As they spoke of heartbreaking matters, tears began to stream down Xue Xingyao's face.
She was clearly the family's legitimate first-born daughter, but because of her father's favoritism, she had suffered countless injustices in silence.
And her mother had it even worse. Constrained by her position as the matriarch of the household, she had to plan for Xue Yunshu's future, even though she disliked her.
Xue Yunshu was defiant and had their father to back her up, so their mother lived in constant fear that Xue Yunshu would cause trouble outside and bring shame upon the Duke Mansion.
It was utterly revolting!
Xue Xingyao had been the one comforting Mei Wanying, but now their roles were reversed.
Mei Wanying had to console her for quite some time before she finally stopped crying.
