After being attacked by the rich young ladies with hatchets, I chose to enter "sage mode".

Chapter 156 The Decisiveness to Leave

Standing beside the crowd, after Qing Siling had learned the general outline of what had happened, he turned his gaze to Old Zhu, who was lying on the ground curled up and completely powerless to resist.

Although she roughly knew that this guy was the cause of some unnecessary misunderstandings between her sister and Bai Yu, Qing Siling would not step forward and choose to hit him like her friends.

At this point, the person behind the scenes who needed to help his friend get out of trouble and escape his predicament suddenly came out to beat him up, which would make things much more difficult to resolve and would be a losing proposition.

Turning to look at Qing Sisi, who was still sitting irritably in the rest area, Qing Siling took out her phone and made a call to her mother.

At this hour, Qingma is probably busy at the company, or maybe in a meeting.

But in this family, Qing Siling knew very well that only she and her mother cared about Qing Sisi completely; even her father couldn't.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Qing's father treats Qing Sisi badly. Under normal circumstances, he cares about Qing Sisi about 80%. If her grandparents come along, it's good if his care doesn't turn into a negative number.

Qing Siling was used to the preference for sons over daughters from a young age, because the two elderly people were typical examples, or even "typical" is an understatement, because they were extremely biased.

The wealthier the family, the worse their attitude towards Qing Sisi became. What era are we living in? Even Qing Sisi, who was very much loved by the two elders, still held a prejudice against them.

I dialed the number to my mother, and she answered it shortly afterward.

"Hey, Siling, what's up with the call?"

"Mom, my sister has run into a problem that's hard to solve. Try contacting the psychologist you hired last time. She's not doing well. I'll take her home now and wait for her."

Upon hearing this, Qing's mother didn't ask what had happened or why. She simply replied "okay" and immediately called the psychologist who had treated Qing Sisi's mental illness last time.

Seeing that his mother had hung up the phone, Qing Siling immediately looked at Zhang Ting standing next to Qing Sisi. He didn't know her, but even so, Qing Siling still asked her politely.

"Um... could you help me take Sisi out with me? I just need to help her into the car, is that alright?"

Although Zhang Ting often heard Qing Siling's name from her boyfriend, this was the first time she had ever seen him in person.

She used to think that Qing Siling was a very handsome boy, but she didn't quite understand it then. Now she does.

However, Qing Siling did not receive an immediate response to her request.

The main reason was that the sight of Qing Sisi suddenly attacking Qing Siling like a madwoman frightened her and even made her want to stay away.

You can't really blame Zhang Ting for this. Any normal person would avoid Qing Siling if they saw her being so irritable and restless. Besides, what kind of family does Zhang Ting come from? Does she think she'll lose anything by not giving Qing Siling face?

"I'm sorry, I... I actually wanted to help you, but her current state is quite frightening, I'm afraid to."

Upon hearing this, Qing Siling's smile immediately turned somewhat awkward.

However, he didn't insist. He turned around, picked up his phone, and made a call to Bai Yu.

The call connected in less than three seconds, and Bai Yu knew this guy would definitely call her back, so she was always ready to answer.

"Hey, what's up?"

A very calm voice reached Qing Siling's ears, and this calmness was somewhat irritating.

"What's wrong? It's just a misunderstanding between you and my sister. Is it really necessary to go through all this? Do you know that she used to have depression? Now that you've messed things up, I can't even get close to her. You come back here and make her feel better, or don't blame me for being impolite."

"Why should I? It's clearly her fault, why should I be the one to coax her? I admit that I, Bai Yu, don't have as much power or influence as you, but I have a life that's the same as yours. If there's nothing else, let's just leave it at that."

Before Qing Siling could say another word, Bai Yu hung up the phone.

Seeing the phone being abruptly disconnected, Qing Si angrily raised her phone to smash it, but when she turned around and saw her sister's uneasy expression, she felt a pang of sadness.

At this moment, Bai Yu was suffering a hundred times more than Qing Si Ling.

He knew that all of this was the result of his own actions, and now he was receiving news that Qing Sisi was starting to have another episode. He was so remorseful that he wanted to die.

But no matter how much regret there is, it will be of no use. The plan has already come this far, and if I let my soft heart get the better of me, everything will fall apart.

"Hey~"

Sitting in the back seat of the car, Bai Yu let out a long sigh. He watched the cars speeding by on the road, a bustling scene of cars and people, but he felt out of place.

Having lived through three lifetimes, I have many feelings, but the word "love" is the most difficult to understand.

When he arrived at the apartment building where Lin Ying and Si Yu lived, Qing Sisi, who was at the North City Water Park, was finally picked up by her mother.

Because of Bai Yu, Qing Sisi is now completely unwilling to have any contact with any men, not even her own brother or father.

If Bai Yu doesn't address this severe psychological aversion, even if Qing Sisi doesn't experience any accidents in the future, she will definitely maintain a complete distance from all men and develop an absolute aversion to them.

This was something that Bai Yu hadn't anticipated, but it was still within the scope of her plan.

Sitting on her bed in her room, the psychologist was initially male, but Qing Sisi not only refused to see him, but also started throwing things at him the moment he tried to enter her room.

So much so that when Qingma finally learned that none of the men could get close to Qing Sisi, she had no choice but to bring in a female psychologist.

However, as the saying goes, the one who tied the knot must untie it. If Bai Yu doesn't address the root of the problem in this girl's heart, no amount of psychologists can cure her.

Nighttime is the best time for overthinking, and for Qing Sisi, who suffers from severe mental illness, nighttime is an even more agonizing process.

In the sweltering summer heat, Qing Sisi, covered by a blanket, didn't feel hot at all, so she shouldn't have been covered. Since returning in the afternoon until the early hours of the morning, this girl hadn't drunk a drop of water or eaten a single bite of food.

If a man could get close to Qing Sisi, at least Qing Siling could take turns with her mother to take care of the extremely emotionally unstable Qing Sisi.

The problem is that Qing Sisi is now completely unwilling to get close to any men, not even her blood brother, and can only be taken care of by her mother.

"Sisi, what happened between you and Baiyu was just a misunderstanding. You can talk things out. Girls shouldn't be so willful sometimes, and they shouldn't deliberately play riddles. Men hate guessing the most. It's like asking you to guess what someone else is thinking. There's no answer to these kinds of questions. Anyone would get angry. If you're wrong, be brave enough to admit it. It's not a big deal. It's best to admit your mistakes and correct them."

Qing's mother didn't fully understand the situation; she only knew that Qing Sisi and Bai Yu had some conflicts.

In her mind, a lively and active girl must have made the mistake that most girls make: when faced with a problem, she doesn't say anything and relies entirely on the boy to guess.

But she didn't know that Qing Sisi had never made such a mistake, and in fact, she would never play any riddles with Bai Yu.

She dislikes riddles, dislikes others guessing her answers, and dislikes guessing others' answers either.

If you like someone, you like them; if you don't like someone, you don't like them. If you want to be together, you should stay together forever. If you don't want to be together, you can never contact each other for the rest of your lives.

This is the true nature of Qing Sisi, yet even her loving mother, Qing Ma, doesn't understand her at all. The same would be true for Qing Siling.

No one in this family truly understands her, or even understands her at all.

That's why Qing Sisi didn't have much attachment to this family; her heart was only filled with her stubbornness and favoritism towards Bai Yu.

He curled up in bed without making a sound, and didn't even bother to pay attention to his mother.

With her eyes closed, Qing Sisi's mind was filled with the image of Bai Yu turning and leaving during the day.

The scene felt both familiar and strange to her, as if the same thing had happened somewhere before. But after searching through all her memories, she couldn't find the same thing, so it seemed like an illusion.

"Sisi, would you like some water?"

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Qingma stroked Qingsi under the covers, but she still received no response.

Standing up, Qing's mother felt sad. After all, this was her precious daughter. Although the family had provided her with good conditions since she was a child, they had rarely shown her love.

In other families, grandparents are very affectionate towards their grandchildren, but in my family, the grandparents are like enemies from a past life, throwing tantrums and yelling whenever they see Qing Sisi.

If Qingyu hadn't been so protective of the two elderly people, Qing's mother would definitely have gotten into a fight with them over Qing Sisi.

The three of them often argued when they met. The reason the two elders went to the hospital in their previous life was because Qing's mother not only broke up with them completely, but also became enemies with the two old guys because of Qing Sisi's departure, and the family was broken from then on.

Justice may be delayed, but it will never be absent. However, only when justice is truly delayed does one realize that justice that is absent cannot be called justice at all.

As Qing's mother's footsteps faded into the distance, Qing Sisi threw off the covers and sat up.

In the empty room, the only sound was the ticking of the second hand of the clock hanging on the wall.

Such sounds did not bring tranquility to the night, but rather a sense of emptiness in Qing Sisi's heart.

Humans are social animals, and when social animals are alone in the dark, they experience all sorts of negative emotions. For Qing Sisi, who is currently experiencing a mental health crisis, these negative emotions are amplified.

She took out her phone, her expression unusually numb. Like a robot, she unlocked the screen, opened the phone service, and subconsciously dialed Bai Yu's number.

But how could she possibly get through on that call when she had already been blocked?

"Sorry, the number you dialed is not in service..."

Hearing the dial tone indicating that the call would never go through, Qing Sisi felt utterly hopeless; her desire to die far outweighed her desire to live.

She rolled out of bed, squatted down, and pulled open the bottom drawer of the bedside table. Inside was a brand-new box of sleeping pills.

After taking out the sleeping pills, the girl didn't take them immediately. Instead, she took advantage of the moment when Aunt Qing went downstairs to get water and went to the bathroom in the guest room.

Barefoot and with a death wish, a person who is determined to die will not have the same hope of survival as most people who jump off buildings and expect onlookers.

You can't protect someone who truly wants to die, because a moment of carelessness could be the end of their life.

She locked the bathroom door, took out her phone, and sent Bai Yu a WeChat message with an exclamation mark that was destined to never be sent.

"Senior, Sisi hasn't done anything to betray you. Sisi likes you more than anyone else. You won't receive this message, and I can't send it, but Sisi never keeps her feelings bottled up, because no one will understand if you do. I love you so much, it's such a pity, I love you so much, it's such a pity..."

The message Qing Sisi sent was very long, but the red exclamation mark that appeared after it was sent was so striking.

A tear slid down onto the phone screen, and then the girl opened the sleeping pills and swallowed more than a dozen at once. Because there were too many to swallow, she turned on the toilet tap and forced the water down her throat.

Meanwhile, Qing's mother, who had come upstairs to fetch water, was already quite sleepy. But when she returned to her room and didn't see Qing Sisi, she turned to look at the bathroom in the bedroom, but the lights were off and the girl was nowhere to be seen.

Upon seeing this, Qing's mother immediately sensed something was wrong. She was much more awake than before, put down her water glass, and ran out of the room to search around.

When she arrived at the guest room and found the bathroom door locked from the inside, she knew something was wrong.

"Sisi, open the door for Mommy! What are you doing in there?"

The loud banging on the door quickly woke up Qing's father from his sleep and startled Qing Siling, who was still awake, so she ran out of her room.

When the whole family arrived at the bathroom door, Qing's father seemed a little oblivious to Qing Sisi's concern; anyone who didn't know better would have thought he was quite relaxed.

Only Qing Siling saw her mother banging on the door and her anxious expression and immediately went to kick the door open.

With a few hard kicks, the bathroom door was kicked open, and the first thing Qing Siling saw was Qing Sisi climbing onto the toilet ventilation window. It was obvious that this girl had taken sleeping pills and wanted to jump off the building.

"Sisi, what are you doing?"

The moment she shouted, Qing Siling rushed forward, grabbed Qing Sisi who had already stepped one foot out the window, and roughly pulled the girl down from the window.

Qing's mother was so frightened by this scene that she collapsed to the ground. Only Qing's father remained slightly calmer, but he was still too scared to even breathe.

Chapter 157 You Should Ask Yourself

"Sisi, don't scare me. Why would you do something so foolish?"

He held Qing Sisi's legs tightly, his body twisted and contorted, but even though it hurt, he dared not let go, afraid that if he let go, she would climb up again and jump down.

Fortunately, Qingyu reacted quickly and grabbed the struggling Qing Sisi, who could not be stopped no matter how much she struggled.

Even so, the sleeping pills that were swallowed quickly took effect, and foaming at the mouth and whitening of the eyes were signs of excessive toxicity.

The ambulance arrived quickly. Because it's a villa area, society is very realistic in this situation, and the ambulance arrived faster than ever before.