"Alice, you're not a child anymore. How can you ruin someone else's family out of selfish desire? Where has all the higher education you've received gone? I absolutely do not agree with what you're doing—this is utterly immoral!"
Tong Ruoxin looked into Alice's eyes, a shimmer of disappointment visible within. Speaking as an elder, she painstakingly tried to advise her.
But Alice's expression was full of defiance, and she curled her lips into a mocking sneer: "Immoral? Hmph! I've called you 'Mommy' for twenty years, and in the end, you still side with a complete stranger to lecture me?"
"Hmph, I knew it! Not a real mother, all that talk of caring for me and spoiling me was just an act!"
Saying this, she abruptly shoved Tong Ruoxin's hand away. Not wanting to hear another word, she ran out of the room without a backward glance.
Tong Ruoxin let out a bitter laugh, her eyes filled with sorrow. She was already frail and petite, and after coughing twice, her face grew even paler.
