One Word Changed, Characters in Chaos

She thought she had long ceased to care about the Ye Family’s perception of her, but now, seeing Ye Mingcheng’s almost indifferent gaze, she felt an inexplicable surge of fear for some reason.

Back when they kicked her out of the Ye Family.

There were disappointment, confusion, and condemnation in her parents’ eyes.

But now.

When they looked at her, there wasn’t even that sliver of disappointment anymore, as if she were a complete stranger.

This sensation caused Ye Bingtong to shiver involuntarily.

“Tong Simeng’s eyes lit up, and she couldn’t help but shout, “Zhaoyu!” She quickly boasted, “These two were about to take Bingtong away, but I thought, since Bingtong is still your sister, I did my best to protect her! Zhaoyu, now that you’ve finally arrived, you can have a proper talk with Bingtong.”

Ye Zhaoyu: “???”

Tong Simeng was often crazy, and he simply assumed it was just another of her usual episodes.

As a result.

She said she protected Ye Bingtong for his sake?

Ye Xiao sighed, “Tsk tsk tsk, that’s true love.”

Ye Zhaoyu’s face darkened.

True love!

He couldn’t help but retort angrily, “Tong Simeng, your craziness is your problem, what does it have to do with me! Ye Bingtong is no longer part of the Ye Family!”

“That’s right, that’s right, my last name is Zhang, she should actually take my last name, Zhang,” the man by her side eagerly interjected.

The Ye Family’s entourage looked wealthy and noble, and he subconsciously restrained himself.

The woman, however, was surreptitiously sizing up Ye Xiao.

The person who wrote them the letter didn’t mention how Ye Xiao was doing.

But now it seemed.

The daughter they used to abuse at will, now seemed to be doing quite well.

Just as she was contemplating, she remembered the warning in her heart.

Ye Xiao was now the Ye Family’s beloved treasure, and if they provoked her, still holding a grudge for the events of her childhood, the Ye Family would probably not let it slide.

Moreover, they had no blood relation with Ye Xiao and hadn’t looked after her for long; citing such reasons would probably not hold up.

It was different for Ye Bingtong.

She had been abandoned by the Ye Family, and the words “blood relation” stood firm; no matter what, she could only be manipulated by them.

Ye Xiao also watched her parents in silence.

The memories of the original Xiao Xiao’s life surfaced.

It could only be said that her successful growth was completely due to good fortune. Otherwise, with this family’s care, nine out of ten babies would have died.

When Ye Xiao became a little conscious of her surroundings, at the age of five or six, heavy household chores were placed upon her.

That man was truly a drunken mess, and when inebriated, he was violent. At that time, little Ye Xiao was covered in bruises and contusions.

Had the neighbor not taken pity on her and taken her in, she could not have been standing here in such good condition.

Yet Ye Bingtong had just said.

She wished she hadn’t been switched.

If the original Ye Xiao had known, one could only imagine the irony she would have felt.

“Don’t worry, although you’re no longer here, these two won’t end up with anything good,” Ye Xiao thought to herself silently.

These two people.

The harm they inflicted on the original Xiao Xiao, it was only right for her to seek retribution now.

Upon hearing Ye Xiao’s thoughts.

Gu Yan’s heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively stepped in front of Ye Xiao.

He knew.

Ye Xiao was no longer the Ye Xiao of the past.

But.

The other members of the Ye Family didn’t know.

According to Gu Yan’s observations, he was pretty sure that the Ye Family members could all hear Ye Xiao’s inner voice.

If they started having some bad thoughts about Ye Xiao because of it, that would be troublesome.

If it really came to that, he would protect Ye Xiao no matter what.

“Although you’re no longer here…”

What did that sentence mean?

Ye Mingcheng looked at Ye Xiao with a bit of a lost expression.

In his heart, a painful thought arose, but he dared not dwell on it.

Who… was no longer here?

It was…

Suppressing the inexplicable ache in his heart, Ye Mingcheng said coldly, “That’s right. Since you dislike the life with the Ye Family so much, and long for a life of freedom, from now on, you can go back to your own home. Since we have wronged you so much, let your biological parents make it up to you from now on. As for us, let’s pretend this father-daughter relationship never existed.”

Ye Mingcheng’s voice was even colder than at the beginning.

This family.

They had hurt Xiaoxiao so badly, of course, he wouldn’t let them off the hook either.

This time.

It was he and Ye Bolin who had arranged for this couple to come here.

Did Bingtong not feel that the Ye Family had mistreated her?

Then let her experience the life that Ye Xiao had once lived, let her see for herself how much the life of luxury had wronged her.

As for this family…

For now, let them torment each other with Bingtong.

“Exactly, you should come back home with us,” the man burst into a wide smile upon hearing this. He reached out his and tried to pull Bingtong towards him.

Bingtong grew more panicked.

“Wait!” Tong Simeng suddenly spoke up.

“What are you trying to do now?” the man snapped in anger.

Tong Simeng raised her voice and said, “Uncle Ye, Bingtong is the daughter you’ve raised for so many years. I know that you were instigated by Ye Xiao to say such things. But think about it carefully, are these truly your heartfelt words? Can you really bear to part with this daughter? Don’t let yourself be bewitched by Ye Xiao and then live to regret it for the rest of your life!”

Tong Simeng had a face full of earnest pleading as she spoke, and she looked at Ye Xiao with judgmental eyes, “And you, Ye Xiao! You take advantage of the Ye family’s guilt and affection for you to manipulate and use their emotions. Now, you’ve driven Bingtong away, aren’t you satisfied yet? Do you really want to cut her off completely from her family? Why can’t you be more forgiving, more magnanimous, rather than so malicious! Do you realize that if you push things too far, the moment they remember Bingtong’s goodness, they will come to resent you just as much.”

Tong Simeng spoke with resonating force.

[Meow meow meow???] Ye Xiao was stunned.

She had seen her share of big scenes, but this time, she was still shocked.

This… what kind of bizarre logic was this?!

Tong Simeng even thought she had struck a chord in the hearts of the Ye family members and continued, “Let’s all calm down a bit. Think it over well.”

The Ye Family members were flabbergasted!

What on earth was this nonsense!

If Xiaoxiao misunderstood something because of this, could they still live?

Gu Yan couldn’t help but give Ye Zhaoyu a glare.

This moron had found himself a crazy girlfriend!

Ye Zhaoyu felt wronged and frightened at the same time, and he hurriedly said, “Xiaoxiao, it’s absolutely not like this! Don’t listen to this rubbish!”

“Right, this is complete nonsense.”

“Xiaoxiao, please don’t misunderstand us.”

The Ye Family members spoke over one another.

Tong Simeng couldn’t help but say, “Why can’t you face your true feelings?”

Ye Xiao couldn’t help but laugh, asking curiously, “So, how do you think this should be handled? With your righteous character, you can’t just let Bingtong’s biological parents leave empty-handed, can you?”