<h4>Chapter 199: Chapter 199 Leisure</h4>


    "I would never treat this ce as my home. My own home is far better than this. And what do you mean by saying these things? Are you nning to let me go?"


    When Ji Yu spoke, she never hesitated about matters like this. The rtionship between them was already not especially good to begin with.


    Li Yu had never encountered a woman like her. No matter the situation, she always seemed unppable, as if nothing could faze her.


    "Aren’t you afraid I’ll make a move against you? It seems like you don’t have much else you can do right now."


    He was extremely curious about what she would do next.


    "Even if you do make a move against me, what then? Are you nning to abduct me outright? You’ve already locked me in your base. Where else can I even go now?"


    Ji Yu had long since resolved to take things as they came, so she had no reservations about saying such things now.


    "Even you yourself know there’s no way you’d let me leave, so why should I act like I care about appearances and keep putting myself in a difficult position?"


    It’s better to be straightforward, even if it’s frustrating—at least that way there’s a kind of freedom and ease.


    It seemed this matter truly felt like a dead end.


    Li Yu didn’t even know what method he could use to resolve it smoothly.


    "Ji Yu, you should be grateful for your own hands. If it weren’t for them, I would have dealt with you long ago."


    Her skill in performing stic surgeries was indeed above average. He had already asked many people about her before.


    The feedback was always the same: the surgeries Ji Yu could perform were ones others weren’t always able to seed in.


    "I worked hard to hone these skills. Why wouldn’t I use them for this?"


    In fact, this was Ji Yu’s first time encountering a situation like this, and it made her feel deeply uneasy. Why use such methods to break apart a family?


    "If you’de up with another n, I might have cooperated with you. But to deceive an elderly person like this—I absolutely cannot ept it."


    While she didn’t fully understand the grudges between them, using such tactics was undeniably cruel.


    "Is it because you were an orphan as a child that you’re especially sensitive to things like this? You don’t have to see this matter through your own lens—people aren’t always as perfect as you imagine."


    After all, there are far more malicious people in this world.


    "You think using methods like this can rescue some sense of morality, but the truth is you can’t save anyone."


    They were only employing this scheme to bring some happiness to someone’ster years, so they could hand over their remaining possessions.


    "How do you know they won’t feel joy when they see the child of this fake family? Maybe they’ll have an even deeper connection with the child from this fake family."


    With the contrast of this fake child, they might find the fake child to be more obedient. Whether real or fake might not be so important, actually.


    Ji Yu didn’t know how to articte her thoughts, but deep down, she absolutely couldn’t agree to let this continue.


    "I approach everything I do with my own principles. What you’re proposing is entirely outside the scope of what I would consider. I don’t care what you n next, but right now, I will never agree."


    She hadn’t forgotten why she pursued surgery in the first ce—her hope was that everyone could have a perfect face.


    Every face has ws, ws that can make people feel inferior. That’s why she used her skills to help them rediscover themselves.


    So, to use her techniques on something like this—she couldn’t ept it at all.


    "Sometimes, being too principled isn’t a good thing." Those who started out without principles still managed to live happy and carefree lives.


    In fact, it’s these matters that only serve to bring more headaches. It would be better to forget it all for now.


    "Look at yourself now. You’re being consumed by this matter. If you had no principles, you wouldn’t be entangled in it at all."


    "Without principles, are you still a person?" Ji Yu never thought there was anything inherently wrong with having principles.


    Without principles, there’s hardly any distinction between a person and something else entirely.


    "Our values have never aligned, so what you’re describing sounds utterly horrifying to me."


    One shouldn’t be too fixated on things like this.


    "Ji Yu, stop assuming you can stand on some moral high ground and criticize me. Do you think you’re truly a wless person? Haven’t you ever done anything wrong before?"


    He didn’t believe a person’s life would always unfold ording to the rules. If it really did, there wouldn’t be much to say about such a life.


    Ji Yu couldn’t understand this viewpoint either.


    "The bad things I’ve done don’t mean Ick principles."


    She never thought of herself as a noble person—it was just that, regarding this matter, she felt it absolutely shouldn’t unfold this way.


    She had never imed to be virtuous. It was merely that, upon encountering this situation, she sensed there was no reason for such developments.


    "The things you’re saying only make you sound terribly low." Ji Yu didn’t bother arguing further. She knew he would never understand what was in her heart.


    Her instinctspletely resisted this matter, and there was no way she’d agree to it.


    "I told you before how much I oppose this. Since you’ve asked me to perform this surgery, I’m bound to take full responsibility for it."


    There was no way she could feel any goodwill toward this matter.


    "Ji Yu, you’re truly a stubborn person. Yet, even if you keep being stubborn, it’s not going to change how this unfolds."


    From the start, this was already something unpleasant.


    Ji Yu also found it hard to put her feelings into words.


    If she had to stop this from progressing further, she would ensure that it came to a halt.


    "Stop imagining things in such a perfect way. You can’t do anything about this. You’re trapped here—and your child, too. Do you really think you’re some kind of Saint?"


    As he said these words, he seemed somewhat amused. "It’s normal to think like that. After all, some people tend to regard this kind of thing as really important."


    But whether they have the ability to achieve it—that all depends on whether they have the fate to do so.