"Yingying! You have to save me! You have to stop your father from divorcing you!"

These were the first words that Zhang Xin uttered the moment she saw her daughter got out of her car. She ran towards Zhang Ying. Hands trembling, Zhang Xin pulled her daughter for a hug. "I don't know what to do anymore… your father refused to answer my calls and even sent his people to get some of his clothes. He will be staying somewhere else as they process the divorce! He also told me not to go to your grandfather's wake and the company. I — Yingying… what is happening? How could your father act like this?" She let go of her daughter. "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Surprised and hurt registered on Zhang Xin's face when she saw that her daughter was staring at her as if she is a stranger.

"Mother… you need help."

"W — What? What did you say?"

"I said, you need help." Zhang Ying grabbed her handbag and her mother's hand. "Let's go inside." Then she eyed her driver and secretary, who was standing by her car. She wanted them to wait for the medical personnel to arrive to take her mother to a mental facility.

Mrs. Fu already warned her last night that if she won't let her mother go, she would break her and Edward apart. How could she still ignore her mother's illness?

Zhang Ying thought of ways to deal with this matter. After hours of deliberation, the best way that she found is to admit her mother to a mental institution and use her insanity to get rid of all the current issues surrounding them. She wanted to use this opportunity to show Mrs. Fu that she can be trusted and that she would never do something that could ruin the Fu Family's name.

Instead of thinking of this as a stroke of bad luck, Zhang Ying decided to turn this into an opportunity instead to prove herself to Mrs. Fu.

"What is happening? Why are you looking at me like that?" Zhang Xin tried to hide the panic that she felt inside. How could her own daughter abandon her? That is not possible! She raised Zhang Ying well!

"Mother… know you are anxious. Have some tea first." Zhang Ying handed her mother a freshly brewed tea that their servant handed her when they went inside the mansion. "This should calm you down."

"I — Thank you." Without having second thoughts, Zhang Xin finished the tea before turning her attention back to her daughter. "Did — Did your father called you?"

"Yes, he did. He informed me about the divorce."

"And? I have been calling you all day! Why — why didn't you answer my call?"

"I talked to father about it. I also tried to convince him not to do anything."

As expected, Zhang Xin's face lit up. "And?"

"You know how dad is. Once he decides to do something… only grandfather can stop him."

"You mean to say that — " Zhang Xin started trembling again. She bit her lower lip as tears stream down her face. "Is he really going to leave me?"

"That is the case."

"But how could he do something like this? Why so sudden? The other day… the other day… wahhhh…. Yingying! What would my friends say if your father divorced me? Yingying! You must help me this time! You have to convince your father not to do this crazy thing! I am sure we can still work this out! We have been together for so long! We have been through a lot!"

"MOm— "

"No one would understand this apart from him! When your grandfather favored Sera's mother, I was there to comfort him! I was with him when your grandfather declared Sera's mother as his heir and not your father! I accompanied your father through the years and comforted him every time your grandfather would bully him! How could he leave me like this?"

"Mom… I think— "

"No! I am not going to sign in this divorce! This is baseless! I have never cheated or something that to break his heart! How could he do this to me?"

Seeing her daughter's morose expression, Zhang Xin continued. "This must be because of Sera. She must have talked to your father about me! That Lawyer! He must have something to do with this!"

"I think— "

Zhang Ying wasn't able to complete his sentence when her mother started sobbing again. She always knew that her mother was stupid and impulsive however, this was the first time that she witnessed her act like a crazy woman who lost her pet. Zhang Ying stroked her mother's back. "I'm afraid that it will not stop attacking Sera… she would fight back. I think it is wise that we stop doing this now." Zhang Ying calmly said. Obviously, she was lying. How could she stop attacking that woman?

Sera stole everything from her! How could she let her go?

However, unlike her mother, Zhang Ying was smarter. She would never show her claws and attack now. She was patient and has always been like this when it comes to her prey.

"What are you talking about?"

"I mean… this lawyer could compromise everything. So, I thought of a plan." First, she was planning to satisfy Mrs. Fu. Of course, she couldn't just kick her mother to death. So, she needed her on board with her plans. Zhang Ying thought that she needed to make her mother think that she was only trying to protect her Sera. In this way, she would cooperate and would stop making herself look like a fool.

"A plan?"

"I want you to hide for a while."

"Hide?" Zhang Xin's beautiful eyes widened. She watched as her daughter took a piece of paper from her handbag. "This… what is…" she accepted the paper and started reading its contents. "You wanted me to pretend that I'm crazy?"

"Bipolar syndrome and schizophrenia. Even if she sues you… we can use insanity as your defense."

"Yingying… "

"I already arranged for you to stay inside a mental institution. No need to worry, you are going to be taken care of as you will stay inside of their VIP Villa. Nurses and maids will be available to take care of you all the time. Edward arranged all the security so no one would be able to harm you. We need to establish that you are crazy. Sera could obviously sue you but I'm sure the court will dismiss it once they see this evaluation."

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