"Second younger sister, consider this the last ti I, as your elder sister, ask you for sothing. You’ve stolen our parents’ love for so many years, can’t you grant just this one request? It’s for the good of everyone." Ye Xia spoke with emotion.
"I stole our parents’ love?" Ye Qiu retorted sarcastically, "I wasn’t aware that I ever took the love that belongs to my elder sister."
"Is it not so? Who in the mansion doesn’t know that you are the most beloved by our parents? Isn’t every good thing always eagerly brought to Luoxia Courtyard?" Ye Xia grew angrier as she spoke, feeling that Ye Qiu was too heartless and indifferent.
"Are those things really found only in my Luoxia Courtyard?" Ye Qiu looked at Ye Borong and Ye Wangshi, then glanced at Ye Xia, "Do you really want to spell it out?"
"What do you an?" Ye Xia asked discontentedly.
Ye Wangshi’s face also showed unexpected concern, "Qiu’er, what exactly are you trying to say? Although your marriage substitution carries so risks, your sister is right, it’s for the good of everyone, so don’t be so stubborn."
"Stubborn? What am I being stubborn about?" Ye Qiu gave a mocking smile, "Even our parents think the love they give surpasses that of my sister and younger brother?"
"Is it not so?" Ye Xia asserted confidently.
"Fine, then I’ll speak plainly," Ye Qiu’s expression turned cold, "You say our parents love the most, but every ti sothing is delivered to Luoxia Courtyard, doesn’t your Jiawu Courtyard have it too?"
"We are twins, if I have sothing, it’s only fair that our parents don’t show too much favoritism." Ye Xia rebutted.
"Alright, let ask in a different way, has anything delivered to Luoxia Courtyard ever been tailored to my preferences? Parents, sister, ask yourselves, has anyone ever asked about my preferences? Isn’t it always arranged according to my sister’s wishes? Is that what you call the most beloved?"
The expressions on Ye Borong and Ye Wangshi’s faces turned sour, and Ye Xia looked at Ye Qiu with a very unfriendly gaze, arguing, "We are twins, naturally, our parents would think our tastes are similar, what’s wrong with that?"
Ye Xia’s words made Ye Borong and Ye Wangshi look slightly better.
Ye Qiu continued, "There’s nothing wrong with that, except that the parents you claim love most don’t understand my preferences, yet are very clear about my sister’s, so who really is the favored one in this house?"
Ye Xia pursed her lips tightly, unwilling to admit the truth, which if spread, wouldn’t it say that she’s unkind to her ailing younger sister from birth?
Ye Wangshi looked deeply at Ye Qiu, as if seeing her daughter for the first ti, and said with so sadness, "This was an oversight by Mother, but you never ntioned your preferences to either, so naturally I thought you liked the sa things as your sister."
Is she pushing the bla onto again? Ye Qiu’s heart was now utterly emotionless.
"Assud?" Ye Qiu laughed lightly, a laugh so dark that it unsettled the other three in the room, then continued, "Even if Mother doesn’t know my preferences, couldn’t she observe? Sister is healthy and lively, naturally suited to those vibrant things; what about ? Does Mother think I suit them too? Even if I don’t understand, doesn’t Mother, a person of such wide experience, know what suits her daughter? Why has she never tried to guide ?"
"I..." Ye Wangshi was at a loss for words, utterly unable to speak.
Ye Borong spoke again, his tone sowhat heavier, "Your mother has to manage such a big family, how can she spare so much thought for trivial things? Moreover, with your frail health, you don’t need to socialize often either. Does it really matter what you wear?"
Ye Qiu t Ye Borong’s and Ye Wangshi’s gazes once again, laughing indifferently, "Yes, I don’t need to go out, so my preferences don’t matter, but what about the size? Surely mother and father would realize that because of my weak constitution I eat less than my sister, and I am smaller than her by a size. So why is it that every ti the clothes and shoes delivered to are according to my sister’s size? Don’t say mother and father are too busy. When I’m slightly healthier, I pay my respects to them daily. Have they really never noticed?"
After listening to Ye Qiu, Ye Borong and Ye Wangshi examined her carefully and realized that the clothes on her were indeed loose and ill-fitting, which made them awkwardly turn away.
Ye Xia, however, thought that Ye Qiu was just making excuses and did not actually want to help her, so she argued, "If the clothes are too big, can’t you just say sothing? Can’t you have the maids alter them a bit?"
"Has sister ever asked the maids to alter her clothes?" Ye Qiu looked straight at her.
"I..."
"Not to ntion anything else, let’s talk about the fox fur cape you’re wearing, sister. The fur is pure white without a trace of impurity. Would you like to see mine? Not only is it too big, but the hem also has many grey hairs mixed in it. Is this what father and mother and sister call their deepest love for ?"
"Why didn’t you say anything about it then?" Ye Xia glared at her, feeling sowhat guilty.
"I didn’t say anything because I don’t care about these things."
"Then why bring up so much today? Are you trying to make everyone feel guilty? Do you want everyone to revolve around you?"
"No, Doctor Liu said I don’t have much ti left, so I’ve never wanted to argue about anything. Today I’m only speaking up because I don’t want sister to misunderstand. I don’t want sister to use the reason that our parents love the most to control the little life I have left. Has sister really never considered who exactly is the most favored in this household?"
"What do I know? Parents said the most beloved is you, should I doubt that?" Ye Xia said evasively.
"Sister, have you really never felt it? Since the day we were born, you were raised on our mother’s milk, but I was nursed by a wet nurse. You lived in mother’s courtyard until you were six before moving out, but I was sent to Luoxia Courtyard when I was just a month old. Every ti you need sothing, haven’t our parents satisfied you? Sotis even feeling you were wronged, they would send you many more things. Can sister guarantee that you have less than ? Don’t you feel it at all? If not, that’s surely too sad for our parents."
"You... are you trying to drive a wedge between and our parents?" Ye Xia said with a flushed face, angry.
"I never ant that, I just want sister to realize that our parents love you more than . So, stop using the reason that you yielded to for over a decade to blackmail . I’ve heard enough already."
Seeing Ye Qiu’s calm face, Ye Wangshi felt ashad, embarrassed, and annoyed, and couldn’t help but speak up, "Qiu’er, do you resent us so much?"
Ye Qiu shook her head, "Daughter didn’t an that. To be able to live for so many years with this body is already more than I could have hoped for. I am very grateful to our parents for never neglecting in life."
"Since you are so grateful to our parents, why not repay their kindness by agreeing to the arranged marriage?" Ye Xia said coldly, looking at Ye Qiu.
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