The Counterattack of a Wealthy Family's Substitute

Yao Yingyue's words brought all of Yao Yingxi's self-blame to its peak.

She took a deep breath, looked at Yao Yingyue, and said, "Yueyue, perhaps this child is not meant to be with you."

Yao Yingyue closed her eyes, and tears began to stream down her face again: "Sister... he'll be born in two months..."

“I can feel him moving every day. Liang Yu and I have already come up with a name for him.”

"If it's a boy, we'll name him Yangyang; if it's a girl, we'll name her Yuanyuan..."

"Sister..." Yao Yingyue looked down at her stomach, her hand on her abdomen tightening, tears spreading in countless circles on the blanket: "I really can't bear it, and I don't want to admit that the baby is gone..."

Yao Yingxi tried to control herself, but she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Yao Yingxi hugged her and opened her mouth, only managing to utter the words, "It will be alright."

Liang Yu went home to make chicken soup for Yao Yingxi. When he returned, Yao Yingyue was asleep.

Yao Yingyue glanced at him and walked out of the ward.

Liang Yu put down the insulated box, bent down and kissed Yao Yingyue's forehead, then followed her out.

The two walked to the stairwell, and Liang Yu stood behind Yao Yingxi and said, "Yingxi, I'm sorry."

Upon hearing this, Yao Yingxi turned around and looked at Liang Yu with no expression: "Liang Yu, I've known you for five years, and in these five years I've always thought you were kind and responsible."

"That's why I've come to the point of discussing marriage with you."

“Your betrayal of me was unexpected. You know…” Yao Yingxi looked into Liang Yu’s eyes: “If the person you cheated on with wasn’t Yingyue, but some other woman, I would have made you both pay the price.”

"but……"

Yao Yingxi smiled, with a sense of resignation: "This person is my sister, I accept it."

“From now on, treat her well. She didn’t even want me, her older sister, for you. She’s carried so much for you. Don’t let her down.” A sharp glint flashed in Yao Yingxi’s eyes: “Otherwise, I’ll settle the score with you.”

With red eyes, Liang Yu looked at Yao Yingxi and nodded repeatedly: "Thank you, Yingxi, thank you, thank you for letting Yueyue and me be together!"

Yao Yingxi didn't say anything and walked away.

Only now did the hidden wounds between them finally heal. Yao Yingxi no longer hated them; she resigned herself to accepting these two people who had betrayed her and hoped they would live happily ever after.

When Yao Yingxi left the hospital, she realized that the temperature on a summer night had dropped as low as autumn.

With a smile, Yao Yingxi hailed a taxi and returned to her rented room.

After a good night's sleep, Yao Yingxi took a few days off from work and went to the market to buy pig liver to make a blood-nourishing soup for Yao Yingyue.

She finished cooking the soup at exactly 11 o'clock, and arrived at the hospital just in time for lunch.

When Yao Yingxi entered the ward, she called out to her, "Sister."

"Hmm." Yao Yingxi walked over, placed the thermos on the bedside table, and poured her a bowl of soup: "What are you doing? Why aren't you resting?"

Yao Yingyue looked much better than last night, and she gave Yao Yingxi a faint smile as she replied, "I just woke up."

As the two sisters were saying this, Yao Yingyue's phone, which was on the bedside table, rang.

Yao Yingxi took it and handed it to her. Yao Yingyue put down the soup and turned on her phone.

Suddenly, Yao Yingyue's face turned pale, and the phone she was holding fell onto the bed.

Yao Yingxi frowned, sensing something was wrong. She picked up her phone and saw a screenshot on the screen: "A third-year female student at Yuncheng University A becomes a mistress and seduces her own brother-in-law."

Yao Yingxi's face turned pale instantly.

Yao Yingyue burst into tears. She raised her hand to take the needle from the back of her hand, but Yao Yingxi stopped her.

Yao Yingxi realized what was happening, grabbed her hand, and said, "Yueyue, it's not you, these people aren't talking about you, don't overthink it!"

"It's me!" Yao Yingyue reached out to pry Yao Yingxi's hand away, trying to break free. At this moment, she didn't want to face her. "It's clearly me! I'm the shameless mistress who seduced my sister's man."

"Sister, I beg you!" Yao Yingyue became emotional, kneeling on the hospital bed and kowtowing to Yao Yingxi: "Please don't worry about me, I'm not worthy of your sister, I'm so sorry! So sorry!"

"Leave me alone! Let me fend for myself."

"Get up! Yueyue, get up!" Yao Yingxi tried to pull Yao Yingyue up, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get her up.

Several patients resting in the ward looked at them, their expressions varying.

At this moment, Yao Yingyue seemed to have gone mad, completely ignoring the strange looks from others, and kept saying, "Retribution, it's all retribution!"

"I stole the boyfriend of the woman who raised me, that's why I don't have a child! That's why I ended up disgraced!"

"Why did I run away back then? Why did I obediently wait at the Xu family's house for them to kill me?"

"Why? Why is this happening?!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Yao Yingxi, her eyes red, raised her hand and slapped Yao Yingyue hard across the face: "Yao Yingyue! Do you know what you're saying?"

Yao Yingyue was stunned by Yao Yingxi's slap; this was the first time Yao Yingxi had ever hit her. She looked up at Yao Yingxi, finally coming to her senses, and opened her mouth to say sorry, but couldn't utter a word.

Yao Yingxi looked at her, wiped away her tears, and turned to walk away.

Liang Yu also saw Yao Yingyue's post on the school forum and rushed over. He bumped into Yao Yingxi as she came out of the ward.

Liang Yu sensed something was wrong when he saw Yao Yingxi's complexion. Without asking her what was wrong, he rushed into the ward to check on Yao Yingyue.

Yao Yingxi walked out of the hospital with Yao Yingyue's phone in her hand, browsing their school's forum and reading through the entire post. Just as she finished reading, Yao Yingyue's phone rang. Yao Yingxi answered; it was the school's academic affairs office.

They wanted Yao Yingyue to drop out of school, but Yao Yingxi patiently waited for the people from the academic affairs office to finish speaking before speaking: "Hello, I am Yao Yingxi's parent. I'd like to talk to the teachers at the school about this before making a decision."

After hearing Yao Yingxi's words, the person from the Academic Affairs Office agreed and hung up the phone. Yao Yingxi then went straight to Yao Yingyue's school.

Yao Yingxi had accompanied Yao Yingyue to school to register before. She quickly found the academic affairs office and went inside to find the teacher who was handling Yao Yingyue's case: "Hello teacher, I am Yao Yingyue's sister, the so-called victim in the post!"

"I'm here today to explain that things aren't as described in the post. My sister didn't steal my boyfriend! The post is full of slander and baseless accusations!"

"We do not accept your decision to expel my sister from school, and we demand a reasonable explanation for me and my sister: who wrote this defamatory post about me and my sister, and what is their purpose!"

The teacher from the academic affairs office frowned as she listened to Yao Yingxi's words, and said in a very unpleasant tone: "Miss, it is a decision made by the higher-ups to expel Yao Yingyue. It's not that you can't let Yao Yingyue leave just because you refuse. As for who wrote the post, that's none of our business."

Yao Yingxi keenly sensed the implied meaning in the teacher's words. She looked at the teacher and said, "From above? My sister was expelled by someone above? Who is that person above? Aren't you afraid I'll report this to the Education Bureau?"

The teacher from the academic affairs office didn't say anything. A person walked out from behind her and sweetly replied to Yao Yingxi: "I'm the one upstairs. Do you think I'm afraid of you suing me, sister?"