The air hung thick with tension, the weight of their recent revelations bearing down upon them like a suffocating shroud. Sun Lixia's eyes burned with a righteous fury, her gaze locked upon the woman who had so callously betrayed her grandfather's trust – the chef responsible for overseeing his medication and well-being.
"Why?" Sun Lixia's voice was a hoarse whisper, laced with a venom that burned like acid upon her tongue. "Why would you betray the trust of a man who treated you like family?"
The chef's expression was one of defiance, her eyes glinting with a twisted mixture of fear and hubris that sent a shiver coursing down Sun Lixia's spine. "I had no choice," she spat, her voice laced with a desperation that bordered on madness. "They–"
