When only Ye Yuning and Ye Tong were left, Ye Tong stepped forward, tossing her small bag onto the sofa and muttering at Ye Yuning, "Sis~!"
When it ca to shalessness, truly no one could beat Ye Tong. After behaving as if they were mortal enemies before, now she was calling her ’sister.’ How could she even bring herself to say it? Ye Yuning was quite impressed by her acting skills.
Bowing her head, she picked up her water cup and took a sip. "I can’t take you with ."
She knew exactly why Ye Tong was calling her ’sister.’ Use people when you need them, discard them when you don’t. For soone like Ye Tong, you really couldn’t let her climb too high; once she did, she’d step on the very people who helped her get there. Plus, the issues between Ye Yuning and Xiao Linye were already giving her a massive headache. Where would she find the ntal energy to deal with Ye Tong?
Ye Yuning cut to the chase, causing Ye Tong’s face to stiffen. "You, you~!"
"What? You want to start cursing again?" Ye Tong had yet to speak when Ye Yuning sharply interrupted her.
Ye Tong’s expression stiffened further. She wanted to...! Seeing Ye Yuning’s outright rejection, she was almost on the verge of blurting out her anger. But rembering the goal she absolutely had to achieve today, she forced herself to swallow her fury.
"No, no, I know I was wrong about everything in the past. Can’t you just forgive this once, please?" Ye Tong pleaded.
"Between you and , there’s no question of forgiveness. I just hope we never have to cross paths again for the rest of our lives."
Ye Tong’s face turned pale. Never cross paths for the rest of our lives... She...
"But my mom raised you; you can’t be so ungrateful."
"Well, I really must have forgotten that. So what?" For soone like Ye Tong, Ye Yuning couldn’t even be bothered to waste her breath explaining.
Ye Tong stamred, "You, you..."
"Are you leaving on your own, or should I have soone escort you out?" Ye Yuning pronounced the words ’escort you out’ with heavy emphasis, and Ye Tong clearly understood the underlying threat.
She was reluctant, but finally, she gritted her teeth.
"You really won’t help ?"
"I can’t help you!" Ye Yuning picked up her water cup, took a sip, and spoke in an icy tone. With soone like Ye Tong, who could possibly help? Even if you helped her this ti, could you help her next ti? Or would you have to help her for a lifeti? She and the Ye Family truly didn’t share that kind of bond.
Ye Tong claid that Zheng Cai had raised her, but only Ye Yuning herself knew what her upbringing had truly been like...
Seeing Ye Yuning’s firm attitude, Ye Tong found it increasingly unbearable. "You, you’re too ungrateful, Ye Yuning! You this..."
"I’d advise you to swallow the rest of your words!" Before Ye Tong could finish her curse, Ye Yuning’s angry rebuke cut her off sharply.
Ye Tong’s face turned livid from being shouted at.
Ye Yuning said, "Leave now, quietly. It’s wise to leave so leeway." Every word she spoke was laced with threat.
Ye Tong trembled at her tone. She was both resentful and anxious! She knew very well what it would an if she returned empty-handed today. Due to the various problems she had caused recently, both Zheng Cai and Ye Shilong were already very displeased with her. If she couldn’t manage to stay at Gao Ma this ti, Zheng Cai would eat her alive.
Facing Ye Yuning’s proud gaze, Ye Tong finally stood up.
Just when Ye Yuning thought she was about to leave, Ye Tong’s knees suddenly buckled, and she knelt on the ground.
Ye Yuning was speechless. Seeing this, she instinctively started to rise. This Ye Tong, surely not?
"Please, I beg you, help this one ti!" Ye Tong gasped, her voice choked.
Begging? She was kneeling on the ground, begging?
Ye Yuning’s lips pressed into a thin line. "You’re really going to..."
"I know you bla for what happened before," Ye Tong began, "I was resentful back then, thinking you had stolen my life, enjoying all those good years that should have been mine.
"Actually, during this ti, I’ve co to understand sothing. Given my mom’s character, if she had known you weren’t her biological child, she would never have treated you kindly.
"But I just couldn’t accept it! You can’t possibly imagine what my upbringing was like—scavenging, wandering holess—that was just a normal day for .
"So when I ca back and saw the Ye Family’s huge house, their lifestyle, and all those designer clothes in your wardrobe, I hated you. I hated that you had taken my place and lived those good years!
"I also know I shouldn’t have taken my anger out on you; you actually did nothing wrong..."
At this point, Ye Tong burst into tears. This was the first ti in a long while that she had spoken so much to Ye Yuning. Her tone was sorrowful, her words a mixture of truth and lies.
Ye Yuning watched her coldly.
Seeing Ye Yuning remain silent, Ye Tong continued, her voice choked with sobs, "My parents... they’re very materialistic people, you should know that."
Ye Yuning was silent. It was rare. For Ye Tong to speak about Ye Shilong and Zheng Cai like that, it was truly rare. Ye Yuning raised an eyebrow at her.
Ye Tong, her eyes glistening with tears, said, "It might seem like I took everything from you after I ca back, but ask yourself, were those things really what you wanted?
"My parents were never good to you, and then there’s Xiao Shuo! He’s just a scoundrel."
It would have been better if she hadn’t ntioned Xiao Shuo; Ye Yuning’s expression darkened instantly at the sound of his na.
Ye Tong continued to cry and lant. Perhaps it was the intense pressure she had been under in the Ye Family recently; under such suppression, she had co to see many things more clearly. The Ye Family, for all their success, were ultimately latecors who had clawed their way up. A nouveau riche family that had risen midway—what kind of true foundation or culture could they possess? Whether it was refinent or anything else, they simply had none. When she went out these days, those socialites and wealthy young ladies all looked at her as if she were just a parvenu. They would even gossip about her behind her back!
Ye Yuning set down her water cup. "What kind of people your parents are, I have no interest in knowing."
Ye Tong was cut off completely. Hearing Ye Yuning’s cold voice, her face turned even paler. "You~!"
Ye Yuning stated, word by word, her tone growing even colder, "I. Will. Not. Help. You!"
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