Hearing Song Zijin’s venomous words, Sheng Yueyue was livid. She kicked out at him. "Get out! I never want to see you again."

The moment he saw the hospital staff, Song Zijin put on an act, pretending to steady her. "Doctor, you see? She’s completely lost her mind. The moment she’s not lucid, she starts kicking people."

"You should have brought a patient like her in sooner. It’s far too dangerous to leave her out in the world," the middle-aged doctor said, adjusting his glasses.

"I told you, I’m not crazy! Don’t believe anything he says!" Sheng Yueyue shrieked hysterically.

The sheer venom and disgust in her eyes startled the young male doctor standing nearby.

"In all my years, I’ve never seen such an expressive patient. Usually, they just mutter to themselves and aren’t aggressive."

"You can go home now. Leave the patient with us. She’s quite frightening. We’ll have to give her a sedative first."

The middle-aged doctor’s face was pale and his voice trembled as he spoke. When it was time for the injection, he kept a wide berth from Sheng Yueyue.

He jabbed the needle into her without any apparent care for gentleness, and Sheng Yueyue instantly went quiet.

Song Zijin watched as Sheng Yueyue, who had been in a frenzy just a second ago, fell completely silent.

A wave of complex emotions washed over him. He simply said to the doctor, "We’re leaving," and turned to go without another glance.

The asylum gates closed, and Song Zijin’s silhouette vanished. Tears streamed down Sheng Yueyue’s face.

Whether it was the sedative taking effect or she had simply resigned herself to her fate, she no longer struggled.

Sheng Yueyue stared at the high walls surrounding her, her heavy eyelids fluttering shut. ’I’m never getting out of here!’

’Mom and Dad will never come to get me. In the entire Sheng Family, only Second Brother Sheng will even remember me.’

’Unfortunately, he’s flat broke. He probably couldn’t even afford the fare to visit me, even if he wanted to!’

’Eldest Brother Gu won’t be back to work in Qing City until after the New Year. But after all the times I caused a scene at his workplace demanding his salary, he must be sick of me by now!’

’I always thought Eldest Brother Gu only survived because of my rebirth; I single-handedly changed his fate.’

’That’s why I felt it wasn’t unreasonable to take his salary every month. It was my due.’

’I am Heaven’s chosen daughter. I know more than anyone else, so it’s only right that I should live a more carefree life than them.’

’But this past year since my rebirth has been like an empty dream. I haven’t found any answers, only endless regret and agony.’

’How did my life end up even worse than in my previous one?!’

Back at the Sheng Family home, it was just as Sheng Yueyue had imagined. When Mr. Sheng learned that his daughter had been sent to a mental asylum, he let out a sigh of relief and said nothing.

Though Mrs. Sheng’s heart ached with reluctance, she had no intention of visiting her daughter. ’If it wasn’t for that girl, would my family be in shambles, my husband and children gone?!’

Sheng Shiwu was one step away from clapping in celebration, but when he saw the grim expression on his second brother’s face, he didn’t dare let a smile show.

Seeing his parents’ and third brother’s callous indifference, Sheng Shiwen grew extremely upset. He held it in for a long moment before finally forcing himself to speak.

"Mom, Dad, how can you be so cruel to Yueyue? She’s your biological daughter, for goodness’ sake."

Already feeling terrible, Mrs. Sheng scoffed. "From the moment we acknowledged her as our daughter to this very day, we have never wronged her."

"Did we force her to do all these disgraceful things? Let her stay in the asylum and reflect on her actions."

Sheng Shiwen became even more indignant. "What do you mean, she did all these disgraceful things? Isn’t it because you failed to raise her properly? How dare you blame her?"

"Xiao Wen, can’t you see? I all but tore out my own heart for her, but how did she treat me?"

Mrs. Sheng began to sob, pointing at her chest as she wiped away tears. "Do you want to take a knife and carve it out to see for yourself?"

Mr. Sheng felt a pang in his own heart watching his ex-wife cry. "Xiao Wen, you’ve always been such a sensible kid. Why are you pushing your mother like this?"

"How am I pushing her? All I said was that you failed to raise our little sister properly, so you should be held responsible."

This was the first time since he was a boy that Sheng Shiwen had ever talked back to his parents.

The family had never been so fraught with tension. Sheng Shiwen didn’t know whether he should continue to condemn his parents.

Mr. Sheng looked at his second son’s disappointed expression and said with grave significance, "Xiao Wen, Yueyue’s situation is her fate. We truly don’t owe her a thing."

"How can we not owe her anything? If you hadn’t failed to watch over her properly, would she have suffered so much? You’re both so heartless! I’m cutting ties with you!"

After shouting his piece, Sheng Shiwen stormed out of the house, leaving the couple staring at each other in stunned silence.

Mrs. Sheng asked, crying, "What will we do if Xiao Wen leaves like this and never comes back?"

Mr. Sheng sighed. "Don’t worry. The boy’s grown now and has his own mind. Just let him go."

Mrs. Sheng dabbed at her eyes. "But I can’t stop worrying about him. My daughter has ended up like this, and now my son has run away from home."

’I was still hoping we could remarry, but with the family in such chaos, is there any hope for that now?’

’My whole life has been ruined by my own daughter. And it was all because of Ren Xiaofang’s jealousy.’

She gritted her teeth and glared at the house next door. ’The next time I see Ren Xiaofang, I’m going to grab her and beat her down.’

Mr. Sheng didn’t know how to comfort his ex-wife and could only let out a sigh. "Cui Ping, I’m going to my room to rest for a while."

Gu Jiaojiao and her husband drove Sheng Shijing and Fu Guoguo straight to the Sheng Family’s doorstep. Not wanting to see Sheng Yueyue, she didn’t go inside.

"Eldest Brother Sheng, Guoguo, you two should go home, get cleaned up, and rest well. We’ll be in touch by phone."

"Okay. Thanks for everything, you two. You get some rest, too," Sheng Shijing said as he waved goodbye to Gu Jiaojiao.

’That’s strange,’ he thought. ’Why isn’t there any shouting at home? Did Yueyue go to the Song Family’s house?’

It wasn’t until Gu Jiaojiao returned to the Su family’s home that she learned Sheng Yueyue had been committed to a mental asylum. Inwardly, she breathed a sigh of relief for Fu Guoguo.

’Sheng Yueyue really brought this outcome on herself.’

’The original book focused heavily on the dramatic, up-and-down love story between Sheng Yueyue and Song Zijin.’

’Reality, however, wasn’t nearly as wonderful as she had imagined. In her previous life, Sheng Yueyue had witnessed Song Zijin’s immense success, so upon her rebirth, she immediately snatched him for herself.’

’It was only after marrying Song Zijin that she discovered how painfully mediocre he was. Her dreamlike romance merely reflected the cruel truth of reality.’

’Behind the glamorous facade lay exhaustion and hardship. Sheng Yueyue gained absolutely no advantage from this marriage.’

’In their marriage, love, hatred, pain, and suffering were all intertwined, ultimately culminating in this sorrowful ending.’

’There was never any love between her and Song Zijin; it was a scheme from the very beginning.’

’In her previous life, she had been entangled with He Aijun for twenty years, a relationship that drained her mentally and left every day of her married life a chaotic mess.’

’After being reborn, she gave up on He Aijun and chose Song Zijin, the man who had lived a peaceful and happy life with Gu Jiaojiao in the previous timeline.’

’And yet, her own married life was still a complete disaster...’