Madness and Sorrow

The pixels on the screen flickered in the prison common room. Yun Xi, who was smiling on their screen, seemed so elegant and so far above the inmates as they looked up at the hanging television set.

Liang Xiuqin watched the screen with her head held high. The Yun Xi on the screen seemed so glorious, and she was shining so brightly. She recalled her years of abandonment and negligence and hatred, and she'd never felt more bitter and wrong as she did now.

She could not believe her eyes as she ran in front of the television screen, her fingers gesturing at the girl who was thanking the judges as she cried out, "Look! Look! It's my daughter! My daughter has become the first-class socialite!"

"Are you kidding? How can she be your daughter? If that's your daughter, then my daughter is a princess."

"How can someone like her have a mother like you? You must be insane!"