Special Agent Rebirth: The Omnipotent Goddess of Quick Transmigration-Chapter 96 - Mistakenly Held Rich Heiress 095 (19)

Chapter 96: Mistakenly Held Rich Heiress 095 (19)

Chapter 96: Mistakenly Held Rich Heiress 095 (19)

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“Toutou, you…” An’s mother turned her head with some difficulty, looking towards An Toutou.

The recording mainly featured An Toutou’s voice, her malicious, probing tones designed to enrage Ye Shaohua, coaxing that final sentence from her. It was obvious who had recorded it.

An Toutou’s tear-streaked face froze in an instant, as the venomous words she had spoken that day echoed in her ears.

She felt as if struck by a bolt from the blue; the words she intended to say next were caught in her throat. Looking at the disbelief and disappointment in the eyes of An Tingjun, who had always tolerated and doted on her, an endless tide of regret and panic welled up inside her.

“Brother, brother, you have to believe me!” She stretched out her hand to pull at An Tingjun, but he dodged away subconsciously.

She looked down at her own hand, feeling as though something was slipping away from her.

The old master of the An Family watched the drama unfold, and seeing Ye Shaohua’s icy face as well as the venom on the face of Ye’s mother, he shook his head, “In a few days, we will hold a ceremony. Although it’s been eighteen years, I think it’s better for these two to switch back. Shaohua, placed in your Ye Family, will leave me uneasy until I die.”

Hearing his mention of death, An Liguo frowned, “Dad, don’t talk nonsense, but indeed, this matter needs to be dealt with…”

He looked at the face of the daughter he had raised, utterly disappointed.

After all, he had raised her for eighteen years; even raising a dog would create affection.

But—

Never had he imagined that she would treat their biological daughter this way behind their backs, not to mention the family heirloom from An’s mother, intended to put her mind at ease, because she had no share in the An Family’s stocks.

Who could have anticipated that their kindness would turn into a weapon used by their adopted daughter to strike at their own flesh and blood!

“But what can I do?” An Toutou wiped away her tears, knowing that showing weakness no longer garnered sympathy. With a cold laugh, she said, “Is it my fault that I was swapped at birth? Growing up, it was mostly the butler who looked after me. How often were you, Mom and Dad, by my side? Mom, let me ask you, how many years did you spend with me during my childhood? Apart from attending my parent-teacher conferences, who would take me to school?”

“Now, I’ve been groomed to be the Young Lady of the An Family, yet one by one, you remind me that the An Family isn’t mine, that I’m not the Young Lady of the An Family.”

“Rather than being the Young Lady of the An Family, I would prefer an ordinary life. Which of you has ever given that to me? Did I have a childhood?”

At this point, she turned to Uncle Yao, then to An’s mother, “My childhood was spent learning Go, piano, listening to your business dealings; my life has been nearly devoted to you all. Yet in the end, you say that I’m not the Young Lady of the An Family!”

Hearing this, An’s father and mother showed a bit more guilt on their faces.

An Tingjun’s look at An Toutou’s face also became more complex.

This was also where they had always wronged her.

The offspring of these wealthy families are just like that, under a lot more pressure than ordinary people from a young age; people like them are doomed not to have a childhood.

An Toutou, holding back her tears, turned to look at Ye Shaohua, “You are jealous of my life in the An Family, but do you know that you also stole my life? I’d rather not have this wealth and luxury; I also had a happy childhood, with parents who took me to amusement parks and to school, parents who loved me…”

“But you… Ye Shaohua, not content with stealing my first life, you’re also stealing my second life!” An Toutou said, as tears uncontrollably fell.

“Toutou, let’s take you away from this place that devours human flesh; we’ll never let you stay here again,” Ye’s mother said immediately upon hearing this, “So this is how the An Family treated you…”

“Dad, don’t you have anything to say?” Ye Shaohua pressed on her temples, she was about to leave.

Hearing An Toutou and Ye’s mother speak, she glanced at Ye Guoqing and stopped in her tracks.

Ye Guoqing’s face was cold; he looked at her and said nothing.

“Alright, it seems this is what you all believe.” Ye Shaohua nodded, she let out a laugh.

That laugh, for some reason, gave An Tingjun a bitter feeling.

“Love? Dad, Mrs. Ye, tell An Toutou, did you ever love me?” Ye Shaohua walked step by step towards where Ye Guoqing was, leaned in slightly, and asked.

Ye’s mother looked coldly at Ye Shaohua, her mouth twitched as if to speak.

But Ye Shaohua didn’t give her the chance to open her mouth; she stood upright, turned to An Toutou, “When I was three, I lived alone. At six, I learned to heat up food. By eight, I could cook for myself.”

“Do you remember this scar?” Ye Shaohua lifted her sleeve, pointing at a burn scar on her wrist, and looked at Ye’s father, “This is from when I was seven, accidentally scalded myself while boiling water, and it was the neighbors who took me to the hospital.”

Ye Guoqing’s indifferent expression froze on the spot.

“An Toutou, you say you had no childhood, but at least in your childhood, someone cared about and loved you. The An Family gave you the best of everything, grooming you into what you are now. But do you know what my childhood was like? Mr. An would attend your parent-teacher conferences, yet my teachers thought I was an orphan! Since birth, I never celebrated a single birthday, because I was born with my parents not expecting it, their careers were held up because of me! From the moment I was born, they despised me!”

Ye Shaohua took a deep breath, and finally looked at An Toutou, “Do you know what happened when I first went through menstruation? I thought I was dying and took sleeping pills, landing myself in the Emergency Room! Did you go through this? You did not.”

“Your path in life at least had parents to take care of you, people to teach you, guiding you to become better. But I had to walk alone; I didn’t know what was good or bad. I had to hit many walls over many years, take many detours, to find out which path was right.”

The hurts of childhood, though unspoken, were not uninjured.

An Toutou was stunned; these were feelings she had never experienced.

Forget the rest, just the thought of cooking for oneself, doing laundry, or being scalded by boiling water… she couldn’t bear it even in thought.

Ye Shaohua looked at her shrinking face and spoke word by word, “You say that I stole your life, and want to steal it a second time. An Toutou, touch your heart, did I, Ye Shaohua, really steal your life?”

No one in the room spoke; An’s mother, covering her mouth, couldn’t stop her tears from flowing.

Ye’s father and mother had never thought about these things, and at that moment, they were completely dumbfounded.

“Shaohua, Dad… Dad is sorry,” Ye Guoqing said, lowering his head in shame.

“None of you owe me anything,” Ye Shaohua shook her head, “Nor do I owe you. I have survived up to now entirely because of myself. I won’t resent anyone. My lab is busy, and I don’t have time for these messy things. I hope you won’t disturb me in the future. I don’t need the An Family or the Ye Family. I, Ye Shaohua, have lived alone before, and will continue to live alone.”