"You... are you Jiang Ran?"

When Chen Meirong said this, her voice was a bit shaky, and after she finished speaking, her eyes turned red.

However, her demeanor couldn’t stir even the slightest ripple in Jiang Ran’s heart.

Jiang Zhi traveled all the way from beishi to that small county to find her, Jiang Yi knew about it, so there’s no way Chen Meirong didn’t know.

Knowing without any acknowledgment, well, that didn’t matter either.

After all, it’s been so many years without seeing each other, and there wasn’t any affection left anyway.

But if she could ignore her before, why act so excited upon meeting now?

Jiang Ran looked at Chen Meirong coldly, saying nothing.

At this moment, Jiang Yi finally reacted, hurriedly stepped forward, and hugged Chen Meirong’s arm.

"Mom—"

Before Jiang Yi could finish her sentence, Chen Meirong interrupted her.

"Yiyi, when you were standing in the corridor, you saw her, didn’t you? You saw her and didn’t mention it to me earlier?"

Upon hearing Chen Meirong’s words, Jiang Yi, who was suppressing her own thoughts, suddenly exploded.

"Why should I tell you? Why should I tell you? Do you expect me to say my long-lost sister came to beishi and is eating here?"

"Mom, wake up! Even if she is your biological daughter, so what? She hasn’t been by your side for so many years. Do you know what she looks like now? Do you know what she’s done? Do you know what she’s doing now?"

"All these years, when you were unhappy, it was me and my brother who cheered you up. When you were sick, it was me and my brother who fed you medicine by the bedside. Why keep thinking about this person?"

Chen Meirong looked at Jiang Yi in shock, "Yiyi, how can you say that? She’s still your sister. Besides, she wasn’t away by choice; she was abducted."

"That’s because she was incompetent and got abducted." Jiang Yi screamed, "Since she was taken, why does she have to come back? She’s nothing but an extra; this family doesn’t need her!"

Slap!

A crisp sound echoed as the slap landed on a cheek, stunning everyone present.

After hitting Jiang Yi, Chen Meirong’s hand trembled incessantly in the air.

Jiang Yi tilted her head and after a moment, slowly turned back, her face full of tears, her eyes glaring at Chen Meirong with resentment. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"You still think of her? Why don’t you ask if she even wants to see you, her mom? She doesn’t want to see you or acknowledge you at all."

With trembling hands, Chen Meirong turned to Jiang Ran, "Ranran... is what Yiyi says true?"

Jiang Ran, "..."

After putting in so much effort to bring Wang Cuilan and the others to beishi, just to have a nice meal to celebrate, why does she have to witness this family drama?

Although she’s the reason for their argument, she doesn’t want to be treated like a spectacle.

After organizing her thoughts, Jiang Ran finally spoke.

"I have my own life and my own family, just like you do. We don’t need to disturb each other; let’s just live our own lives well."

Jiang Ran felt what she said was reasonable; people live to simply lead a good life.

If you want to live happily, don’t dwell on unhappy things.

If meeting leads to unhappiness, isn’t it better to not meet in the future?