Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride’s Gambit

Lin Yueqin said hastily, "It was Shi Youjin who put on a good act. I thought he listened to me, but in reality, I was being manipulated by him!"

"You don’t need to say anymore. Trying to push all the blame onto Shi Youjin is useless, especially since he’s already gone to jail. I can’t find him to settle the score, but you, I can find."

The hatred in Ye Jinyu’s eyes was palpable, "From now on, don’t you dare dream of having a single good day. Whatever suffering my daughter went through as a child, you will endure double!"

It was the first time Lin Yueqin had seen this side of Ye Jinyu. Usually, she was incredibly easy to fool, but today she could not be fooled!

Her mind racing, Yueqin burst into hysterical tears, "Madam, it doesn’t matter how you treat me, I’m willing to bear your anger. But you can’t just acknowledge Xiaoyi and abandon Youyou. Youyou is the daughter you’ve raised from a young age! She knows nothing, always thinking of you as her biological mother. It’s so unfair to her!"

"Fair? You know about being fair?"

Tears poured down Ye Jinyu’s face, "What about the fairness for me and my daughter? Who will give my daughter back her happy childhood? When I think of Xiaoyi rummaging through the trash to eat what Youyou threw away, my heart aches!"

"Youyou has been happy for twenty-six years; isn’t that enough?! How many years do I have left? Can’t I spend the rest of my life treating my own daughter a little better? Where is the unfairness in that!"