Her mother!
How dare she mention that? Is she even worthy to speak of it?
The word "mother" was the deepest pain in Ye Nuanxi's heart. Originally a rich man's daughter, after marrying her father, she wholeheartedly supported her husband's career. Unexpectedly, as the Ye Family's business grew bigger, her husband drifted further away!
While she was pregnant with her second child, another woman, bearing her father's child, had a belly that was only a few months apart. When her mother was still in confinement after giving birth to her, the woman brazenly came knocking, demanding to drive her mother out!
It was a bolt from the blue for her mother, but what was even more unexpected was that her father openly sided with the mistress, brought the pregnant woman home to be cared for, and during her mother's pregnancy and childbirth, he cold-heartedly ousted her from the company!
The earth-shattering despair was a blow that directly caused her mother to suffer from postpartum depression, and ultimately, in an argument when she was five, her mother jumped off a building and died, leaving her life forever. Before the seventh day of her mother's death had passed, her father brought that woman home as his new bride, and this woman was none other than... Yang Yuerong!
From that day on, Ye Nuanxi lost both her father and mother. Instead, she had a pair of traitorous bastards wearing the masks of a father and a stepmother!
"A vase that's only for show and no use?!"
Ye Nuanxi's fists clenched inch by inch as she lifted her head to coldly gaze at the couple descending the stairs, "If my mother and I are for show and no use, then what does that make you? Even if my mother was useless, she could still give birth to a son and a daughter, a true pair of dragon and phoenix. You, on the other hand, struggled for so long to only produce one child?"
"Or perhaps your usefulness is solely in the department of pleasing men? If that's the case, you've truly excelled with my father looking like an old lecher! It's only now that I realize a lecher and a vixen are a match made in heaven!"
"Ye Nuanxi, I am your father, and she is also your mother. You dare call your own father a lecher and your stepmother a vixen?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhenxiong's face turned white with rage, nearly losing his footing in agitation, almost tumbling down the stairs, saved only by the timely support of the woman beside him. Immediately pouring fuel on the fire, she said, "Zhen Xiong, didn't I tell you? In the Ye family, only our Qianqian can be relied upon. Look, first the son colludes with shareholders against you, now even the daughter is defying you. They clearly don't see you as their father!"
"If you ask me, a daughter like this should be married off quickly for peace of mind. While Long Yutian is still interested, marry her off to him, let him straighten her out and prevent her from becoming a menace to society!"
As she spoke, Yang Yuerong glanced at Ye Nuanxi with a smile so radiant, it was clear she was determined to marry Nuanxi off.
"You're right!" Ye Zhenxiong immediately agreed, nodding hastily, "I, Ye Zhenxiong, have long ceased to have this daughter. From now on, let Qianqian join the family through marriage. Lu Liansheng loves Qianqian so much; he would surely agree to marry into our family for her. Then, the Ye family will carry on just the same!"
"Exactly, our Qianqian is the best behaved!"
As Yang Yuerong echoed Ye Zhenxiong's words, she ordered, "Someone come here, take the young lady to her room, and don't let her out before the Long Family comes to ask for her hand in marriage!"
"Yes, my lady!"
As soon as Yang Yuerong's words fell, two bodyguards rushed forward to drag Ye Nuanxi away. But before their hands could touch her arm, Ye Nuanxi preemptively shook them off and started unbuttoning her own blouse...
Her fair, jade-like skin, covered with specks and marks, was suddenly exposed to the air, shockingly obvious even to a fool what they signified, and especially to two old schemers!
"Don't they say 'the blue is outdone by the indigo from which it came'? If my father can be unfaithful after marriage, playing a bit of *censored* as a daughter isn't anything unusual, is it?"
A faint sneer spilled from her lips, her beautiful voice cold as ice, "I suggest dad make a phone call to Brother Long first to see if he's interested in second-hand goods before trying to lock me up and force me to marry!"