Fang Xi raised her head and sniffled. She chuckled self-deprecatingly and uttered, "My mother made it very clear; she told me everyone who comes to this world will get what comeuppance they deserve. No matter what I encounter, it's all my own karma. She can't help me even if she wants to."
"She said our mother-and-daughter relationship is fated to be shallow, and that she worked hard on her own to get to where she is today. It would be a different story if I was willing to marry the person she wanted me to, allowing her to benefit from our 'bond.' That I wanted to get some pity and comfort and whatnot from her when I'm of no help to her at all was just… too ridiculous."
Yun Nan was shocked. Thinking back to that period, Fang Xi was very depressed when she came back from abroad. 'Looks like it was because of her mother's heartlessness. At the time, I only thought that it was because she got hurt too deeply by Xi Cheng.'
