I clicked on the photo and zoomed in. At its edge, on Rena's shoulder, there was a lean hand with a mole between the thumb and forefinger.

Apparently, that was a man's hand!

I didn't want to wait for her to come back any longer and walked to the door to put on my shoes. I needed to find her.

But the door suddenly opened.

4

Rena acted as if she didn't see me and went to the bathroom to wash herself, humming a merry tune.

She seemed to be in a good mood.

She didn't ask about Yasmine's illness, nor did she go to Yasmine's room to check on her.

Rena walked out of the bathroom, lay leisurely on the sofa, and applied a mask to her face with enjoyment.

"How could you not worry about your sick daughter at all and even go to stay with someone else's son?"

Rena avoided my eyes and answered lightly, "Why should I worry about her? She's so good at lying at such a young age! How could she possibly be sick?"

I laughed in anger at her illogical words.

"She has already been to the hospital. What's the point of her lying to you?"

"So what if she went to the hospital? How serious could it be if she just had a stomachache? She knew I was busy, yet she still kept calling me. She's not well-behaved at all!

"Besides, why did she only know to order takeout instead of making something to eat by herself? She always likes to eat junk food. Now that she suffered from a stomachache, she only has herself to blame!" Rena shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Keep your voice down!" I turned to look at Yasmine's room, afraid that she might hear Rena's harsh words.

Constant overtime work kept me away from my family. I didn't even know until now that this was how Rena treated Yasmine!

When Rena saw me turning my head, she paused as if she understood something. She lowered her voice, but she didn't stop talking. "When I was her age, I could already do my laundry, cook, and wash dishes. She's spoiled!"

I rubbed my temples and took a deep breath.

Rena's family was poor and favored their son over her, so she suffered a lot.

In my eyes, however, she was very tenacious. She overcame many difficulties and studied hard, but she was inevitably influenced by her family.

I hugged her and said, "It's all in the past. Our family is getting better and better now, isn't it?"

I also intended to tell her that she shouldn't impose her values on our daughter and make such demands on a kid because everyone grew up differently.