An Yu subconsciously showed an extremely disgusted expression upon hearing Jiang Qinghe’s words.
What An family?
What marrying into the Chen family…?
What kind of hell was that!
All An Yu wanted was to live a carefree life.
She wanted to sleep in with Ning Wanciu, play games with Ning Dongli, and occasionally go out to have fun with Cheng Shimumeng and Huai Xiang.
That kind of life was already perfect.
As for things like getting married, that was absolutely impossible.
There wasn’t even the slightest possibility!
Let alone marrying into the Chen family.
One was a loli-con, and the other was the male lead.
Just thinking about it made An Yu feel miserable.
How could this be?
How could it turn out like this?
Jiang Qinghe shook her head in disbelief.
She stared fixedly at the girl before her, as though she was meeting her for the first time.
This wasn’t what Jiang Qinghe had expected.
From beginning to end, she had never liked An Qing.
Instead, she had always hoped that An Yu would obtain everything in the An family.
Because Jiang Qinghe had never believed that An Qing was her biological daughter.
Only An Yunfan had done a paternity test with An Qing.
She had always felt that An Qing was nothing more than an illegitimate daughter An Yunfan had found somewhere.
It was just that this shameful thing had now been brought out into the open.
Jiang Qinghe had no way to resist.
On the surface, she acted as though nothing was wrong.
In truth, she had long since sided with An Yu.
Compared to An Yunfan’s illegitimate daughter, the adopted daughter An Yu was clearly better, wasn’t she?
That was why, on the day of the Recognition Banquet, she had prepared so many things for An Yu.
Everything was for the sake of letting An Yu climb aboard the Chen family’s big ship.
At first, Jiang Qinghe thought that although An Qing’s relationship with Chen Guang was decent, An Yu had also gotten involved with Chen Yu.
At the very least, their forces could be considered evenly matched.
That day in the car on the way home, Jiang Qinghe had thought An Yu had grown up and had her own schemes.
So she had felt at ease letting An Yu develop on her own.
But she had never expected that once she let go, she would never see An Yu contact anyone from the Chen family again.
On the contrary, An Qing not only kept in contact with Chen Guang, but even Chen Yu had sent her a birthday gift.
Even so, Jiang Qinghe still hadn’t been anxious.
Because she noticed that An Yu was always out of the house…
She thought An Yu must have been preparing backup plans.
She had to admit, it wasn’t just her who thought this way.
At that time, An Qing had also thought the same.
But unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.
An Yu had simply been going out to play with people who were more worth being with.
Jiang Qinghe had only found out about this recently.
Now she was finally anxious.
At the dining table, she had forcefully suppressed her impatience and waited until An Yu returned to her room before following her up.
She wanted to know exactly what An Yu had been doing behind the scenes and what she thought about Chen Guang and An Qing’s engagement.
But Jiang Qinghe had never expected that things were even more serious than she had imagined.
An Yu had never thought about these things from beginning to end.
She didn’t even care about the An family or the Chen family at all.
These things weren’t even as important to her as the fish on the dining table earlier.
“An Yu, it seems I’ve been too indulgent with you.”
Jiang Qinghe’s face was dark.
Her tone had long lost its previous gentleness.
Only endless coldness remained.
An Yu furrowed her brows and returned Jiang Qinghe with an equally cold gaze.
This made Jiang Qinghe even more displeased.
The strength in her hand kept increasing.
Even though An Yu showed obvious displeasure, she still didn’t let go.
“Don’t you know that it’s almost too late now? Once An Qing completes the engagement with Chen Guang, you’re finished.”
Jiang Qinghe’s voice carried an extremely strong sense of irritation as it rang beside An Yu’s ear.
She tried to stir up An Yu’s survival instinct.
But unfortunately, An Yu didn’t have that kind of thing.
“Has nothing to do with me.”
An Yu silently raised her head.
Her small hands kept struggling.
Because Jiang Qinghe was gripping her so hard that it really hurt.
“Little Yu’er… You really are stubborn and unteachable!”
Finally, unable to suppress the anger in her heart any longer, Jiang Qinghe raised her hand and was about to slap An Yu across the face.
“Mm…!”
An Yu subconsciously closed her eyes.
She panicked and tried to dodge, but there was nowhere to escape.
[Tsk… Damn it!]
The system girl saw this and was about to transform from her hairpin form into a mechanical bird to knock Jiang Qinghe’s hand away.
Exposure was exposure.
She couldn’t let her host get bullied!
But just as she was about to change, she discovered that Jiang Qinghe’s hand had been tightly grabbed by someone.
“What are you… doing?”
The girl’s voice was cold as ice, mixed with an anger that An Yu couldn’t understand.
“You… An Qing?”
Jiang Qinghe angrily turned her head, only to see An Qing with an extremely cold expression.
It was as though the person in front of her wasn’t her mother, but an enemy.
An Qing’s crimson eyes were filled with a chilling intent.
“I said, what are you doing.”
Jiang Qinghe silently took a deep breath, as though she didn’t know how to explain.
Hitting someone didn’t fit her persona.
It shouldn’t have been seen.
This was also her fault.
After coming in… No, she had locked the door after coming in.
She wouldn’t forget something like that.
Because the matters the mother and daughter were discussing weren’t good things that could be overheard by others.
“It’s nothing. I was just having a talk with Little Yu’er. On the contrary, An Qing, what are you doing here?”
Jiang Qinghe quickly regained her calm and asked An Qing in return.
“Talking? To the point of using your hands?”
An Qing replied coldly.
Then she looked at An Yu’s wrist, which Jiang Qinghe was still tightly gripping, with an unhappy gaze.
“Using hands? There’s no such thing. Don’t misunderstand. Little Yu’er and I were just…”
An Qing couldn’t be bothered to listen to Jiang Qinghe’s nonsense.
Seeing that she still wouldn’t let go of An Yu, she grabbed Jiang Qinghe’s wrist in return and used even greater strength to force her to release her grip.
“Let go.”
Jiang Qinghe felt pain and had no choice but to let go of An Yu before retreating again and again.
“What exactly are you here for, An Qing?!”
An Qing didn’t bother responding to her.
She had shouted at An Qing once, but this time An Qing had no intention of paying her any attention.
An Qing lowered her head and looked at An Yu beside her with a complicated gaze.
“It’s okay now, An Yu. Open your eyes. It’s fine.”
The girl’s voice was gentler than ever before.
She took An Yu’s wrist and rolled up her sleeve, revealing skin that had turned completely red.
Jiang Qinghe had really used a lot of force just now.
“Mm…”
An Yu’s eyelashes trembled slightly.
After hearing An Qing’s voice, she finally slowly opened her eyes.
At one glance, she saw the black-haired, red-eyed girl standing in front of her, blocking the slap that should have landed on her face.
“How is it? Are you okay?”
An Qing pressed her lips together and softly asked about An Yu’s condition.
An Yu stared blankly at the suddenly appearing An Qing, somewhat at a loss as she nodded.
What… was going on?
Why had An Qing come?
This was already the second time An Qing had saved her…
Did they really have hatred between them?
For a moment, the scene froze.
Neither An Yu nor An Qing paid any attention to Jiang Qinghe.