Chapter 1182: She Must Be Made to Suffer a Little

Qin Yiyan remained unmoved.

Instead, he frowned: "Just because of what happened at the dinner table? I haven't even started on you yet; how could you treat Mom with that kind of attitude?!"

"Brother, you can't just criticize me. You should also look at how Mom treats us differently! For Sister-in-law, she spent several hours simmering soup! For me? She only thought about taking me away!"

"But you are Mom's daughter. Mom missed you and wanted to take you back for a short stay. Is that wrong?"

"That wasn't her missing me at all, it was..."

Bai Yufei almost blurted out the truth!

But she stopped herself in time.

Turning her head away, she said in a muffled voice: "I am already an adult, and I don't want others making decisions for me!"

"Mom was just making a suggestion. If you didn't like it, you could have said so, instead of taking advantage of others' concern for you to recklessly hurt them!"

Bai Yufei had assumed that since Qin Yiyan had entered the room, he would at least offer her a few words of comfort.

But in reality?

He had been criticizing her the whole time!

And his tone was becoming increasingly stern!

At this very moment, Bai Yufei truly wanted to cry.

She choked out an accusation: "You guys... you weren't like this before!"

"You weren't like this before, either!"

The Bai Yufei of the past was sensible and adorable, sweet-talking, and everyone's little ray of sunshine.

And now?

She quibbles over every little thing and is rude to her elders; she has truly lost all sense of upbringing!

Qin Yiyan also couldn't understand why his younger sister had changed so drastically.

But Bai Yufei had found the reason.

She said gloomily: "It's all because of Sister-in-law's appearance that everything has changed!"

Qin Yiyan frowned and questioned: "How can you drag Xin'ai into this?"

"Because Sister-in-law is too good at pretending, and you've all been deceived by her! But I can see her true colors."

"It's just a pity that whenever I say anything, you all think I'm lying!"

Bai Yufei wore a sincere expression, hoping her brother would believe what she said!

But...

How could Qin Yiyan believe her!

His brows furrowed tightly as he scolded: "Fei'er, stop making a scene!"

"I'm being serious, why are you still yelling at me!? And I'm not wrong; you are the ones who are wrong, you have no judgment of character!!"

Bai Yufei's emotions gradually became agitated.

And Qin Yiyan, meanwhile, gradually lost his patience.

He also realized that he could no longer let Bai Yufei continue down the wrong path!

Thinking this, Qin Yiyan stood up, then looked down at Bai Yufei and said: "You don't need to go to the company for the next few days."

Bai Yufei was a bit dumbfounded.

She muttered: "What do you mean?"

"It means you should stay home and reflect on yourself!"

"I'm not wrong, why should I reflect on anything?!"

Qin Yiyan no longer wanted to continue talking with Bai Yufei.

He felt that she needed to calm down first!

Finally, Qin Yiyan left Bai Yufei's room.

There was still disappointment in his eyes.

Bai Yufei did not miss that look of disappointment.

She sat on the chair in a daze, a sense of powerlessness surrounding her.

She had thought that by having people smear dirt on Liu Xin'ai online, she could teach that woman a lesson!

As it turned out, she was completely unaffected.

Instead, the whole family felt sorry for her!

And what about herself?

She was disliked by her mother and shunned by her brother!

This is unfair!!!

The more Bai Yufei thought about it, the angrier she became, until finally, as if venting her rage, she grabbed a vase and smashed it hard against the floor!

Hearing the commotion, Qin Yiyan paused his footsteps.

But he did not return to the room; he only told the servant to go in and clean up, and instructed them to make sure Bai Yufei didn't hurt herself.

After making the arrangements, Qin Yiyan

prepared to head to the company.

But at the doorway, he saw Liu Xin'ai.

Qin Yiyan was already feeling irritable because of his sister's affairs.

Yet Liu Xin'ai, who was also a member of the family, acted as if nothing had happened!

Her detached demeanor made Qin Yiyan feel dissatisfied.

He even questioned her: "Fei'er is in a bad mood; as her sister-in-law, aren't you going to show some concern?"

"If I haven't guessed wrong, Fei'er is likely in a bad mood because of me. If I go at a time like this, do you think I'll be helping her put out the fire, or adding fuel to the flames?"

Liu Xin'ai's counter-question left Qin Yiyan silent.

He had just lost his reason, which was why he had made such a request.

In fact, Liu Xin'ai staying away was the correct answer.

But...

She was also being too rational!

Qin Yiyan wanted to express his dissatisfaction, but couldn't find a way, and in the end, he could only leave in a sullen mood.

Xiao'an watched Qin Yiyan's departing back and muttered softly, "Sir is a bit strange."

"He isn't strange; he just wants too much."

And greedy people often end up grasping nothing at all!

Xiao'an felt that Liu Xin'ai's words were somewhat profound, and she didn't quite understand them.

However...

Regarding social graces, she still knew a thing or two.

Xiao'an said, "How about this afternoon, I send some supplements to Miss Bai in your name?"

"Absolutely not. If you go, you'll just become a punching bag."

"But... it wouldn't be very good not to go, would it?"

"There's nothing wrong with it; as long as your own conscience is clear, that's enough."

Xiao'an knew Liu Xin'ai's conscience was clear, but...

Just as Xiao'an was secretly pondering something, she felt her hand being held by someone.

Raising her eyes, she saw Liu Xin'ai's gaze, which seemed to see through everything.

"Madam..."

"You are not allowed to go secretly!"

Liu Xin'ai's warning left

Xiao'an startled, and she even muttered, "How, how did you know?"

"Because the expression on your face has already betrayed you."

Xiao'an felt a bit embarrassed and scratched her head.

Liu Xin'ai then said patiently, "Believe me, even if you go, Bai Yufei won't think kindly of me for it."

"But if Sir knows, he will be a little happier."

"I don't need Qin Yiyan's happiness."

"But as a wife, shouldn't you make your husband a little happier?"

Liu Xin'ai felt this idea was completely wrong and immediately corrected her: "Pleasing others is not as good as pleasing yourself. Only when you are excellent and confident will others cherish you."

Ah...

Is that so?

Xiao'an fell into deep thought.

Then she felt... what Madam said made a lot of sense!

Having figured it out, Xiao'an smiled at Liu Xin'ai and said, "I understand!"

Liu Xin'ai also smiled.

Her smile was full of confident radiance, which left Xiao'an stunned.

She even thought, if Madam could smile at Sir like this...

Sir would definitely be very happy.

For the next two days, Bai Yufei claimed to be ill at home and did not go to the company.

Of course, claiming illness was just an excuse; Bai Yufei was perfectly healthy.

But it was true that she had no appetite and was not eating properly.

In fact, this was also one of Bai Yufei's tactics.

She wanted to use this method to make Qin Yiyan soften his stance.

But this time, Qin Yiyan's performance disappointed her.

Qin Yiyan had made up his mind to make Bai Yufei suffer a little.

Once she had thought everything through, Qin Yiyan intended to send Bai Yufei home to apologize to his mother in person.

Although Chi Rong was magnanimous and hadn't said anything, Qin Yiyan could tell that his mother had been hurt by Bai Yufei this time.

The two siblings remained in this stalemate.

And then until...

Liu Xin'ai took the initiative

to seek out Bai Yufei.

The moment Liu Xin'ai entered the door, Bai Yufei looked over, full of hope.