Lin Yutong’s eyes flashed with viciousness as she crawled to Ning Wanwan’s feet, weeping: “Sister, I did all this for you. You hate Shaoyin County Princess for competing with you for the Crown Prince. I wanted to teach her a lesson…”
Father! I don’t want to return to the Luling hometown!
Just as Ning Wanwan stepped outside, she heard Lin Yutong’s hysterical crying from inside the room.
Lin Zhengyang angrily said, “If you don’t return to Luling, do you plan to stay in Biandu City and make a spectacle of yourself? Look at what you’ve become!”
“It’s all Ning Wanwan’s fault!” Lin Yutong retaliated.
Lin Zhengyang thundered, “Still blaming your sister? Do you think I don’t know about the schemes you and your mother have been plotting all these years?”
Momentarily stunned, Lin Yutong fell silent. After a while, Lin Zhengyang continued, “You’ve become spoiled and cruel because your mother has indulged you.”
Lin Yutong argued, “My mother and I have done everything for my father’s sake, to bring glory to the Lin family.”
“I will find my own way to bring glory to the Lin family. I don’t need you and your mother to meddle.”
“Meddle?” Lin Yutong sneered, “Does Father still expect Ning Wanwan to bring glory to the Lin family? Don’t forget, she has the surname Ning. No matter how glorious she becomes, she has nothing to do with us Lins!”
Ning Wanwan turned to Fuyi and said softly, “Let’s go.”
It became clear that Lin Zhengyang favored Lin Yutong simply because she bore the Lin surname, while Ning Wanwan did not.
She stepped on a foot warmer, wearing a festive longevity robe with a swastika pattern, her white hair neatly combed, adorned with a silver-gold and emerald-inlaid pearl hairpin, and a peach-colored heart-shaped forehead ornament. She looked refreshed and spirited.
Ning Wanwan quickly walked to the luohan bed, squeezed next to Old Lady Ning, and hugged her arm, laughing, “Grandmother, I’ve come of age now. I’m an adult, so you don’t need to give me New Year’s money anymore.”
