Bab 341: Blackmail

Mai Qi sighed softly, "I couldn't be more wrong. Clearly, I didn't know my mother as well as my father and brother. Why would she leave and suffer with me? My father asked me again what my future plans were. I told him that I would leave home to live a normal life. My father told me about the deal he had with you. He admired you a lot and kept the promise. He gave me my freedom. He wouldn't intervene in my future anymore. This is the first time he has treated me as an adult and talked to me as an equal.

"But my mother was furious. She cannot accept me being a normal person. She cannot accept the possibility of me marrying a normal person. In her mindset, I cannot disgrace my identity, my self-respect, and my family name."

Jing Ni and I were not surprised. Mrs. Mai's mindset was unusually bonkers.

Mai Qi raised her head and tried hard not to cry.

"That night, she committed suicide." Mai Qi continued evenly.

Jing Ni and I were shocked.