After speaking, Wei Ruo walked away, ignoring Madame Yun.
Madame Yun had so much to discuss with her eldest daughter, but her words were all stuck in her throat.
She felt frustrated, but didn't know how to vent her anger.
She both loved and hated her eldest daughter, Wei Ruo. To the outside world, her daughter was clever and competent, receiving praise from all round, but only those inside the family understood how dismissive the girl was of her own mother.
Unfortunately, the mother had no effective way to control her. She was part guilt-ridden from past neglect, part thwarted by her daughter's growing influence that could be used to threaten her, threatening the Wei family.
Though Madame Yun was angry, thinking about the praise her eldest daughter received and the contributions she had made to the family, her anger cooled.
Alas, those thirteen lost years... Had the girl grown up under her very knees, things would not have evolved into such a shape.
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