The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

"Yao Yingyue, Xi Yuanchen is not an object."

Yao Yingyue paused for a moment.

Yao Yingxi continued, "He's not as cowardly and incompetent as Liang Yu, nor does he lack his own opinions."

Yao Yingyue thought that Yao Yingxi's words meant she was moved and would give the person to her, just like in the previous incident with Liang Yu.

She shook her head: "It's okay, it's okay, sister. As long as you agree to let me have him, I believe I can warm him up."

Looking at what she said, Yao Yingxi said sharply, "Yao Yingyue, do I need to make myself clearer? It's your business how you want to seduce Xi Yuanchen, I won't let you. If you continue to seduce him like this, I can't guarantee what Xi Yuanchen will do to you."

"Also, you've never treated me like an older sister, never."

Her tone was full of disappointment. She had been trying not to say those words aloud, wanting to keep them hidden in her heart as if they had never happened.

In this world, Yao Yingyue was her only remaining relative, and she didn't want their kinship to become awkward or devoid of any affection.

Upon hearing this, Yao Yingyue was taken aback. Then, she shook her head and asked, feeling wronged, "Sister, why would you think that?"

She was still pretending.

Yao Yingxi gripped the hem of her clothes tightly: "It's not that I think this way, it's just that you are like this."

You should know that I was in a car accident on the day of Xu Xinya's wedding, right?

"what?"

Yao Yingyue feigned surprise: "Sister, were you in a car accident that day?"

Yao Yingxi stared at her across from her with a bitter smile, full of disappointment: "Stop pretending. You've always known about this, you knew that Xu Hengyuan would attack me in the car, but you never told me a word, or even sent me a message."

Yao Yingyue was astonished: "Sister, who told you that?"

Yao Yingxi's lips curled into a sarcastic smile as she retorted, "Even now, you still won't admit it?"

"Sister, I didn't, I didn't, I really don't know."

Yao Yingxi's eyes reddened, and tears fell.

She wiped away the tears on her cheeks and said disappointedly, "Xu Xinya told me herself, Yueyue. I never thought you would hate me so much."

Yao Yingyue's face stiffened, and she was about to speak again.

Yao Yingxi got up from her chair and left the Western restaurant without looking back.

She quickly chased after her, calling out, "Yao Yingxi."

She stopped pretending and calling Yao Yingxi "sister." She knew in her heart that no matter how much she pretended or how wronged she felt, Yao Yingxi would not believe her.

But she was unwilling to accept it, unwilling to accept it.

“Yao Yingxi, I admit that I knew about Xu Hengyuan’s plan and tampered with the car to kill you.”

Yao Yingxi stopped in her tracks but did not turn around.

She continued with a cold laugh, "Why should I tell you? Why? I'd rather you were dead. Why should I tell you?"

Yao Yingxi turned her head with red eyes.

Yao Yingyue's face contorted with rage: "Why is it that even though we were born to the same parents, you've always been luckier than me since childhood?"

She glared at Yao Yingxi with resentment: "Do you know? Every day I see you while you're alive, it feels like you're reminding me that Mom chose you because I'm worse than you, that's why she did this."

Yao Yingxi looked at her in disbelief. She never knew Yao Yingyue would think this way.

"So why are you luckier than me in every way? What do I lack compared to you? Why do you always meet people who pamper and spoil you?"

Yao Yingxi stared at her with disappointment: "You betrayed me back then because of this?"

Yao Yingyue readily admitted, "Yes."

“Even though I took Liang Yu away from you, you still met Xi Yuanchen, who is a thousand times better than that good-for-nothing Liang Yu. Yao Yingxi, I’m not reconciled. I’m not reconciled. Why are you so lucky?”

"To get everything I want."

Yao Yingxi took a deep breath, trying hard to control her emotions.

Yao Yingyue pressed on again, asking, "What, you're speechless now?"

Unable to bear it any longer, Yao Yingxi raised her hand and slapped her across the face.

Yao Yingyue glanced at Yao Yingxi in disbelief: "You hit me."

“Yao Yingyue, I have never owed you anything. This slap is my way of making up for all the hard work I’ve done over the years that I didn’t deserve.”

Her expression was aloof: "I never knew I had raised an ungrateful wretch."

“I admit that it was my negligence that Liang Yu chose to betray me and be with you. I was not capable of keeping a close eye on my man.”

Yao Yingyue's lips curled up slightly, as if she was quite proud of her masterpiece.

Yao Yingxi stared at her with sharp and determined eyes: "But if I see you getting close to Xi Yuanchen again this time, I will definitely not let you off the hook, absolutely not."

Yao Yingyue's face stiffened.

"I won't hold this against you this time, but don't ever show your face in front of me again, and don't let me see you in Yuncheng."

"Why?"

"Since Xi Yuanchen is with me now, aren't you trying to seduce him? I have plenty of ways to make you keep using this method to seduce other men."

Today was the harshest thing she had ever said to Yao Yingyue. Her eyes were so resolute, as if she were looking at a stranger.

Yao Yingyue's face turned extremely ugly. If it were the old Yao Yingxi, she would have guessed that Yao Yingxi would not treat her like this.

But now she can't be so sure.

"you……"

“Yao Yingyue, I’m not joking. If I see you in Yuncheng again, I will deal with you the same way I dealt with Xu Xinya.”

She smiled wryly: "Do you remember the news that broke at your school when you were with Liang Yu?"

Upon hearing this, Yao Yingyue stared at her with a vicious look in her eyes: "Yao Yingxi, how dare you say that all of this is your fault?"

Yao Yingxi scoffed, "You brought this all on yourself from beginning to end. I never asked you to seduce Liang Yu, get pregnant with his child, or be the one who made you the target of gossip on campus."

If it weren't for this incident, she wouldn't have gotten involved with Xi Yuanchen.

How could she have lost her heart in that relationship? She didn't regret meeting Xi Yuanchen.

"If it's not you, then who is it? How many people know you're with Liang Yu?"

They had no friends or relatives at all.

If Yao Yingxi hadn't spoken up, who else would have said these things about Yao Yingxi and Liang Yu being together?

Yao Yingxi stared at her in disappointment and didn't say anything more.

No matter how much you explain, Yao Yingyue won't listen.

And she didn't want to explain anymore; let's just leave their sisterly relationship at that point.

We will never meet again.

Yao Yingxi turned and left.

Yao Yingyue stood there, her hands clenched tightly, her eyes fixed fiercely on Yao Yingxi's departing figure.

Yao Yingxi looked up at the sky, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

As she recalled her and Yao Yingyue's deepest memories from childhood to adulthood, her tears flowed more and more fiercely.

When exactly did it change?

It has become so unrecognizable, as if the past was all an irony.