"I never knew I would be raising such a snake in my own house. Tell me, tell me what magic that guy has done on you?" Mrs. Jiang started screaming at her daughter in her husband''s stead. That was correct, they had only one son and they lost him because of their own mistake. Their role in their own son''s death was that they let him go on that assignment.

    But they would not admit their own fault. That''s how just it was. It was so difficult for some people to admit their own shortcomings and they would take out their frustrations on others. A.d.u.l.ting was not easy and these guys royally failed at it.

    Mei Qingyang held her cheek that was stinging with pain. She felt slight liquid as well on her palm, perhaps she got a cut from her mom''s nail. She cleared her mind from stray thoughts and then scoffed.

    "You are saying you want me to let the guy go, just because he has Yu blood running through his veins but otherwise there is no fault of his. And then you are implying that because Su Lang or Feng Yue or Fan Ruyi have not personally killed your son, they are okay to be associated with? But their parents have committed murders too, are they not going to be the same in the future? Heck, you have taken part in people''s demise, then how am I or brother Bo, as a matter of fact, different?" Mei Qingyang was dead calm at this moment. She knew her words would not have any effect on anyone here. These people had gone mad.

    "You… you…" Mrs. Jiang pointed her finger at her daughter in extreme rage. Was she calling her and her husband murderer as well? The nerve of this girl! She was comparing her to that witch Yu Rong?

    "Please mom, don''t tell me you don''t know the deeds of father. I know you have maintained the image of na?ve, innocent wife of the person who does all the dirty deeds without affecting his family, but I know you are aware of everything," Mei Qingyang continued. Yes, her dad, after her foster brother''s death, had developed a huge network of assassins, informants, diplomats and other big people. He had really gotten his hands dirty. But because they were all in the name of justice, no one questioned them. Now she was truly contemplating if it was right to call all those deaths justified.

    "MEI QINGYANG! We let you do everything you wanted since the beginning, never questioned your decisions, fully supported you, especially financially. Do you know how much goes into paying the fee of that school? But now you are throwing childish tantrums like this? What are we even asking for? Just leave that guy and we can all go back to our peaceful lives. You can continue taking down Yu Rong for us and we will keep supporting you. How hard is it? Do you really want to make this such a big deal?" Minister Jiang finally broke his silence after seeing how she had made his wife speechless.

    This was what came with raising another''s kid. He wished he had been stricter with this girl, perhaps brainwashed her a bit more against Yu family. But what''s done was done.

    "Is that it? Do you even see yourself? Are you not becoming exactly like the very people you hate? Right now, I only see the reflection of cousin''s, Senior Feng''s, Senior Fan''s, Yu Rong herself and countless other parents who only see their children as a medium to fulfill their own dreams and d.e.s.i.r.es. If that was what you wanted, why did you not hire a robot?" she huffed for she had been speaking for far too long. This was the thing that she wanted to tell them the most. They were exactly the same as those parents she had once laughed at.

    And this family she had once been very proud of? Crumbled right in front of her eyes. She had been wrong again, she had trusted wrong people again. How would she ever be able to put her faith in humanity ever? She stormed out of the room after saying her piece, leaving her dumbfounded foster parents in the room. They did not even chase after her.

    She coldly reached towards the group anxiously looking towards her direction. Yu Tian finally heaved a sigh of relief as did the other two guys. Li Hanyu, on the other hand, frowned deeply. He had really thought that they would contain this girl but even they could not do anything. It was just so sad that she was going against her parents. She had no idea how big Minister Jiang had become in all these years.

    "You are picking wrong side Qing Qing," Li Hanyu called out to her in one last attempt to bring her back, or rather save her from her own parents. They had the power to destroy her.

    "Brother Hanyu, it is high time that I decide for myself once. I think you should also reflect on who you are really supporting. I do not know them anymore and do not want to associate myself with them in any manner," she glared at him with her dead eyes. Tonight had been too much and her mental capacity had exhausted. This was the first time she had truly felt alone. Even as Li Sibao she had her loyal maid.

    Wait, loyal maid? How come she was remembering her just now? She would search her memories about her later. She just wanted to get out of here.

    "But they were the ones who saved you. And me," Li Hanyu replied but his eyes were really just pleading to her to stay back.

    "Sure. In the end, I am just a pawn for them. This is too big a price for saving my life brother Hanyu. They are asking me to break up with him now. Tomorrow they will ask me to kill him as well. Then what? Am I going to just stand by and let it happen? No. I can make my own decisions, and I know he is not that kind of person. Period," Mei Qingyang took Yu Tian''s hand and dragged him out. Other two guys followed suit without saying anything.

    Once they were outside the house, Yu Tian gently clasped her face in his hands.

    "Did someone strike you?" he asked, his aura becoming icy. He wiped the blood with his thumb. No questions were asked about their exchange although everyone could guess what had happened. Not a tear was shed either, for Mei Qingyang knew, this time, she had really cut ties with her family and that her biggest backing because of which she had been taking the college through storm was now gone. This time, she was truly on her own.

    "Just a small cut, nothing to worry about," she finally softened her stance. With this guy and her friends around, she still had strength to go on and see whatever she had started till the end.

    Yu Tian gently pulled her in his embrace. No words exchanged, but just the familiar smell was enough for Mei Qingyang to completely calm down. She really wanted to mourn her loss but she did not even have time or strength for that.

    "You know what''s the most frustrating part, Tian? I cannot even resent them for not only they gave me a second chance at life, I know of their sorrow, their intense pain of having lost a son. But that does not give them a right to do the same to any other person. I am not going to be part of this household anymore. And we will need to watch out for them, you are the most vulnerable one right now," Mei Qingyang snuggled herself some more into Yu Tian. Yu Bufan had brought the car by now.