'This couldn't possibly be happening to me!'
Ye Mingyu was shocked to hear the verdict of the jury. Although her lawyers had told her of this possibility, she thought that the worse outcome for her would be lifetime confinement. She thought that as long as she could live, there's still a chance for her to start anew once she left this horrendous place.
She regretted not being able to be reborn in this life much earlier, before the time she and Su Xiaofei's path crossed. However, it was too late for her to change anything. The verdict was like a fiery slap on her face, making her realize the gravity of her actions.
It wasn't like she was the 'Ye Mingyu' who killed Cai Lin, it was actually the one originally from this lifetime. She never thought that the person who would put her into this situation wasn't her nemesis, Su Xiaofei, but Feng Xue'er, who she had relied on a lot in the past.