Wen Si was a very cowardly woman. She could not go against Yin Man. She had married into this family for many years, and had always been backing down, making way for Yin Man, and making Yin Man happy, including when it came to Yin Youxia’s marriage.
She knew very well, knew perfectly well, that Yin Youxia did not like Liu Siyin, but Liu Siyin was obedient and pretty, and there was nothing wrong with her. At the very least, Wen Si did not reject this daughter-in-law, and it could also make Yin Man happy, so there was nothing wrong with that. She had not expected the daughter she raised to be different from her. Yin Youxia was brave and determined, and dared to fight back.
This time, Liu Siyin’s eyes had given Yin Youxia an excuse, an excuse to break off the engagement.
But Liu Siyin had also gotten into trouble while saving her. Wen Si could not understand why her own child would be so heartless. Her behavior of spreading rumors outside had already made many elders in the family dissatisfied.
Why did Yin Youxia not understand? The one who had the final say in this family was not Yin Nanbai, but Yin Zhe and Yin Man.
The elders in the family all leaned more toward Yin Zhe taking over the family business. They really were of lower status, without a strong maternal family, and without a clever, astute mind. She was unwilling to upset Yin Man. She taught Yin Youxia to back down, but Yin Youxia had been suppressed for too long, and had long since developed the will to resist.
Wen Si was a little woman. She was used to relying on Yin Nanbai, so she sought comfort in a flustered panic.
Yin Nanbai calmly flipped through two pages of the newspaper and said, “Since Xiaoying wants to help Youxia, then this is something for the children to handle themselves. You have nothing to worry about.”
Speaking of Mei Xuying, Wen Si became even more uneasy.
Everyone said that the Mei family’s eldest miss was an excellent and very gentle person. Although Wen Si had not had much contact with her, she also felt that she was not like the rumors said, pure-hearted and indifferent, as tranquil as a chrysanthemum. On the contrary, she had sharp edges, and over and over again encouraged Yin Youxia to resist. On the surface, she seemed to be doing it for Yin Youxia’s sake, but how could it be good to make Yin Youxia provoke a madwoman like Yin Man?
She was somewhat afraid of Yin Man.
Wen Si still felt uneasy. Rubbing her hands together, she said, “Husband, why don’t you talk to Youxia again? It’s not all Yin Man’s fault. That child Siyin is really not bad, her temper is good and she’s pretty, and this was even an injury she got while trying to save Youxia. For Youxia to break off the engagement at a time like this, isn’t that too heartless?”
Yin Nanbai adjusted his glasses and looked Wen Si over carefully. His gaze lowered slightly, and his thin lips pressed tightly into a line. “An illegitimate daughter, that’s all.”
From beginning to end, Yin Nanbai had never held Liu Siyin in high regard.
Wen Si felt as if something were stuck in her throat, blocking the words she wanted to say. Just as she was thinking of it, she saw the door outside open. Yin Zhe pushed Yin Man back. It was unclear whether it was an illusion, but the pale, frail girl in the wheelchair seemed somewhat different from before.
As soon as she came in, she even greeted Yin Nanbai and Wen Si. “Dad, Auntie.”
Yin Man had never addressed her that way before. Every time they met, it was either with a cold glare or with sarcasm. This was the first time she had heard such a polite form of address.
Even Yin Nanbai was a little surprised. “Oh? You’ve been sick for so long, and you really do seem a bit different.”
Yin Zhe did not say a word. Yin Man covered the spot over her heart and panted, “Where’s Youxia?”
Although she had woken up, that dull pain still came in waves, hurting for a while, then easing for a while. Originally, she had planned to go to the Liu family to find Liu Siyin, but thinking that Liu Siyin’s engagement had not yet been completely broken off, and that when she called Yin Youxia the call did not go through, she came back.
Originally, she had told Yin Zhe to go handle his own matters. He insisted on sending her back.
“U, upstairs sleeping.” Hearing Wen Si’s answer, Yin Man curled her lips. It really was something that Yin Youxia could sleep so soundly. Liu Siyin had been made to have a terrible reputation by her, and she herself had been dragged into the mess by her, yet she could still sleep so peacefully.
Her eyelashes moved again, and what remained was only a face without expression. “Call her down.”
After she said that, someone rushed upstairs to call her.
When Yin Youxia came downstairs in a daze, she saw Yin Man’s face as dark as iron and was so startled she jumped. “You, you’re awake.”
“After only a few days, and you don’t even know how to call me sister anymore?” Yin Youxia nervously fussed with the clothes on her body, feeling rather uneasy. “Even if you’re awake, I’m still definitely going to break off this engagement.”
Although Mei Xuying had been saying that she would protect her, Yin Youxia’s fear of Yin Man had been carved into her bones for more than ten years. She could not control her fear, especially when facing Yin Man directly.
“I called you down so you could go break off the engagement.” The frost in Yin Man’s eyes seemed to have congealed for ten thousand years, carrying disgust. “Didn’t you say I was involved with Liu Siyin? Then let’s just make it true.”
Yin Youxia almost suspected that her ears were playing tricks on her. The matter of breaking off the engagement had suddenly become so smooth, which made Yin Youxia not dare to believe it. Yin Man was not someone who was easy to talk to.
She froze for a moment, then came to her senses. “Do you want to turn her into a cripple too?” Yin Youxia recalled Liu Siyin’s legs in her mind. Although she had never seen them fully, Liu Siyin’s calves were very beautiful. The people of the Yin family almost all knew that Yin Man had a fetish for ruining beautiful legs.
She still had some kindness in her. She could not bear to see Liu Siyin really become Yin Man’s plaything.
Liu Siyin was already blind. If she were crippled as well, that would be too pitiful.
What’s more, her eyes had gone blind because she had saved her.
Yin Man knew that in their eyes she might not count as a good person. After all, the original owner really had done all kinds of inhuman things, and Yin Man did not want to explain anything. She said, “Break it off or not, do it while I haven’t changed my mind.”
A trace of hesitation appeared in Yin Youxia’s eyes. Slowly, she opened her mouth. “Although I don’t like her, I can’t just stand by and watch you kill her.”
She was actually pretty righteous.
Yin Zhe was not very happy. No matter who it was, in front of him they were not allowed to say a single bad word about Yin Man. “Following Manman is reaching too high.”
“Yin Zhe, you know better than me what kind of ruthless and merciless person your sister is, right?” Yin Youxia gripped the stair railing, her eyes full of struggle. “You can’t do this. She didn’t just save me, she saved you too, didn’t she?”
As expected of the woman who broke this world’s scum-attack convention, Yin Youxia still had some redeeming qualities. In the hospital, she yelled at her and said that Liu Siyin’s life or death had nothing to do with her, but when she sensed danger, she still worried about Liu Siyin. That little bit of concern showed that her character was still fairly good.
“Yin Youxia, I’ll only say this once. I just think what you said makes some sense. She was originally someone I shoved at you. Since the source is with me, I also bear responsibility.”
“So give me back my fiancée.”
Those few words were a soft blade, stabbing into her heart.
For some reason, a surge of strength suddenly welled up. Yin Youxia clenched her back teeth tightly. “You’re serious?”
She had never imagined that one day Yin Man would take the initiative to shoulder responsibility. Yin Man never cared about other people’s feelings when she did things. She was surprised, and everyone in this house was surprised. None of them had expected that this eldest miss, who had always been used to being arrogant and domineering, would one day take responsibility.
Yin Man was afraid of giving herself away, so she lowered her head slightly. “Yin Youxia, you’d better hurry before I change my mind.”
Yin Youxia clenched her fist tightly, her eyes burning hot, tears streaming down her face. “I hope everything you said is true!” Yin Youxia suddenly became decisive again. She strode forward, without even changing her clothes, and was about to go to the Liu family to break off the engagement.
Yin Man could feel that longing in Yin Youxia, that longing for freedom.
These past few days, she had imagined countless times that if Yin Man woke up and opposed her, how she would resist, how she would fire back at Yin Man, but Yin Man actually agreed to let her break off the engagement.
In an instant, she was overwhelmed by joy, and no longer had any resistance.
If Yin Man had not gone too far, she was still willing to be a well-behaved younger sister.
Just as Wen Si had said, going against Yin Man was unwise, because Yin Zhe was already set in stone to take over the Yin family, and Yin Zhe doted on his sister, wanting nothing more than to hold Yin Man in the palm of his hand.
Going against one maniac was headache-inducing enough. What was more, there were two.
Actually, if Yin Man wanted Liu Siyin, she only needed to have someone send a message to the Liu family, so why had she personally made this trip? Yin Youxia could not understand.
One had to know that because of her disabled body, Yin Man disliked going out very much. It was not just her who could not understand it, Wen Si and the others could not understand it either. Yin Nanbai called out to her, “Just call Liu Mei directly.”
As if her personally coming to the Liu family would make him lose face.
Yin Man curled the corner of her mouth, but did not turn around.
Yin Zhe pushed her out the door. This was right. This was the Yin Man they knew, arrogant, looking down on everyone, and absolutely unwilling to listen to advice.
Including how she treated her father.
Yin Youxia curled her lips. She had thought Yin Man’s temperament had changed, but it seemed there was nothing different after all. Yin Man had her own ideas, and she stopped bothering with Yin Man’s plans. She only hoped that everything she said was true.
Otherwise, Liu Siyin would really be too miserable. Thinking of that, pity rose again in her eyes.
Yin Zhe was the one driving. This was still Yin Youxia’s first time sitting in Yin Zhe’s car, and it was because of Yin Man.
Yin Youxia did not know what was wrong with her. There was just a tiny bit of excitement in her heart. Although she and they were siblings, because they had different mothers, over the years she had seemed like an extra presence between them. This was the first time she had been this close to them.
She was sitting beside Yin Man, with Yin Zhe in front, driving carefully.
Very strange.
Yin Youxia rolled her eyes around, not knowing what to say. It was Yin Man who spoke first. “Pass me the water.”
Only then did Yin Youxia notice Yin Man’s excessively pale face, and the sweat all over her head. She hurriedly unscrewed the water and handed it over.
It was hurting more and more. Yin Man was almost driven mad by the pain. It hurt so much she wanted to kill someone, but she endured it tightly, not making a sound. Yet her face was covered in tears, tears brought on by her body.
That pain was still wrenching and heart-rending. She was quite afraid of pain. It felt as if every bone in Yin Man’s body was being stripped out one by one, the pain drilling into her bones.
No one knew how long had passed, so long that she was almost ready to give up, when she heard Yin Youxia’s voice beside her ear. “Sis, we’ve arrived at the Liu family.”
Liu Siyin’s face appeared in front of her eyes.
The pain was gradually easing.
Could it be that her body was punishing her for not keeping her promise, so once she came to see her, it stopped hurting?
Yin Man was a little amazed at how childish her own thought was.
But in her mind, that face slowly changed. A smile could not help but rise at the corner of her lips, and her gaze turned gentle. Even if she could not change much, Liu Siyin did not need to seek death anymore.
Just after they entered, Liu Mei came out to greet them. The expression on her face was somewhat complicated. Yin Man went straight to the point. “Where is Liu Siyin?”
“In her room.” She held it in for a long time before saying, “Wang Gu is also there.”
Author’s note:
[Extra little skit]
Yin Youxia: My sister has suddenly come to her senses, I’m moved to tears.
Yin Zhe: My sister’s kindness has erupted, I’m about to cry from anxiety.
Yin Man: Your feelings are really rich.
Yin Youxia: You’re cold-blooded and vicious, you’re heartless and unjust, and today you’ve shown mercy to save me from misery, it was not in vain that I cried so hard.
Yin Zhe: You’re beautiful and cute, you’re wonderful and kind, and since today I didn’t go to the Liu family to propose and marry Liu Siyin, these tears of mine didn’t flow in vain.
Yin Man: Bro, cry a little longer.
Yin Man, with great disgust: Bro, you’re saying shameless lies with your eyes open, does your conscience not hurt?
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