Ming Zheng let out a soft huff.
A hint of casual chill permeated her starry eyes.
“Oh dear, I’ve been discovered.”
She tilted her head, smiling lazily, yet laced with mockery. “Yes, I was toying with you all. What can you do to me?”
Her arrogant, unrestrained demeanor turned the faces of the Ming family members from pale to ashen, as if they’d walked through a dye house.
“Ming Zheng!”
Ming Mu’s eyes turned red, her gaze towards Ming Zheng clouded with madness and ferocity. “You are utterly insane, you are not human!”
She lunged towards Ming Zheng with a frantic desire to kill her.
Enraged, wanting to kill Ming Zheng.
How could this bitch be so wicked?
Ming Zheng deliberately wanted to see her Ming family members kneel before her!
To make fools of them all!
However, Ming Mu was restrained by Ming Fu.
Ming Fu’s expression was equally grim, his deep, cold eyes seeming to be filled with frost and sharp blades.
As if in the next second, he would plunge that sharp blade deep into Ming Zheng’s heart.
But when his peripheral vision caught sight of the man standing tall and elegant beside Ming Zheng.
He managed to suppress it.
He also dared not let Ming Mu rush forward.
If Ming Mu were to charge forward now, it would be like offering her face for Ming Zheng to slap.
Ming Zheng was now in a state of complete insanity.
She would not show any mercy just because Ming Mu was her mother.
Especially now that Ming Zheng had Chi Xian supporting her.
If she were to go mad,
They wouldn’t be able to stop her.
Ming Mu’s hands were already crippled.
He didn't want to see his wife confined to a hospital bed, unable to move.
Yes.
The entire Ming family was now acutely aware.
Even if Ming Zheng treated them like monkeys,
They were utterly helpless against her.
They were now in an awkward predicament… unable to stand Ming Zheng, yet unable to defeat her.
Ming Mu struggled frantically in Ming Fu’s embrace.
As she struggled, she sobbed and cried out incoherently.
“Why did I give birth to such a daughter… My hands, what should I do about my hands, Chen Mu…”
She cried until she was gasping for breath.
Her choked sobs were filled with despair.
Ming Fu felt heartache, holding his nearly exhausted wife. His expression shifted, but he didn't know how to offer comfort.
If…
If Ming Zheng were truly the “Medical Sage” as Zhan He’an had mentioned,
Then…
Ming Fu’s face turned ashen. He raised his head, looking directly at Ming Zheng on the steps.
His expression was inscrutable.
Meanwhile, Ming Zhi Rou, kneeling on the ground, was now as if forgotten by everyone.
If one were to ask who was the most humiliated at this moment,
It would undoubtedly be Ming Zhi Rou.
She had finally managed to convince herself, enduring the humiliation, to kneel before Ming Zheng.
And Ming Zheng had used this method,
To make her even more disgraced.
Ming Zheng had done this deliberately, hadn't she?
Ming Zheng’s objective was precisely to force the Ming family to make her kneel.
Thus proving that,
The Ming family did not truly love her either!
But, with the situation having evolved to this point,
Did she have any other path to take?
She had to make this kneeling,
Achieve its maximum impact!
She wanted the Ming family to feel immense guilt towards her!
Ming Zhi Rou glanced at Ming Mu from the corner of her eye.
Listening to Ming Mu’s choked weeping.
Her eyes were cold.
She sneered inwardly, “Serves her right.”
But, on her face, she appeared exceptionally pitiful.
Ming Zhi Rou’s reddened eyes shimmered with crystalline tears, her eyelashes dampened by the teardrops, making her appear even more pathetic and humble.
She remained kneeling,
And crawled towards the steps.
As she crawled, she cried, “Miss Ming Zheng, I wronged you… it’s my fault… whatever punishment or torment you wish to inflict upon me, I will bear it…”
“It’s all my fault, please don’t take your anger out on Mom! Please save Mom… heal Mom’s hands, and I’ll kneel for you every day…”
“Rou’er…”
Ming Zhi Rou’s action drew the gazes of the three members of the Ming family towards her.
Ming Mu was even more moved, her eyes blurry with tears. She clutched Ming Fu’s arm, her gaze filled with emotion as she looked at Ming Zhi Rou.
Her voice became increasingly choked.
Look.
This was what a true daughter should be, like An You Ran.
So kind, so pure.
Solely thinking of sacrificing for her mother.
Unlike Ming Zheng.
She was completely a debt collector.
Why wasn't her biological daughter Rou’er?
Ming Mu sobbed incessantly.
But she did not step forward to stop her.
The gazes of the three Ming family members shifted back to Ming Zheng.
Wanting to see Ming Zheng’s reaction.
After all.
They still held a glimmer of hope.
If Ming Zheng were to agree to treat Ming Mu’s hands…
Ming Zhi Rou’s kneeling,
Would not have been in vain.
Once Ming Mu’s hands recovered,
They would find a way to repay the humiliation they suffered today!
However, to their disappointment…
Ming Zheng’s reaction to Ming Zhi Rou’s plea,
Let alone any expression, her eyes remained devoid of emotion.
Her dark pupils were as calm as still water, lazily indifferent, as she calmly watched their performance.
The curve of her crimson lips grew even more languid and mocking.
Chi Xian held her hand, brought it to his lips, and gently kissed it.
His breath warmed her fingertips.
The man’s eyes curved upwards.
Beneath his long, slender lashes, his ink-black eyes were filled with the brilliance of countless stars.
“Zheng Bao, are you bored?”
He curved his lips, his thin lips forming a lingering arc. “Then, let’s go eat. Even when playing with toys, one shouldn’t go hungry.”
Ming Zheng touched her stomach and smiled, “That’s true. After toying with them for so long, I’m hungry.”
After speaking.
They walked upstairs hand in hand, entering a private room.
Of course, Zhan He’an wouldn't miss this opportunity to persuade Ming Zheng to join the Chinese Medicine Association.
He eagerly followed.
Ming Zhi Rou was still kneeling, climbing the steps.
Then she was stopped by the manager.
The manager wore a standard smile, polite and courteous. “I’m sorry, Miss Ming Zheng, you cannot go up without Miss Ming Zheng’s permission.”
This politeness.
Felt like a heavy slap to Ming Zhi Rou’s face.
Her entire face flushed with shame.
Her body went weak, and she collapsed onto the steps.
Tears of humiliation rolled down from the corners of her eyes, dripping onto the steps.
This humiliation was not just brought upon her by Ming Zheng.
But also…
By Chi Xian’s words, “toy.”
In Chi Xian’s eyes.
Was she merely a toy?
“Rou’er!”
Ming Chu Yan strode up the steps.
He had only taken two steps when,
The manager politely smiled again. “Customer, you too. Without Miss Ming Zheng’s permission…”
“I don’t want to go up, damn it!” Ming Chu Yan could no longer maintain his usual gentle and refined demeanor; his face was dark and gloomy.
He rushed to Ming Zhi Rou’s side in a few strides and picked her up.
Miss Ming Zheng, Miss Ming Zheng, Miss Ming Zheng!
When did…
When did the Ming family have to act according to Ming Zheng’s whims?
When did…
When were the members of the Ming family trampled under Ming Zheng’s feet?