The mind-reading fake heiress changes her fate by eating melons.

A look of hesitation flashed across her face, but she finally gritted her teeth, made up her mind, and turned to An Yun again:

"I know a little bit about the law. There's this thing called surrendering oneself and confessing, right? Confessing means leniency, resisting means severity, right?"

"Don't you want to know who saved you back then? As long as you promise not to involve Xiao Tao, I'll tell you everything!"

Upon hearing Ye Lishan's words, Tu Mumu's eyes widened in disbelief, and she shouted, "Mom! You're crazy!"

She realized that Ye Lishan wanted to tell An Jun the true origin of the jade pendant!

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

The best course of action right now is to insist that Tu Mumu is An Yun's savior. That way, the An family might still consider this fact and give them and their daughter a break. If even this is found to be false, how could the An family possibly let them go?

In any case, no one except her and Ye Lishan knew that the jade pendant was stolen from Tu Lan.

Oh, and there's also Tu Lan herself who knows, but Tu Lan herself has disappeared, and she hasn't gone to talk to An Yun about this all these years. It's impossible for her to suddenly appear now and expose them.

So as long as she and Ye Lishan don't say anything, the An family will never know about this.

But no matter how much she planned, she never expected that her mother would actually want to tell the truth.

The reason Ye Lishan chose to reveal this was simply to use it to negotiate with An Yun, so that he wouldn't implicate Du Tao!

But once she reveals the truth, Tu Mumu will have no chance with An Yun anymore!

Tu Mumu knew she shouldn't have any expectations of Ye Lishan anymore, but she just couldn't understand, was unwilling to accept, and refused to believe why Ye Lishan treated her and Du Tao differently.

Despite the fact that Du Tao was inferior to her in every way since childhood—not as obedient, not as academically successful, and not as considerate of Ye Lishan—in Ye Lishan's eyes, it was as if no matter how well she did, she couldn't compare to even a hair on Du Tao's head.

"Are you still my mom? Other mothers protect their children, but what about you?!"

All the grievances and confusion of the past twenty years surged into Tu Mumu's heart at this moment, and she finally couldn't help but break down and shout.

"Back then, I was almost drugged and kidnapped, but you didn't want to call the police because you were afraid of affecting Du Tao. Now you don't even know what Du Tao did, but you want to protect him and completely disregard my life! Why are you doing this to me!"

This was the first time Tu Mumu had ever questioned Ye Lishan like this, which did indeed leave Ye Lishan stunned for a moment, but only for a moment.

Her stunned silence was simply because she was slightly frightened by seeing Tu Mumu like this for the first time, and it didn't mean that she had actually listened to what Tu Mumu said.

In her opinion, weren't all of Tu Mumu's words just common sense?

What's there to be resentful about?

"So you want to bring up old grudges now, huh? Have I ever starved or neglected you all these years? Isn't raising you enough? How come you've turned against me? I think you're an ungrateful wretch who can't be tamed. Anyway, don't try to drag me and Xiao Tao down with what you did!"

Ye Lishan was initially hesitant, but now that she saw how ungrateful Tu Mumu was, having raised her for so long and still harboring such resentment towards her own mother and younger brother, the last bit of pity she felt disappeared.

Ye Lishan had roughly guessed the truth from the conversation between An Yun and Tu Mumu. An Yun believed that Tu Mumu had saved him because of the jade pendant, which Tu Mumu had stolen from Tu Lan. Therefore, it was clear that Tu Lan was the person An Yun was really looking for.

She had calculated that An Yun would definitely want to know who that person was, and she wanted to use this to negotiate with An Yun. As long as An Yun agreed to let Du Tao go, she would tell the truth.

Ye Lishan knew, of course, that revealing Tu Lan's existence would only worsen Tu Mumu's situation in An Yun's eyes, inevitably leading to a police investigation and imprisonment. However, as long as Du Tao could be protected, sacrificing Tu Mumu was insignificant.

Ye Lishan genuinely believed that giving birth to Tu Mumu and saving her life was an immense favor, and protecting her younger brother was simply what she should do; there was nothing to feel aggrieved about.

Hearing this, the An family members felt uneasy, and their gazes toward Ye Lishan became even more disgusted.

Although Tu Mumu's family is no good, whatever punishment she faces is a case of reaping what she sows.

But Ye Lishan, as a mother, not only couldn't treat her children equally, but she also blatantly favored her son and mistreated her daughter, without even realizing that she had done anything wrong. She was truly disgusting.

Pei Yuning, another mother present, was even less able to understand someone like Ye Lishan.

Especially after experiencing the true and false heiresses of Anling and Qiu Nian, she realized that whether it was Anling, who was not related to her by blood but whom she had raised all the time, or Qiu Nian, her biological daughter but whom she had been separated from for more than 20 years, it would be no different from tearing out her own flesh to give up either of them.

But Ye Lishan, her son and daughter are both her own children, and they all grew up by her side. How could she do this?

This can't be described as biased or unbiased; her heart has never been with Tu Mumu at all!

Ye Lishan was unaware of what the An family was thinking and thought she had come up with a good idea.

She ignored Tu Mumu's tears and her pained eyes, and continued to make suggestions to An Jun.

"I know where Tu Mumu got that jade pendant. You've been looking for its owner, haven't you? If you promise to let Du Tao go and not hold him accountable, I'll tell you who that person is!"

Ye Lishan's eyes were full of hope; she felt that An Yun would definitely not refuse the offer.

After all, the fact that Tu Mumu, an imposter, could stay by his side for so long using this false identity and successfully swindle so much money from him is enough to show how important the person who saved him is to An Yun.

Especially when the An family said they were going to call the police, An Yun was the first to stop them. Now she just wants An Yun to let go of the insignificant Du Tao. He has no reason to refuse.

Ye Lishan thought An Jun would definitely agree immediately and then ask her who that person was, since letting go of an "accomplice" wouldn't have much of an impact on the An family, right?

Anyway, it was Tu Mumu and that wild man who conspired to deceive An Yun. As long as Tu Mumu is left to vent the anger of the An family, that's fine. She and her son have no responsibility.

However, An Jun's reaction completely surprised Ye Lishan. Instead of showing any surprise and asking for the truth, he sneered.

So, are you trying to negotiate with me now?