Betrayal of Romance

"Indeed, back to the Yi residence," Zhou Li said with a smile. "I heard from Madam that you fell ill because you didn't get into the No.1 Middle School. If you're willing to come back with me to the Yi residence, your schooling matters will naturally be handled properly by Sir. The Yi residence offers good food, good drink, and good living conditions." Speaking of this, Zhou Li looked around disdainfully, "It's much better than here." "No, I won't go back," Yi Lan said with a cold face. "You, a butler, have come here calling me uncle and uncle. If I go back with you, won't I be bullied to death?" "This..." Zhou Li's face froze for a moment, "Miss is joking. It's just a title. Miss can call me whatever she likes." "Butler Zhou, you may leave now," Yi Lan issued an order to leave. "I really like my home and don't feel it's inferior to your Yi residence at all." "This..." Zhou Li didn't expect Yi Lan to refuse, and his face turned a bit unpleasant. He looked at Yuan Hui, "Madam, you should persuade Miss as well!" "Yoyo..." Yuan Hui was very conflicted inside. She really couldn't bear to part with her daughter, but just as the butler said, going back to the Yi residence would give Yi Lan a better life. "Mom, you don't need to persuade me," Yi Lan glanced at Zhou Li coldly. "You may leave! I want to rest!" Zhou Li's words were more pleasant than singing, but he was a complete petty person. Who knows what he was thinking inside? Thinking this, Yi Lan heard a low murmur: "How dare this little wretch be so ungrateful? She could live a good life but insists on staying in this slum. She doesn't even know what she is!" Yi Lan was stunned and looked sharply at Zhou Li, only to find his lips tightly closed, his face expressionless, but his eyes were full of anger and hatred. What was going on? Yi Lan was also a bit dazed. Could it be that what she just heard was Zhou Li's inner thoughts? Thinking this, Yi Lan tried again and said, "Butler Zhou, I've thought it over carefully. There are indeed some benefits to going back to the Yi residence." Zhou Li was delighted inside and said, "It's best if Miss can think this way!" Although he said so, what Zhou Li was thinking was: I knew it. This kind of good-for-nothing who can't stand on her own is money-grabbing. She's still pretending to be a big shot with me. I've seen through her little tricks long ago. Yi Lan heard Zhou Li's inner thoughts word for word and her face turned cold. Calling Zhou Li a petty person was really an insult to petty people: "Butler Zhou, it's not impossible for me to go back, but first show the sincerity that the Yi residence should have. Not to mention anything else, I am also the eldest miss of the Yi residence. Sending such a person who looks like a servant to pick me up is too disrespectful, don't you think?" After hearing Yi Lan's words, Zhou Li's face turned green and white alternately, which was quite a spectacular sight. Yi Lan didn't need to hear to know that Zhou Li must be cursing her to the skies inside. Watching Zhou Li's back as he stormed out of the door, Yi Lan rolled her eyes but also knew that this ability was only available to her when she wanted to hear others' inner thoughts. "Yoyo..." Yuan Hui was stunned by Yi Lan's changed personality. Was this still her shy and introverted daughter? "Mom," seeing Yuan Hui's expression, Yi Lan knew she had frightened Yuan Hui and pouted with a grievance, "Mom, I feel bad inside. Suddenly there's a dad, and someone wants to separate us. I feel bad..." "Good girl," Yuan Hui also felt sorry for Yi Lan and hugged her into her arms, "If you don't want to be separated, then don't be." Savoring Yuan Hui's embrace, only Yi Lan knew how precious this hug was: "Mom, I don't want to leave you..." This was her truest thought from the bottom of her heart. In her previous life, she was taken back to the Yi family by Zhou Li. The stepmother's bullying, the sister's oppression, the servants' disregard, and the contempt from other young masters and misses... In that high society, she was an alien. Her half-sister once ridiculed her in front of other misses at an important banquet, saying she was a "cavewoman in a ball gown who squeezed into the human dance party." The memories of her previous life were too humiliating. She wanted to escape and shrink back. She really cherished the time she spent with her mother and didn't want to lose this warmth. In her previous life, in order to squeeze into that circle and not be laughed at, she was very careful everywhere. Her stepmother forbade her to visit her mother, and she dared not disobey. But who would have thought that the next meeting after the separation would already be separated from her mother by life and death. Thinking of this, Yi Lan hugged Yuan Hui's neck again. She didn't want to leave her mother. After Zhou Li returned to the Yi residence from Yi Lan's place, he exaggerated how rude, arrogant, and domineering the young miss was, almost making it seem like Yi Lan would eat him alive. "Surely something that can't be brought to the table," a girl of about sixteen years old, who was listening, rolled her eyes with a face full of disdain. "Lian'er," the dignified and beautiful woman sitting on the sofa frowned slightly, and the girl stuck out her tongue and stopped talking. The beautiful woman looked at the man with a worried expression on the other side and said, "Eng, why don't you go and pick her up yourself?" "Mommy, are you crazy?" The girl immediately objected, "She's just a wild girl. Why should my dad go pick her up personally?" "Lian'er, she is your sister!" The beautiful woman corrected her. "I don't have a sister like her!" The girl's face was full of disgust. "Lian'er, go to your room!" The beautiful woman put on a stern face, and it seemed that she was a bit angry. "Humph!" The girl coldly snorted and turned around to leave. "You can go down too," the beautiful woman waved her hand, and Zhou Li left accordingly. In the luxuriously decorated living room, only the couple was left. The beautiful woman spoke softly, "Eng, Yi Lan is just a seventeen-year-old child. It's normal for her mind to be immature. The reason she's making such a fuss is probably to vent for Sister Hui. I was wrong back then..." The beautiful woman's eyes turned red as she spoke, "She was my best friend, but I..." "Fang Fang, don't say that," the man frowned slightly, seemingly not wanting to bring up the past. "Eng, you should go and pick up Yi Lan personally. Dad has given the order," Fang Fang sighed, "If Sister Hui is still not satisfied, I'll go with you. I'll endure any scolding or beating..." "There's no need for you to go," the man embraced Fang Fang, "I'll go myself. You shouldn't dwell too much on what happened seventeen years ago. It's not your fault." "It is my fault. I couldn't control my feelings..." Fang Fang said, resting in the man's arms, "But poor Yi Lan, a child raised in hatred, I'm afraid..." "Ah..." The man sighed, "It's getting late. You should go to rest. Leave this matter to me." "Okay," Fang Fang nodded, stood up, and turned around to reveal a barely perceptible cold smile. The next day, when Yuan Hui came back from shopping, she saw a black Mercedes-Benz parked at the entrance of the dilapidated apartment building and frowned immediately, guessing: he had arrived. Walking up the narrow and low staircase to the fourth floor, the walls, whose original color could no longer be seen, were covered with layer upon layer of small advertisements. The rusty old iron door seemed to be almost corroded by time, leaving only a mottled shell. A man, out of place with all of this, stood in front of the iron door in a high-end suit. Upon seeing Yuan Hui, the man was taken aback, opened his mouth, and seemed to want to say something but didn't know where to start. Yuan Hui stared at the man for a while before clearing her throat, "Come in and have a seat..." Yuan Hui took out her keys and opened the iron door. The grating sound of the door was very harsh. The man entered the house and felt a bit uncomfortable seeing the shabby room. "Yoyo, this is your father," Yuan Hui, with no particular expression, poured a glass of water and placed it in front of the man before addressing Yi Lan, who had come out of the room. Seeing Yi Hao'en again, Yi Lan's emotions were extremely complicated. In her previous life, Yi Hao'en had committed suicide because of her mistake. Although Yi Hao'en wasn't particularly close to Yi Lan, he had never been stingy with her financially. In fact,