry back, otherwise, our family will start to worry."
Xiaoxiao finally made her decision; for love, she chose Yang Ming over her parents who had raised her, repudiating herself countless times in her heart; she really wasn’t a good daughter.
If her parents knew of her choice, they would probably scold her for being heartless. She didn’t hope for their forgiveness, just that they would never find out the truth.
She silently said in her heart, "Dad, Mom, I’m sorry, your daughter is unfilial."