Transmigration: The Main Character is Not Becoming the Cannon Fodder!-Chapter 178 - 8: The Real and Fake Heiress (Part 8)

Chapter 178: Chapter 8: The Real and Fake Heiress (Part 8)

Li Yu felt a bit exhausted; she thought the young lady seemed thinner and decided to stew some chicken, hoping the young lady would savor her cooking skills.

When the young lady was little, she was so close to her, which secretly pleased her. After all, her own blood knew to be close to her. But after the young lady left, she thought of her day and night, never expecting that upon her return, she would be so distant.

She needed to win back the young lady’s heart.

Li Yu was quite skillful at cooking; she wanted to use this method to get the young lady to notice her. As long as she noticed her, and as she treated the young lady well with all her heart, the young lady would naturally see her goodness.

However, when Li Yu offered the stewed chicken and mushrooms to Li Shuning, Li Shuning smiled and said she had a nutritionist, with a specialized diet, so she couldn’t eat random things.

Thus, the stewed chicken and mushrooms became something she couldn’t eat, which greatly disappointed Li Yu.

Li Yu kept assisting the young lady in running errands, but the young lady only maintained her distance.

She wasn’t young anymore, and having come from a poor background, suffered hardships, and damaged her health, Li Yu suddenly felt entirely unwell.

Dragging her tired body back to the back courtyard, she unexpectedly saw Li Shuning (Li Qinglan) blocking the door, looking at her coldly.

Li Yu inexplicably dared not meet Li Shuning’s eyes.

"Shuning, what is it, is something wrong? Mom is a little tired, let’s rest early."

"Mom? Are you really my mom?"

Li Yu shuddered with fright before she roared in anger, "Shuning, do you know what you’re saying? How could you not be my child? Your heartless father left the two of us behind; if I hadn’t been unwilling to let you go, you wouldn’t even exist in this world. Now, how dare you speak to me like this?"

Li Yu’s roar was fairly loud, even the front courtyard could faintly hear it.

Li Shuning (Li Qinglan), however, cried and said, "I’d rather you hadn’t given birth to me! What kind of mother doesn’t see her child for seventeen years? What kind of mother only cares about others and not even a little about her daughter? My grades weren’t good, I went out to find work, only to hit walls everywhere; did you ever care about me? You only cared to hover around the young lady who didn’t even like you following her, making a fool of yourself! Do you know how embarrassing your expressions were?"

For a moment, Li Yu didn’t know what to say, inexplicably feeling guilty. She knew she had never truly cared about Li Shuning, but she wasn’t her child anyway.

Admittedly, Li Yu was truly shameless, swapping the children back then, telling herself she wouldn’t feel guilty by treating Li Shuning well, yet later treating her so.

Now that someone questioned why she didn’t treat her well, she remembered the woman before her wasn’t her daughter, so she said whatever she wanted.

Truthfully, Li Yu didn’t want the child affair to be found out and seem unusual.

At this moment, she raised her voice more than her confidence held: "How could I not care for you? Had Sister Zhang’s family not taken us in, we might’ve been begging on the streets. I know to repay kindness, how would that be embarrassing? Everything I did was for you!"

Li Shuning sneered, "For me? What have you done for me? From childhood to now, I’ve been left on my own, haven’t I?"

The argument between the two grew increasingly heated.

Li Qiong and Zhang Minrong, along with the real Li Shuning — Li Niuniu, arrived in shock.

Li Yu actually went so far as to tug at Li Qinglan’s clothes.

Zhang Minrong asked anxiously, "Xiao Yu, what’s going on? Shuning just returned; why are you arguing again? Why don’t you care for your daughter at all? Back then, you abused Shuning, and we were afraid you’d make mistakes, forced to send Shuning off to school. At that time, teachers said Shuning was a bit withdrawn — could it not be a side effect of your abuse? And now, why argue with Shuning again?"

Li Qinglan was in disbelief; was she sent to school because her mother abused her when she was young? No wonder her mother never visited her even once.

What on earth was wrong with her mother?

Li Niuniu discreetly released spiritual power, causing vague images of her childhood hunger, neglect, and even being beaten by her mother to surface in Li Qinglan’s mind.

Li Qinglan felt suffocated, her life seemingly a mess, with no prospects at all.

Li Yu remembered that Zhang Minrong once said if she abused her daughter again, she’d be asked to leave, and she couldn’t just leave.

Thinking it over, she defended herself: "Sister Zhang, it’s not how you think it is. The child just couldn’t find a job and took it out on me."

Li Qinglan was furious: "Mom, is there a mother like you? Taking it out on you? Since I’ve returned from school, have you even said a word to me? Did you ever care for me for one moment? We’ve been apart for seventeen years, have you ever looked me in the eye? Sure, my studies weren’t good, I have no degree, and finding a job is tough. But what hurts me most is the indifference of my only relative."

Having said this, Li Qinglan burst into tears.

Zhang Minrong stepped in to offer a few words of consolation.

Afterward, Zhang Minrong’s expression turned grim: "Xiao Yu, when our family first took you in, we thought you valued sentiment and righteousness, but your treatment of Shuning then made us feel strange, what exactly is going through your mind?"

Li Yu’s face went pale, biting her lip, clenching her fists, yet inwardly anxious.

Seeing Li Qiong, Li Yu suddenly declared: "Sister Zhang, I’m sorry. Seeing Shuning just reminds me of the man who abandoned us back then, and I just can’t treat Shuning well. I know I’m in the wrong, and won’t act this way again."

Zhang Minrong knew Li Yu was talking nonsense; thinking she wasn’t her daughter, she didn’t even care to pretend.

It’s really undesirable to speak to such an idiot.

That night, Zhang Minrong granted Li Yu five days off, advising her to spend time accompanying the child. After all, with their own flesh and blood, no overnight hatred remains.

Once Li Qiong and the others left, Li Yu was drenched in cold sweat, never expecting Li Shuning to burst out like that.

Her biggest worry was the child’s situation being discovered. Pondering it, Li Yu decided to move away from the Li Family, so no matter what happened, at least Sister Zhang and others wouldn’t find out.

If she continued to stay here, who knew what madness Li Shuning would stir up, and any discovered clue would be troublesome.

Of course, she still needed to placate Li Shuning, not letting her erupt again.

Feigning heartbreak, Li Yu said: "Shuning, I’m sorry, it’s all mom’s fault; mom is also suffering. Over these years, mom often felt life was tough, it’s mom’s mistreatment of you; please believe I won’t treat you like before anymore."

No one knew if Li Qinglan believed Li Yu’s words, but she did stop crying, and the two went to bed.

The next day, Li Yu called upon Li Qinglan, suggesting they go job hunting together, though in reality, she planned to find a place to rent.