"But this is an admission letter from the Imperial Capital Academy! You shouldn't use this method to target me!"
"Let alone the consequences of offending the Imperial Capital Academy! Even if you enter the Imperial Capital Academy as an ordinary person, how will you survive?"
Her words were sincere, moving, and touching.
She even moved herself to tears.
While crying, she continued with a sob, "If... if my sister really can't tolerate me, I'll leave the Ming family now and give Dad, Mom, and my brothers... back to my sister..."
Before Ming Zheng could even comment on Ming Zhirou's acting skills.
Ming Xiujin was first provoked and hugged Ming Zhirou's shoulders with great distress.
Then, he raised his other hand holding the phone and turned the screen towards Ming Zheng.
"It's you whom the Ming family cannot tolerate! You are the one who should leave!"
On the screen were Ming Zheng's biological parents, Ming Chenmu and An Youran.
The Ming father, dressed in a suit, was handsome, perfectly embodying the image of a domineering CEO.
The Ming mother wore an elegant yet noble qipao, her makeup exquisite, a perfect example of a sophisticated lady.
At this moment, both of them appeared on camera with cold anger.
Their gazes directed at Ming Zheng through the screen were like those directed at an enemy.
And why not? In the eyes of Ming's father and mother.
Anyone who hurt Ming Zhirou, anyone who made Ming Zhirou shed tears, was an enemy to everyone in their Ming family.
"Ming Xiujin, are you in elementary school? You're useless, so you turn around and complain to your elders, asking them to help you out?"
Ming Zheng curved her ruby-red lips, but her smile didn't reach her eyes.
"Ming Zheng!" This mocking tone made Ming Xiujin's face turn ashen. He clenched his fists, his muscles tensing with rage.
What was going on with this good-for-nothing?
He had deliberately video-called their father, hoping to see Ming Zheng grovel and apologize to appease her parents.
But her attitude towards her own parents was so hostile?
This was her true face, wasn't it?
Her usual submissive, fawning, dog-like demeanor in front of them was all an act!
Now that she knew she couldn't replace Rou'er, she couldn't keep up the pretense anymore!
As expected of a wild girl raised in the countryside.
Malicious and disgusting!
The same thought was in the minds of Ming's father and mother.
Ming Chenmu already had a poor impression of his biological daughter, whom he had brought back from the countryside. He even felt that Ming Zheng's appearance disrupted the warmth and harmony of their Ming family.
They had only brought her back for a year.
How many times had Rou'er gotten into trouble?
How many times had the household been in turmoil?
If not for his wife's insistence on having her biological daughter by her side, he would have sent Ming Zheng abroad long ago to fend for herself.
And now, upon hearing that their precious Rou'er was showing weakness and trying to appease Ming Zheng, even offering to leave the Ming family.
And seeing the gauze wrapped around precious Rou'er's wrist, oozing bright red blood.
Ming Chenmu's gaze towards Ming Zheng became even more disgusted: "You ill-bred bastard! You've even brought your bad habits learned in the countryside to the Ming family! Are you trying to rebel?"
"Now, kneel down and apologize to Rou'er! Otherwise, you can forget about occupying the position of the Ming family's daughter!"
Ming Chenmu was truly a domineering CEO.
His words were full of that CEO aura.
His dominance made Ming Zheng unable to help but laugh.
She slowly lifted her eyelids, the fragmented light reflecting in the corners of her eyes, casting an even more serene and profound mockery into her clear, dark eyes.
She stared directly at the phone screen.
"You guys... are truly pathetic."
"When I fawned over you like a lapdog, you found me lowly and disgusting, saying I lacked the backbone of a Ming family member."
"Now that I don't want to fawn anymore, and I crush you lot, you can't accept it?"
It wasn't just the Ming family members who were pathetic.
She was pathetic too.
In her past life, she had truly been blind to have longed for the affection of this family.
Ming Zheng touched the dried bloodstain on her forehead. It still stung a little when her fingertips brushed against it.
Dried blood was also smeared on her cheeks.
"Chairman Ming, Madam Ming, you should be able to see this blood all over my face, right? But from beginning to end, you haven't cared to say a single word to me."
"Is this how you, the Ming family, are as parents?"
Ming mother An Youran's face turned somewhat awkward. She hurriedly tried to retort, "That, that's also your own fault! If you hadn't targeted Rou'er, you wouldn't have gotten hurt..."
See.
These were the words of her biological mother.
It was indeed her own fault.
Her fault for expecting family affection after returning to the Ming family.
Ming Zheng lightly curled her ruby-red lips, her dark eyes calm and unwavering: "I was left abandoned for nineteen years, and Ming Zhirou had the chance to usurp my place because you failed to protect me."
"No matter where I grew up, what education I received, or what I became, you are the least qualified to judge."
"Have you ever thought that for these nineteen years, I was the most innocent one?"
Because of their mistake.
She was left to wander.
If she hadn't met her master, she might never have had the chance to be found by the Ming family alive.
After they found her.
They naturally expected her to return to the Ming family.
And then they naturally compared her to Ming Zhirou, whom they had raised.
And then they naturally felt she was inferior to Ming Zhirou in every way.
Forget it.
Now, she no longer had any expectations of the Ming family, so she wouldn't be disappointed.
Ming Zheng was too lazy to waste more time with the two people on the screen whose faces had turned extremely ugly from her words.
She took a step forward.
As soon as she took a step.
Ming Xiujin instinctively took a step back.
It was a fear of Ming Zheng that emanated from his bones.
This retreat made Ming Xiujin feel deeply humiliated, his face contorting.
He immediately wanted to speak, to regain his dignity with venomous words.
However, Ming Zheng didn't even look at him. She directly picked up the admission letter that had been thrown on the table.
"That's mine, you..." When Ming Zhirou saw Ming Zheng pick up the letter, her expression was as if Ming Zheng had stolen something from her.
She even stepped forward, trying to snatch the letter back.
Ming Zheng's slender, porcelain-like fingers held the letter, and she pulled her arm back slightly, avoiding Ming Zhirou's outstretched hand.
She raised her eyebrows and shook the letter: "Since you think this admission letter is yours, then find the Imperial Capital Academy yourself and get a new one with your name, Ming Zhirou, on it."
With a "shredding" sound.
The admission letter was torn into pieces.
Like a celestial being scattering flowers, the pieces fell from above the heads of Ming Zhirou and Ming Xiujin.
Ming Zheng didn't even look, turned around, and walked out of the ward.
"Admission letter... my admission letter..."
Ming Zhirou tilted her head, watching the pieces of paper flutter down.
The torn paper was like shattered hope.
She reached out to catch them, her expression fragile and helpless.
This infuriated the Ming family members to no end.
Ming Chenmu's voice, even through the phone, did not hide his rage: "Ming Zheng, if you dare to walk out of this ward, you can forget about returning to the Ming family, forget about being the Ming family's daughter!"