Chapter 93: Life Experience

"The culprit who caused my blindness back then was you, wasn't it? Mother."

As soon as Shi Xi finished speaking, Liu Wanxin's brain went "buzz," and her vision turned black in a "flash."

"Xi'er, you... what are you saying?" Liu Wanxin stammered.

Shi Xi let out a cold "heh."

"Mom, I know everything now. That laser pointer that blinded me back then—you were the one who gave it to Shi Yi, right?! That laser pointer had been tampered with; as long as you turned the switch on, accidentally shining it on any part of the body would cause fatal damage!"

Liu Wanxin's heart tightened. She knew she couldn't hide the truth from Xi'er anymore, but she didn't know exactly how much Xi'er knew about what happened back then...

"Xi'er, you know everything... Mother, Mother is sorry for you..." Liu Wanxin's eyes immediately turned red, and as she spoke, she sobbed in utter agony:

"Back then, back then when Yi'er saw other children playing with laser pointers, she clamored for one too. A bodyguard from our Shi Family happened to have one on him, so I asked for it and gave it to Shi Yi to play with. I had no idea that his laser pointer had been tampered with, that it wasn't meant for children to play with at all!"

"On the day of the incident... after your eyes were injured, by the time I rushed to the scene and discovered that there was a problem with the laser pen, the bodyguard had already run away! I was terrified at the time and didn't have time to think carefully, so I rushed you to the hospital! Later, when I returned to the garden to look for it, the pen was already gone... I knew that after something like this happened, and with no evidence, I couldn't defend myself... I had no choice but to tell your father that it was caused by Yi'er playing with the laser pen carelessly... I thought, Yi'er, Yi'er is your father's biological daughter after all, he wouldn't vent his anger on her because of this..."

The more Liu Wanxin spoke, the more agitated she became, her tears mixing with sweat as they streamed down her cheeks, leaving her makeup a patchy mess of red and white.

"Who knew that later... Yi'er, that stubborn brat, refused to admit she did it no matter what. It was only after she provoked your father that we sent her to the orphanage, wanting to temper her character..."

"Xi'er! Mother didn't mean to blind you; all of this was a coincidence! Mother... Mother loves you and dotes on you so much... how could I possibly hurt you... All these years, Mother has been blaming herself every day, living in guilt, wishing I could dig out one of my own eyes to give to you..."

As Liu Wanxin spoke, she secretly watched Shi Xi's expression. Because what she said, while true, was only half the truth...

That laser pointer had indeed been left behind by that bodyguard, and that man had indeed run away long ago, many years ago... but there was one point she deliberately obscured:

The timeline.

That bodyguard hadn't run away after Shi Xi's eyes were injured; he had run away long before that, because—

He and she had had a one-night stand.

The bastard child born from that one-night stand was none other than Shi Yi!

"Mom, after explaining so much, why do you refuse to admit that you were also at fault?!"

Shi Xi's eyes looked like a starving wolf as she glared viciously at Liu Wanxin: "If Shi Yi wanted a laser pen, you could have just bought her one! Even if you were too lazy to buy one, you could have just sent someone to buy one; why did you have to take the one from the bodyguard? Didn't you know that what a bodyguard carries is likely a weapon?! Mom, all of this was caused by your negligence!"

Hearing Shi Xi's words, Liu Wanxin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Shi Xi only knew about the part regarding the laser pen and did not know the truth from back then.

Therefore, it was impossible for her to know Shi Yi's true identity, or the absurd mistake she had made back then.

A look of pain and regret appeared on her face, and she pressed her palms together, kneeling before Shi Xi with a "thump."

"Xi'er, Mother was wrong! Mother was truly wrong! It was Mother's momentary negligence that ruined your life! Xi'er, you can make Mother atone in any way you want; even this life of mine can be yours to take, just please don't tell your father... Xi'er, I'm sorry... Mother is sorry for you..."

Watching Liu Wanxin kneeling on the ground and repenting incessantly, a sense of annoyance and depression rose in Shi Xi's heart.

Liu Wanxin was indeed at fault for what happened back then, but now that things had reached this point, what use was her light, airy apology?

She had hated Shi Yi for so many years; this hatred had seeped into her marrow and become a part of her life! She could not easily transfer this hatred to someone else.

Besides... that person had now also snatched away the one she loved most, her Brother Hao Bei.

From the moment she saw the look in Qin Haobei's eyes when he looked at Shi Yi, she knew that Brother Hao Bei had fallen in love with that woman.

But... why?!

Why must everything beautiful in this world be snatched away by her sister?

Her health, her affection, her brother... was even her only, final hope in this world to be destroyed by that woman, Shi Yi?

Shi Xi took a deep breath and pulled Liu Wanxin up from the ground.

"Mom, get up."

"I just wanted to know the truth; I didn't mean to blame you, and I won't tell Father about this. Besides, if we really want to pursue this, it's still that little bitch Shi Yi's fault. If it weren't for her wanting a laser pen to play with, none of this would have happened later, and I wouldn't have lost an eye. In the end, everything started because of her; what she has endured all these years is only what she deserves!"

Shi Xi's eyes flashed with a sinister, unwilling light as she gritted her teeth and said every word clearly.

Hearing Shi Xi's words, Liu Wanxin felt even more relieved, and she chimed in:

"That child, your sister, has been competitive since she was little, always trying to be the best, and she's combative. To be honest, we haven't treated her poorly all these years; her ending up like this is just her own doing... But these years have truly been hard on my Xi'er..."

As she spoke, Liu Wanxin cupped Shi Xi's cheeks in her hands, her eyes turning red again as she looked at her with full affection:

"Mother truly feels for you."

Shi Xi kept a straight face and stepped back impatiently.

Having gone through these things, she was already full of disappointment and disgust toward Liu Wanxin; it was impossible for her to be as intimate and trusting as she once was.

"Mom, if you really feel for me and feel sorry for me, then help me do one thing," Shi Xi said coldly, crossing her arms.

Liu Wanxin nodded repeatedly in fear and trepidation: "Xi'er, tell me. Never mind one thing, even ten, even a hundred—Mother will do as you say!"

"Drive that little bitch out of the Qin Family and let me become the true Madam Qin."