Chapter 8: Locked Up

At this moment, seeing Ye Fanxing come back, Mrs. Ye sneered, "Didn't you say I wasn't your mother? Don't bother to return to this home! Seeing you is irritating, you're gone all day and don't think about coming back to help out. How did I end up with a daughter like you?"

Her cold words were merely a way to stop Ye Fanxing from talking about money with her.

Ye Fanxing didn't respond, she simply walked into her room. Ye Zichen asked, "Sis, aren't you going to eat?"

"Why do you care about her? She's an adult, she won't starve out there!"

Ye Fanxing sat in her room, feeling the tears starting to fall.

Her mother had always doted on Zichen since childhood. She thought that, with Zichen being younger, it was normal to favor him.

But now...

She finally realized, it wasn't because she was older, but because, she was a girl.

The next morning, Ye Fanxing had already packed her things.

She used to consider this place her home, now she desired nothing more than to escape from here.

When Ye Fanxing came out with her luggage, Mrs. Ye was washing dishes. Seeing her, Mrs. Ye was startled, "What are you up to?"

"I am planning to move out." Weren't they always hoping she'd leave?

Her departure should please her mother, right?

Seeing this, Mrs. Ye immediately rushed over and blocked her way, "You think you can just leave? Ye Fanxing, you've grown wings? Let me tell you, without your father's and my approval, you're not going anywhere."

"You're not my biological mother, why should where I go concern you?" Ye Fanxing's eyes were red from crying all night.

Mrs. Ye was stunned for a moment, then said, "Even so, I have raised you for so many years. Wherever you go, you must have my permission."

Jokes on her, Mrs. Ye had already promised others that she would marry Fanxing off.

If Fanxing just left like this, how would she face those people?

Ye Fanxing smiled, "I'm all grown up, there's no need for your permission."

Humph, you really want to go, at least repay me for all the love and care I've given you over the years. Raising you wasn't easy. Now you just want to run away. Dream on!"

Having said that, she grabbed Ye Fanxing's arm, dragged her back into her room, locked the door, and left in a huff. How could she have such an unfilial daughter?

All those years of raising her, all for nothing.

-

Locked up all day and waking up with a fever the next morning, Fanxing couldn't find the strength to get out of bed.

She placed a hand on her forehead, staring at the ceiling, and found herself thinking about Gu Yuze...

The moment she thought about the man she loved being with her best friend...

The feelings of sorrow washed over her.

She turned over and drifted back to sleep.

-

Two days later, when Ye Zichen woke up at noon and was about to leave the house, he saw the formally dressed man named Chiang Sen. His first reaction was—"aren't you hot?"

"Excuse me, does Ye Fanxing live here?" Chiang Sen asked sternly. He had followed the address Fanxing had registered.

Prior to this, Fanxing, who used to go to the villa every day or at least take a leave of absence if she couldn't, had now been missing for two whole days.

Just what was this woman up to?

Signing the agreement and then disappearing.

Was she regretting it?

If she dared to play such a trick, he wouldn't let her off.

Thinking of Mr. Fu's serious expression before he left, made Chiang Sen's heart ache.

Mr. Fu's life was really hard, dealing with all these unreliable women.