"Mother... Is it true?"
"..."
Eleanor's face went blank again. Why was she being blamed yet again?
Noticing her daughter's wary expression and Wang Xiao's smiling face, she felt a surge of annoyance.
This father and daughter duo had really decided to team up against her today.
"Xuelan, who is spreading these false rumors? When did your mother become scary?" Her smile faltered as she spoke, a hint of resentment coloring her tone, her eyes piercing.
"Gasp!"
Xuelan didn't reply under her scrutinizing gaze.
Instead, she shrank back and sought refuge under Wang Xiao's arms.
Eleanor gritted her teeth; she was usually the epitome of calm, but around her daughter, she inexplicably transformed into someone else, a reaction she couldn't quite understand.
And now, watching Xuelan flee toward Wang Xiao after essentially insulting her, Eleanor felt as if she had been slapped across the face yet again.
