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Qiao Xinxin bit her lower lip hard, tears streaming down her face, but she stubbornly refused to say anything.

This is considered a trivial matter?!

Seeing that Qiao Xinxin remained silent, Qiao Shouguo, standing to the side, frowned deeply. Adopting the authority of the head of the family, he sternly reprimanded her, "What are you crying for! Your sister didn't do it on purpose. Why are you making such a fuss?! Who is she so anxious for? Isn't it all for your own good? She's afraid that you, having just returned from the countryside, don't know the rules and might do something shameless, bringing shame to the Qiao family!"

"Exactly!" Qiao Lijun chimed in, glaring at Qiao Xinxin. "Mingzhu's a coward. She was terrified looking for you all night, and you still have the nerve to be so aggressive?!"

Hearing these shameless remarks that showed bias that reached the Pacific Ocean, a cold mockery flashed across Qiao Xinxin's lowered eyes.

What a fine excuse for her well-being! What a glorious reputation of the Qiao family!

"Wow--!!!"

Before Qiao Shouguo could finish his reprimand, Qiao Xinxin suddenly looked up and burst into tears!

Before the Qiao family of four could react, Qiao Xinxin, without even bothering to put on her shoes, barefoot, clutching her torn collar, rushed out the door like a gust of wind, wiping away her tears!

"Waaaaah... I don't want to stay in this house anymore! This house can't accept me! You're all ganging up on me! Waaaaah..."

She ran desperately into the courtyard, screaming at the top of her lungs, enunciating each word clearly as if afraid no one would hear her: "You all bully me! Mingzhu tore my clothes in public, defaming my innocence, and you still say she's doing it for my own good! If you despise me so much, why did you bring me back in the first place!"

"I'd rather go back to the Bai family! Although the Bai family is poor, my parents and brother would never wrong me! They would never conspire with their adopted daughter to strip me naked and bully me! Waaah—I don't want to live anymore!"

This scream terrified the four people in the living room!

"stop!"

"Qiao Xinxin! Shut up!"

Upon realizing what was happening, Qiao Lijun and Qiao Shouguo's expressions changed drastically, and they turned and ran after them. Even Qin Fangfang pulled Qiao Mingzhu along, stumbling and falling as they followed.

Family scandals shouldn't be aired in public! If the neighbors in the compound hear about this, how will the Qiao family ever be able to hold their heads high in this neighborhood again?!

But Qiao Xinxin ran faster than a rabbit and had already rushed to the big iron gate outside the courtyard.

She didn't run far; she clung to the iron gate, tilted her head back, and wailed at the top of her lungs.

The heart-wrenching cries were clearer than a loudspeaker in the dead of night.

The surrounding residential compound, where the lights had been turned off long ago, suddenly erupted as if a pot had been boiled over, with one house after another lighting up their dim lights.

Many neighbors, awakened by the noise, put on coats and slipped on cloth shoes, curiously peering over the low walls separating the two houses into the Qiao family's courtyard.

Even more interestingly, some of the aunties who loved watching the excitement opened their own doors and gathered in twos and threes at the Qiao family's gate.

Watching a spectacle is an instinct ingrained in human nature.

Moreover, the recent drama surrounding the Qiao family's real and fake heiresses has long been a topic of conversation among everyone.

"Oh my goodness, what's going on? The Qiao family is always causing trouble, making such a racket late at night like they're slaughtering a pig!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down, did you hear that? It's that real daughter who was just reunited with us from the countryside crying! Crying so bitterly so late at night, did she get beaten up?"

"What a tragedy... Listen to what she's yelling! Strip her clothes off? Slander her innocence? Good heavens, she's a pitiful person too. Her biological parents favor her adopted daughter and are forcing their own daughter to go back to the countryside!"

"Tsk tsk, I think the Qiao family's hearts are so biased they're beyond measure. They don't care about their own flesh and blood, but they treat this child who isn't related by blood like the apple of their eye..."

Outside the door, a cacophony of voices rose and fell, chattering about all sorts of things, each word like a resounding slap across the face of the four members of the Qiao family who had come out to chase after them.

Qiao Shouguo, Qin Fangfang, Qiao Lijun, and Qiao Mingzhu, who were following behind, turned pale and then flushed in an instant, their faces a sight to behold, as if a dye vat had been opened.

Qiao Shouguo stood on the steps, staring intently at his biological daughter, who was crying her eyes out by the large iron gate. His face was so dark it looked like it was about to drip ink.

His eyes were wide open like copper bells, and there wasn't a trace of pity or heartache for his biological daughter in his dark eyes. All that remained was a raging rage and disgust that had reached its peak!

Family scandals should not be aired in public!

Qiao Xinxin, that brat who grew up in the countryside, is indeed an ill-mannered country bumpkin!

They don't even understand this most basic principle, yet they insist on publicizing their family's shameful affairs to everyone, utterly humiliating Qiao Shouguo!

"What are you all standing there for! Get her inside!" Qiao Shouguo growled through gritted teeth.

Qin Fangfang felt ashamed and angry, as if the gazes of her neighbors were stabbing her back.

She quickly stepped forward, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace, and said to the neighbors, "It's nothing, it's nothing, the child is just throwing a tantrum..."

Turning her head, she quickly walked to Qiao Xinxin's side and reached out to grab Qiao Xinxin's arm.

Filled with rage at this brat's lack of manners, Qin Fangfang's actions were ruthless, her nails almost digging into Qiao Xinxin's delicate flesh. She lowered her voice and threatened viciously, "Have you made enough of a scene?! Get back inside right now! Aren't you ashamed enough already?!"

"Ouch! That hurts!"

Qiao Xinxin exclaimed in surprise, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

Using the force of Qin Fangfang's pull, she suddenly jerked her body backward and twisted her shoulders forcefully—

"Snapped!"

A muffled thud.

Without any hesitation, Qiao Xinxin forcefully shoved Qin Fangfang's hand away!

Using the force, she took two steps back and stood directly under the dim streetlight outside the gate.

The dim light shone on her thin body, making her appear even more pitiful.

She slowly raised her small, delicate face, revealing her current miserable state to all the onlookers—

"Waaaaah, everyone, please be my judge!"

Qiao Xinxin raised her hand and forcefully wiped away the tears on her face.

"I went home to sleep long after the banquet! But my dear sister immediately pointed her finger at me, scolding me for not coming home in the middle of the night and accusing me of seducing her fiancé!"

"I swear I didn't! But she wouldn't listen. In front of my own parents and my older brother, she just started tearing...tearing off my clothes!"

When she heard about these humiliating details, Qiao Xinxin could no longer control her emotions. She gripped her collar tightly with both hands, squatted on the ground, and burst into loud sobs!

"Why?! I didn't do anything wrong, so why am I being falsely accused of stealing someone else's fiancé?! Why am I being forced to have my clothes ripped off in front of my own parents and older brother by a sister who isn't related to me by blood?! What did I do wrong?! Waaah, if your Qiao family can't accept me, why did you make such a big fuss about bringing me back in the first place?!"

She cried so hard that anyone who heard her could feel the immense injustice this little girl had suffered!