The missed call was from an unknown number again. Since she hadn’t answered, they followed up with a text message.
Based on the message, Yun Zijin guessed the number belonged to the biological mother she had never met.
Reading between the lines, Yun Zijin could just imagine the bitter, resentful expression on the woman’s face as she wrote it.
This was the biological mother who hadn’t raised her for a single day, yet the text was filled with a complaining tone. Yun Zijin deleted the message and blocked the number in one clean sweep.
They wanted her to attend the Xia Family patriarch’s birthday banquet. To put Xia Jiajiao at ease, they wanted her to announce at the party that she was just a kind-hearted orphan they had taken in, and that Xia Jiajiao was the true and proper young lady of the Xia Family.
And on top of all that, they had the nerve to sound like she should be grateful. Yun Zijin had no idea what was going on in their heads.
’Do they really think I’m some pushover they can mold and shape as they please?’
Yun Zijin unblocked Xia Zhiyun’s number from her phone and gave him a call.
The call connected quickly, but the person who answered wasn’t Xia Zhiyun. It was... Xia Jiajiao.
"Yun Zijin? You’re the biological daughter Mom and Dad found recently?"
"Oh, so you’re that delicate little miss who faints at the drop of a hat? Your voice sounds pretty strong. You’re not... faking it, are you?"
Yun Zijin was allergic to these white-lotus, green-tea-bitch types. Whenever she encountered one, she couldn’t help but lash out.
Xia Jiajiao had walked right into her line of fire.
"You... I was in a car accident! It’s normal for me to faint!
I know you don’t like me. If you mind my being here, I’ll tell Mom that I’ll move out of the house after I’m discharged from the hospital. Mom and Dad are your parents. I... I shouldn’t be fighting with you over them."
"Yun Zijin! What did you say to Jiao Jiao? Why would she want to move out of the house?!
As the older sister, you should be tolerant of your younger sister, not be so jealous that you want to drive her out of the Xia Family!"
Yun Zijin had no idea that Xia Jiajiao, hearing Xia Zhiyun’s voice just outside the room, had deliberately steered the conversation toward her moving out of the Xia family home.
So when Xia Zhiyun came back in, he was met with the sight of a tearful Xia Jiajiao, tragically talking about moving out.
And with her phone still on an active call, Yun Zijin on the other end naturally became the prime culprit.
Yun Zijin: ’...Fucking idiots!’
"Shut up! I only called to have you tell your mother to stop calling and texting me. It’s annoying.
I will not be attending the Xia Family’s birthday banquet, and I’d appreciate it if you all would stop looking for me.
As for Xia Jiajiao, she’s your sister, not mine."
After saying her piece, Yun Zijin hung up decisively and blocked the number again.
Before Xia Zhiyun could say anything else, he found the call had been disconnected. When he tried calling back, it wouldn’t go through.
Based on past experience, Xia Zhiyun knew that Yun Zijin had most likely blocked him again.
"Brother... my sister, she..."
After Xia Zhiyun hung up, Xia Jiajiao looked at him timidly. Tears welled up, shimmering at the corners of her eyes without falling, making her look all the more pitifully fragile.
"Just focus on recovering. Don’t worry about anything else."
Xia Zhiyun rubbed the bridge of his nose, a clear look of exhaustion on his face.
Lately, he had been busy with the Xia family’s business, searching for Yun Zijin, and on top of that, making time to visit Xia Jiajiao. He was so tired that his eyes were bloodshot.
Now, with the obvious rift between Xia Jiajiao and Yun Zijin, Xia Zhiyun felt both mentally and physically drained.
"Brother, is it because of me... that sister is unwilling to come home?
I know I’m not Mom and Dad’s biological daughter. I’m the one who stole her place. I should be the one to give it back to her..."
As Xia Jiajiao spoke, the tears began to fall again.



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