"You were never part of my past life, and there is no need for you in the future."
Tang Li said, turning her gaze to Lai Wenyan: "Also, rather than worrying about causing trouble and being in a rush to push away, you better take care of the won in your family. If they would make less trouble, you wouldn’t have to be so frightened all the ti."
Seeing her about to leave, Lai Wenyan suddenly said, "Was it you who got your sister involved in the drug business?"
Tang Li smiled, "Or was it perhaps her esteed cousin?"
Lai Wenyan’s forehead veins bulged as he listened to Tang Li continue, "Ouyang Hua had people ambush , but they mistook my classmate for . My classmate’s health has not recovered until now, and I still don’t understand why he suddenly targeted ."
At this point, Tang Li paused slightly: "These past two years, you have never cared about . Every ti you see , all you do is scold, and just standing in front of you is deed a mistake. You wanted to give away, saying it was for my good, yet standing there, you never asked once whether I was doing well at school or if I was mistreated on the film set."
"My father is called Lai Wenyan, and I have never felt that it is an honor."
"Just like you think my mother and I are stains in your life, you are also the part in my heart that I desperately want to cover up.
Your family of five can enjoy your blissful family tis; just keep out of my affairs. Push too far, and perhaps one day on a whim, I may want to return to the Lai Family. Being a child of the Lai family as well, it’s unreasonable that your other two daughters can play the role of Miss Lai, while I should struggle just to survive. Don’t you think?"
Without waiting for Lai Wenyan to erupt, Tang Li turned around and walked away.
All along the way, she never looked back again.
Standing at the crossroads, Tang Li’s steps faltered.
Knowing well that this familial love was cold, her heart still felt as if it was being sliced open, countless cold winds poured in.
Whether in the past life or this life, what she received from the Lai Family was always just hurt.
Tang Li arrived at Wentan Garden, but didn’t imdiately swipe her card to enter.
She paced toward the public bench beside the road.
Then, she took out her cellphone from her bag.
Song Baiyan, upon receiving the call, was sitting in his office discussing matters with Cabinet mbers. His cellphone suddenly vibrated on the coffee table. Picking up the cellphone and seeing the caller ID, he did not hang up. Instead, he rose from the sofa and walked away while picking up the call.
Before he could speak, Tang Li had already started from the other end of the phone: "I have a fairy tale here, would you like to hear it?"
"..." Song Baiyan turned his head, glancing at the few people in the sofa area.
Then, a deep voice followed: "What story?"
"There was a little duckling that, because it was ugly, nobody wanted to play with. It was very sad and thought about suicide. A passing old goat told it that it was actually a swan’s child, hence its difference. Rekindled with the desire to live, no matter if it was ridiculed or bullied, it persevered on.
The next spring arrived, and the ducklings all grew up. They could swim in the river, but the ugly duckling turned into a rooster and eventually drowned in the river, later picked up by a passing farr to be plucked and stewed into chicken soup."
Without another word from Tang Li after finishing her tale,
Song Baiyan moved through the office door into the hallway: "Did sothing unpleasant happen today?"
"Not at all," Tang Li quickly denied. "I’m quite happy; if I were unhappy, why would I even feel like telling you a story?"
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