Cousin and Song Liang held a banquet in their hometown, Mom was only aware of it afterwards.

She sent dozens of fifty-second voice messages in a row, my hands trembling, lacking the courage to open them.

Then she aggressively initiated a video call.

I finally pressed the answer button, and as soon as it connected, I instinctively threw my phone on the table.

Mom roared through the phone:

"You let this divorced woman steal your boyfriend!

"Can't you have some self-respect!"

I let her rage at the ceiling for five minutes before tremblingly adjusting my phone.

My roommate and landlord passed by the door, casting sympathetic glances.

Mom finally tired of scolding.

Her voice hoarse, she muttered absentmindedly:

"Lu Yuting can bully anyone, but she shouldn't bully you. With so many men in the world, why does she have to steal yours?

"Back then, she had a falling out with the family, hung out with a bunch of street kids, sometimes starving and going to relatives' houses for food. None of your cousins gave her a good face, Xiaojun even told her to get lost.

"It's only you, every time she saw you, she happily called you sister, ate dinner and then dragged her to sleep in your room. The next day she sneaked away, and you cried."

I vaguely remembered the things Mom mentioned.

Being an only child, without siblings, I was always excited when my cousin visited, even eating an extra bowl of rice.

During my first year of junior high, the school didn't allow snacks. My cousin climbed over the wall to play, returning late at night, sneaking into my dorm, placing snacks by my pillow on the side near the wall, covered with a blanket to avoid detection.

The senior students in high school said, "Lin Weiwei, we are Lu Yuting's buddies, looking out for you!"

During the period of playing truant and bringing me snacks, probably after my cousin's biological father passed away.

Soon after, she fell out with her stepfather, dropped out of school completely, and ran away from home.

I went on to study at prestigious high schools and universities, living a colorful life, gradually forgetting about her.

Until she appeared at the engagement banquet.

She wore a white T-shirt and black pants, dragging along two children.

But she was stunningly beautiful, a natural beauty that destitution and fatigue couldn't conceal.

Perhaps unintentionally, perhaps intentionally, she ruthlessly changed the smooth-sailing life of this little cousin.

Coming back to reality, Mom was still sighing, repeating that sentence.

"Lu Yuting is truly heartless, bullying you to this extent..."