I save a pathological girl with a twisted love story.

But after Xia Wuzhao said that, she shut up and didn't say anything more.

Yoshiko sized up Natsume and scoffed.

Without even wanting to speak to Natsumi Kirishima, she went straight to Kirishima Chiho and said, "Come home with me, Chiho. Are you listening to your mother or this person?"

Even Kirishima Chiho herself couldn't answer that question.

Her heart was burning with anxiety, like she was in hell, yet she couldn't utter a single word.

Seeing Kirishima Chiho like this, she was furious.

She took a deep breath and said to Kirishima Chiho, "Come with me!"

She forcefully pulled Kirishima Chiho, but Kirishima Chiho did not move.

"If I really leave with her, then everything with Xia Wuzhao will be over. If I really leave here before 6:10 today, Xia Wuzhao will definitely sever all ties without hesitation."

"I'm afraid of this kind of thing."

"But if I don't listen to my mother today, then I won't be a good daughter."

Kirishima Chiho lowered her head, her fists clenched tightly.

"Damn it!" Yoshiko angrily slammed the cake on the ground, leaving dirty marks on the floor with sweet cream and fruit rolling around.

She pointed at Xia Wuzhao and said, "You orphan with no parents, you think you can eat swan meat like a toad!"

"Do you know what kind of family we are, and what kind of family you are? The dress I'm wearing today is enough for your family's living expenses for half a year. Your monthly income is less than half of my driver's salary!"

"You think you're worthy of being my daughter's lover?"

"Don't you even look at what kind of person my daughter is, or what kind of family she comes from!"

She berated Xia Wuzhao for her poverty and flaunted her own wealth.

The price of her clothes was something Xia Wuzhao could never have imagined.

Xia Wuzhao could have punished her directly with the Evil Mirror Doll, but she didn't.

Because he wants to force Kirishima Chiho to make a decision today.

She has to make a decision between her parents and her own future.

With a snap, Xia Wuzhao closed the book: "Mother Kirishima, you seem to be a peasant too."

Kirishima's mother blushed instantly, trembling with anger.

Even if you wear clothes made of diamonds and shoes made of gold, it can't hide your peasant background.

Xia Wuzhao said to Kirishima's mother, "Although I am also a peasant, I don't hate this identity. In fact, I quite like this identity."

"But this is the first time I've ever met someone who hates their past self like you."

Xia Wuzhao smiled at Kirishima's mother: "Hello, folks Kirishima's mother."

Chapter 114 Thorns Entangled with Honey

Xia Wuzhao infuriated Jiazi to the point of near death; Jiazi's body was trembling, and her hands were shaking.

He glared fiercely, as if he wanted to devour Xia Wuzhao.

But Xia Wuzhao said, "You want to slap me? Then come on. But I'm just a peasant."

“I have no father or mother, and I have nothing to support. I don’t need any face, I have nothing to worry about, and I have no concerns.”

He chuckled lightly: "Besides, I'm not one to hold back when it comes to women. I believe in the principle of 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,' and if a fight breaks out, you'll be the one who loses face in the end."

"Or rather, you're confident you can surpass me in strength."

"However, it's a pity that you have neither strength nor confidence."

This intimidated Yoshiko so much that even though Yoshiko was about to burst out of her eyes with anger, she still stood there.

"He's insane, this lunatic. Threatening people over something like this? He's a complete madman."

Yoshiko cried out in her heart, but dared not gamble with Natsumi Kai on such a thing.

"I have no reason to gamble with a peasant like you on something like this. Don't you know who I am?"

Yoshiko said arrogantly, "Haven't you heard of the Kirishima family? How dare you speak to me like that? Have you thought about the consequences?"

Her fierce exterior masked her inner weakness, making Xia Wuzhao unable to help but laugh.

"You keep talking about the Kirishima family and such, but what can you possibly do to me?" Xia Wuzhao said in a casual tone, as if she were asking what to eat for dinner. "At most, you can trip me up at school, hinder my studies, or even expel me."

"But I have no father or mother, and I am all alone."

Xia Wuzhao smiled brightly at Jiazi: "What do you think I'm afraid of? What do you think I'll do? If I stopped going to school, what do you think would be the first thing I do?"

"You've worked so hard to climb up from humble beginnings to this family; your sunk costs should be higher than mine."

“I have nothing left to lose, but you are different.” He said calmly, “So you dare to bet with me? It’s nothing more than a life for a life.”

Xia Wuzhao spoke with such certainty that she seemed unconcerned about making threatening remarks.

The aura emanating from the evil mirror doll can intimidate those around it, causing them to unconsciously lose their courage.

Jiazi looked at Xia Wuzhao with hatred in her eyes.

He wished he could slap Xia Wuzhao across the face right then and there and teach him a lesson about hierarchy and class.

But after Xia Wuzhao said that, Yoshiko felt both angry and timid.

My heart was filled with an emotion called fear.

But she refused to back down, for the sake of her own pride.

She glanced at Kirishima Chiho and suddenly felt confident again.

—This is Kirishima Chiho, my daughter! The daughter of the Kirishima family!

She glared at Xia Wuzhao: "She's my daughter! My daughter! What right do you have to tell my daughter what to do? What right do you have to control my daughter? Why should my daughter listen to you?"

Xia Wuzhao looked at her and couldn't help but laugh: "You seem to have forgotten one thing: you are the one who controls your daughter, you are the one who has been manipulating your daughter all along."

"You're using your crimes to accuse me?"

"How ridiculous! What do all this have to do with me?"

He said, "Besides, it seems like you were the one who started the trouble. In your words, I was the one who retaliated against you first."

Yoshiko looked at Natsumi, angrily wanting to say something.

But Xia Wuzhao stopped her, saying directly, "You're always asking Kirishima Chiho to do things, and you're accusing me of manipulating Kirishima Chiho."

"Then this time, let Kirishima Chiho choose for herself, let her decide what to do. That should be the right thing to do, after all, she is Kirishima Chiho."

Xia Wuzhao turned her attention to Kirishima Chiho, who was startled.

Some were even at a loss.

Yoshiko snorted coldly. She glanced at Xia Wuzhao and said to Kirishima Chiho, "Daughter, see? This is the lover you chose? Look at him, he only knows how to shift the blame onto you. What's so good about a man like him?"

Xia Wuzhao showed absolutely no expression in response to Jiazi's accusations.

Because he did it on purpose.

He wanted Kirishima Chiho to make the choice herself and do it herself.

Yoshiko strode up to Kirishima Chiho and asked, "Chiho, what will you choose to do?"

She spoke in a harsh tone, as if she were threatening Kirishima Chiho.

Kirishima Chiho looked at Natsugiri Kai with pleading eyes.

But then they found that Xia Wuzhao had already sat down in her seat again, flipping through her book without a care in the world.

"It's as if he doesn't care about his own choices at all."

"But I understand that if I choose my mother, then everything I've done will have been in vain."

Chiho Kirishima remained silent, which made the atmosphere even more gloomy.

This seems to represent Kirishima Chiho's choice.

Yoshiko seemed incredulous as she grabbed Kirishima Chiho's arm.

I wanted to say something, but I couldn't say anything at all.

Kirishima Chiho was silent and sorrowful.

"Why, why did I have to make this choice?"

"I clearly don't want to do this."

There was a long, long silence, until the flock of birds in the tree flapped their wings and flew away.

Chiho Kirishima finally made her decision.

Or rather, a choice was made.

She whispered, "Mom, I'll be back in a little while."

Yoshiko was struck dumb, her mind blank for a moment.

Coming to her senses, she seemed somewhat unable to believe what she had just heard.

Her body seemed to be swaying precariously, as if she were about to collapse at any moment.

She managed to hold onto the door frame, feeling like she was suffocating.

It's almost impossible to make any effective response.

"Without Chiho, what am I?"

This thought swirled in her mind like a dark cloud, causing her immense pain.

It was like being constantly fried in a pan of oil.

She looked at Kirishima Chiho with frustration and sorrow: "Chiho, really?"

"Is this boy more important than my mother?"

"Mom is so proud of everything about you. You are practically the most important thing to me. Look, Mom even bought you a cake."

"Mom picks you up and drops you off in the car every day. Can't you feel Mom's love?"

She murmured, her expression one of profound sorrow.

"My mother's expression broke my heart and made me sad. But there was nothing I could do, Mom."

"I'm sorry, Mom."

Chiho Kirishima could hardly bear to look at her mother's expression and gaze.

A strong sense of guilt tormented her, and a profound sense of shame caused her immense suffering.

He felt guilty because his mother had done so much for him, but he had refused her.

She felt ashamed that she had not been a good daughter.

It was as if the entire world had begun to collapse.

Bricks, stones, and wood fragments fell in a soft patter, like gray rain.

"But deep in my heart, there was a faint, hidden joy."

"I wonder if my mother would also show this sad expression? I feel happy that my mother can also shed tears of sadness."

Kirishima Chiho was overwhelmed with emotions and couldn't utter a word.

Yoshiko almost burst into tears, but seeing that Chiho didn't make any move.

She seemed to find it hard to accept, but that was the truth.

Yoshiko forced herself to calm down and save face.

She said to Kirishima Chiho, "It's alright, Chiho. Mommy loves you, and Mommy will wait for you in the car downstairs. Although the car smells awful and the driver has a mean temper and often picks on Mommy."

"But Mom loves you. Mom will wait for you at 6:10, until the club activity is over."

She spoke with a heavy tone, but after she finished speaking, she turned and left briskly.

Kirishima Chiho watched her mother's retreating figure and reached out her hand to stop her.

But in the end, he put his hand down again.

She simply closed the door gently.