Kicked Back to a Rich Family by the Real Eldest Daughter - Chapter 29

Chapter 29

After deciding to accompany Tang Jinzhi back, Xie Xiangyi began to learn about her family’s situation.

Before she got married, she only had a basic understanding of it. At the time, she knew that Tang Jinzhi didn’t have a good relationship with her family, so she didn’t continue to investigate after learning that Tang Jinzhi could completely leave them after getting married.

Now, she was looking into these things to be fully prepared, in case Tang Jinzhi was taken advantage of when she went back tomorrow.

She packaged all the information she had gathered and forwarded it to Tang Jinzhi. “I’ve sent it all to you. Remember to look at the photos and match the faces so you don’t get the wrong person.”

After waiting for a while without a response, Xie Xiangyi came out of the study and saw Tang Jinzhi lying on the bed, her hands spread out as if she couldn’t care less. She asked angrily, “Did you hear me?”

After learning what Tang Jinzhi was going back for, Xie Xiangyi was speechless for a long time.

Tang Jinzhi didn’t care about her feelings at all. She said bluntly that it was a benefit she could get from marrying her, and she couldn’t give it up.

It felt like marrying her was a huge compromise for Tang Jinzhi. Xie Xiangyi sulked for a while after hearing that.

But then she thought about it. If there were no benefits, why would Tang Jinzhi willingly give up her freedom of marriage for her family’s benefit?

After figuring this out and cheering herself up, Xie Xiangyi took over the matter. She asked her family for some people to investigate the information and also helped Tang Jinzhi find a lawyer, planning to go with her tomorrow.

Xie Xiangyi poked Tang Jinzhi’s shoulder.

Tang Jinzhi quickly said “mhm, mhm.” “I heard you.”

Her eyes were still closed. She trusted Xie Xiangyi to handle things. With Xie Xiangyi there, everything would be taken care of.

Xie Xiangyi bent down and peeled the face mask off Tang Jinzhi’s face, annoyed by her look of pure bliss.

Ever since she took over the matter tonight, Tang Jinzhi had been this useless, leaving everything to her like a hands-off manager.

It was infuriating.

Xie Xiangyi: “Hurry up and wash your face.”

Tang Jinzhi sighed deeply and lay motionless on the bed. “Let me lie down for a while. I’m so tired. I don’t have enough brain cells left. Really, I’m so tired.”

She had been writing the script from yesterday to today and was almost dead. She would start typing as soon as she opened her eyes. Now, her eyes were hazy when she looked at people.

If it weren’t for Xie Xiangyi’s full support, she would have considered not going tomorrow.

Xie Xiangyi looked at her for a moment. Seeing that she really didn’t plan on moving, she simply reached out and pulled her up, persuading her in a low voice, “Sleep after you wash your face. It won’t take long.”

Tang Jinzhi took a moment to recover and obediently sat up from the bed. She then gave Xie Xiangyi a big bow. “Thank you, Dr. Xie.”

Xie Xiangyi’s eye twitched. Tang Jinzhi’s drained appearance was beyond words.

She didn’t know when she would be able to finish her writing.

She sighed lightly, watching Tang Jinzhi drag her tired body to the bathroom.

Tang Jinzhi asked while washing her face, “What time is it now? Is my little assistant Zhang coming back?”

Zhang Yueqi had been hanging out with her friends for the past few days, but she would come back at night, not after 11 PM.

Xie Xiangyi checked her phone. “It’s 10:30. She just sent me a message saying she’s downstairs.”

They wouldn’t be home tomorrow and didn’t know when they would be back, so she had to tell Zhang Yueqi in advance.

Tang Jinzhi dried her face and came out of the bathroom, curious. “Downstairs? I thought she wasn’t coming back tonight. Didn’t she say she was going to sing all night?”

When Zhang Yueqi left in the morning, she had sent a message saying she wouldn’t be back at night and was going to KTV.

In their group chat, Zhang Yueqi was the most active. She had been sending a lot of photos of scenic spots and would always ask Tang Jinzhi to hang out. But today, the group chat was unusually quiet.

Xie Xiangyi shook her head and said casually, “She probably changed her plans.”

“I’m going to put away the clothes. You should go to sleep.”

Tang Jinzhi didn’t want to sleep. She was full of energy after washing her face. “I’m not sleeping. I’m going to check on my little assistant.”

Xie Xiangyi: “…”

Just now, someone was complaining about how tired she was.

Following Tang Jinzhi out of the room, she had just walked to the balcony to put away the clothes when she heard the sound of the door opening.

Zhang Yueqi was back.

She came back with a miserable face.

Zhang Yueqi changed her shoes and walked inside. “Hey? You guys aren’t asleep yet.”

Xie Xiangyi raised her eyebrows, hugged the clothes she had just put away, and exchanged a look with Tang Jinzhi, who was sitting on the sofa.

Tang Jinzhi gave a light “cough” and started the conversation. “It’s still early. Why are you back so soon? Not singing anymore?”

She also asked, “Did you run out of money?”

Hearing the word “money,” Zhang Yueqi’s already miserable face fell even more.

Xie Xiangyi wasn’t in a hurry to go back either. She sat next to Tang Jinzhi with the clothes in her arms, planning to listen to what Zhang Yueqi had experienced today.

Seeing that they were both determined to get to the bottom of it, Zhang Yueqi pouted and said in a forced casual tone, “Of course I have money. I just don’t want to hang out with them anymore.”

Xie Xiangyi asked directly: “Did you fight?”

“I’m too good to fight with them.” Zhang Yueqi waved her hand, acting nonchalant, but her words were full of emotion. It was obvious that they had a conflict.

Tang Jinzhi: “Oh?”

Tang Jinzhi’s face said, “I don’t believe you.”

Zhang Yueqi gave an angry snort. “I said it’s nothing. I’m going to take a shower!”

With that, she turned and ran back to her room, not wanting to say anything more to them. If Tang Jinzhi hadn’t seen her wipe her tears, she would have believed her.

Tang Jinzhi sighed softly and reached out to Xie Xiangyi. “Give me the clothes. You go talk to her.”

Xie Xiangyi handed her the clothes. She got up with a hesitant expression. She thought for a moment and then turned to look at Tang Jinzhi, opening her mouth as if to say something but not.

Tang Jinzhi tilted her head and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Xie Xiangyi said: “I’m afraid she’ll start crying after I talk to her.”

Tang Jinzhi laughed: “It’s okay. It doesn’t matter if you can’t comfort her. Just listen and let her talk it out and vent.”

Xie Xiangyi wanted to say that she didn’t mean that, but Tang Jinzhi had already left with the clothes. She thought for a moment and finally knocked on Zhang Yueqi’s door.

Contrary to her guess, Zhang Yueqi had already started to cry before she even opened her mouth.

She was probably holding back in the living room because Tang Jinzhi was there.

No wonder Tang Jinzhi didn’t say she was coming in and just asked her to come.

Xie Xiangyi just stood there. Zhang Yueqi didn’t need her to ask. She just cried and complained.

“Wuwuwu, they are so shameless. I told them my family went bankrupt, and they actually believed it. They didn’t even pretend anymore.”

Zhang Yueqi pouted and cried. She spoke with a choked voice. Her phone was still on a call.

Xie Xiangyi understood with one look. She had called her mom as soon as she got home to complain.

“Wait, wait, when did our family go bankrupt?”

Xie Xiangyi’s lips twitched when she heard the suppressed laughter and question from the other end of the phone.

She put on a serious face and asked Zhang Yueqi: “Why did you suddenly say your family went bankrupt?”

Zhang Yueqi sniffled. Her eyes were red as she looked at Xie Xiangyi, complaining pitifully: “You don’t know. You don’t know anything!”

Xie Xiangyi was confused. Was she involved in this?

“What don’t I know?”

Zhang Yueqi turned around with her back to her, picked up her phone, and said to the person on the other end, “Mom, let me tell you, Tang Jinzhi is so poor. She only has 20,000 yuan left, and Xie Xiangyi doesn’t even give her money to spend!”

Xie Xiangyi: “…”

What did this have to do with Tang Jinzhi?

Zhang Yueqi’s mom: “…Well, mhm, that’s Xiangyi’s fault.”

Xie Xiangyi rubbed her forehead.

Getting a reply that agreed with her, Zhang Yueqi cried even louder. “Wuwu, Tang Jinzhi is so poor, but she still gave me 5,000 to hang out with my friends.”

Xie Xiangyi was a little surprised to hear that. Tang Jinzhi had stopped her from giving Zhang Yueqi money. Was it because she had already given her some?

Zhang Yueqi didn’t know that Tang Jinzhi hadn’t told Xie Xiangyi. She wiped her tears and talked about her experiences from the past few days.

On the first day she went out, Tang Jinzhi had already set the family card limit to 5,000 and told her that she would know when the limit was used up and would transfer more money if it wasn’t enough. Zhang Yueqi was so touched by her generosity that she kept saying how nice Tang Jinzhi was.

If she didn’t spend the 5,000 yuan recklessly, it would be enough for her to use for two weeks. But she was used to treating her friends to things. She was the one who paid for almost every activity. On the first day, under the watchful eyes of her friends, she had to bite the bullet and pay for everything.

Every time she spent money, she would hesitate. When she hesitated, she would start to reflect.

She used to be used to squandering money and wouldn’t feel bad about it. She never thought about where the money went or if it was worth it.

But now it was different. This was given to her by Tang Jinzhi. It was 5,000 out of Tang Jinzhi’s remaining 20,000!

She felt heartbroken to use it, extremely heartbroken, even more heartbroken than when she used up the 500 yuan from the scratch card.

Tang Jinzhi was so poor, yet she still gave her so much money. She couldn’t feel at ease squandering someone else’s money.

At the same time, she was thinking, why were her three roommates so natural about it? Why didn’t they even say thank you?

She had never cared about it before, but when she thought about the attitude of these people, she felt a little uncomfortable.

So on the second day of their outing, she told them that she would only cover the ticket fees, which were already booked.

And her three roommates actually asked her why she was only covering the ticket fees.

My goodness, how could they have the nerve to ask that?

No one who wants to take advantage of someone would say it so directly, unless the person who is being taken advantage of has never noticed, which makes them feel they can do it without worry.

Since Zhang Yueqi looked at the problem from a different perspective, she realized that she had ignored too many things in the past. It was like she was meeting them for the first time.

Was it because she was too easy to talk to and had spoiled them for so long that they felt it was natural to ask such a question?

No, not at all.

Zhang Yueqi calmed down and gave them some face. She didn’t directly point out how harsh their words sounded.

She took a few days to see these friends for who they really were. In the end, she finally understood. They could ask that question without any hesitation not because they thought she was nice and easy to talk to, but because they had always seen her as an idiot and had never treated her as a friend.

Xie Xiangyi was silent for a long time. “So they’ve always seen you that way?”

“And you never noticed?”

Xie Xiangyi’s heart was heavy. She had just realized how kind and naive the person in front of her was.

Zhang Yueqi pouted. “I’ve noticed now. I didn’t give them a single penny to use these past few days, and they asked me if something happened to my family. I deliberately said my family went bankrupt, and they actually believed it. They believe everything I say. It’s so stupid. And then…”

Xie Xiangyi waved her hand. She didn’t want to listen anymore.

It wasn’t because they were stupid that they believed Zhang Yueqi about her family going bankrupt. It was probably because they saw that Zhang Yueqi was unwilling to spend money and felt that she was completely incapable of making up such a story for them.

Xie Xiangyi said thoughtfully, “You should reflect on how many times you’ve been taken advantage of during your years in college.”

Zhang Yueqi said sheepishly, “…I know.”

She then added softly to defend herself, “I’ve never been poor before, so why would I care about these things?”

The other end of the phone was also silent for a long time.

Zhang Yueqi tentatively called out, “Mom?”

A very clear deep breath came from the other end of the phone. “Zhang Yueqi, you will no longer have an allowance from now on. Xiangyi, help me watch her. If you really can’t control her, tell me, and I’ll have someone bring her back.”

Zhang Yueqi quickly yelled “Mom” again, trying to awaken her shallow maternal love.

But the other end of the phone hung up directly.

Zhang Yueqi was dumbfounded. “She’s mad?”

Xie Xiangyi rubbed her temples. “Auntie isn’t mad. She’s probably very sad right now.”

Zhang Yueqi was confused: “Huh?”

Xie Xiangyi didn’t explain. She stared at Zhang Yueqi. “Did you hear that? You won’t have an allowance from now on. Work hard and support yourself.”

Zhang Yueqi rolled on the bed in protest: “Tang Jinzhi is good, you’re all bad!”

Xie Xiangyi’s gaze fell on the direction of the door, thinking of Tang Jinzhi in the other room. Was this the result she wanted?

She told her not to give Zhang Yueqi money, guessing that Zhang Yueqi wouldn’t feel bad about spending her money, so she made a huge sacrifice and gave her 5,000 herself?

5,000 yuan was a huge sacrifice for Tang Jinzhi.

Zhang Yueqi turned over and sat up from the bed. “Actually, I’m not crying because of them.”

Xie Xiangyi’s attention was brought back by Zhang Yueqi’s sudden change of topic. She asked cooperatively, “Then why are you crying?”

Zhang Yueqi pouted. “I ran into that roommate I don’t get along with, the one who called me stupid at the beginning of the semester. She called me stupid again today.”

“No, she seemed to be praising me.”

“God knows how I could run into her at such a big scenic spot. She even said she saw the whole process of me breaking up with them, and then she praised me for finally not being so stupid.”

Zhang Yueqi cried again: “I just realized that I really was an idiot in other people’s eyes. I’m so stupid!”

Xie Xiangyi listened and nodded. So she was crying because of this.

“It’s okay. You won’t have the chance to be stupid like that anymore since you don’t have money. And Tang Jinzhi doesn’t think you’re stupid. Tang Jinzhi is good.”

After saying that, Xie Xiangyi couldn’t help but laugh. Tang Jinzhi probably didn’t know that her 5,000 yuan had earned her a devoted little follower.

Zhang Yueqi sniffled: “Yes, she’s so poor, but she still… still gave me… wuwu… gave me… wuwu… money… wuwuwu.”

Xie Xiangyi’s forehead was covered in black lines.

Zhang Yueqi’s tear ducts were too weak. She got emotional before she could even finish her sentence.

Tang Jinzhi was poor now, but she wouldn’t be after tomorrow.

They were going to “get” some money tomorrow.

Xie Xiangyi raised her hand, signaling for her to stop. Her tone was quite cold. “That’s enough. Stop crying for now. I didn’t come in here to comfort you. I have something to tell you.”

Zhang Yueqi wiped her tears. She had been crying her eyes out, so how could Xie Xiangyi say something so heartless?

“You didn’t come to comfort me?”

Then why did she come in?

Xie Xiangyi got straight to the point: “Dr. Qiu is no longer single. He got a girlfriend while you were gone these past few days.”

!!!

Tang Jinzhi in the next room heard Zhang Yueqi’s high-pitched wail.

The soundproof door couldn’t even block out her heartbreak.

Tang Jinzhi was shocked. Her phone fell on the comforter.

She knew Xie Xiangyi wasn’t good at comforting people and had even reminded her to just listen, but… hearing this sound… it seemed like she was pouring oil on the fire, wasn’t it?

What did Xie Xiangyi do?

After about ten minutes, Xie Xiangyi came back.

Before she could even lie down, Tang Jinzhi pulled her and couldn’t wait to ask her questions.

Xie Xiangyi stumbled and fell onto the bed. She was in a daze and almost fell into Tang Jinzhi’s arms. She looked up and saw Tang Jinzhi’s flawless skin. Her cheeks were soft and supple. Xie Xiangyi controlled the urge to poke her with her finger and moved back a little.

Above her was Tang Jinzhi’s incessant questioning.

Xie Xiangyi was helpless and started to tell Tang Jinzhi everything from the beginning.

After hearing the first half of what Xie Xiangyi said, Tang Jinzhi was very relieved. The child was finally thinking. But when she heard the second half, the expression on Tang Jinzhi’s face was almost as complicated as a painter’s palette.

She leaned closer to Xie Xiangyi in disbelief and asked very seriously, “You’re not kidding, right? Dr. Qiu has a girlfriend? Huh? You told her at this time?”

The breath that came from Tang Jinzhi had a unique, sweet scent. Xie Xiangyi forced her gaze away from Tang Jinzhi’s face and swallowed lightly. She nodded calmly: “Yes. It’s better to have a short pain than a long one.”

Harsh, truly harsh.

Tang Jinzhi rubbed her forehead, unable to imagine how broken Zhang Yueqi was right now.

Xie Xiangyi: “Thank you.”

Thank you for what?

Tang Jinzhi looked up at Xie Xiangyi, feeling bewildered.

Xie Xiangyi smiled and didn’t explain. Her gaze fell on Tang Jinzhi’s phone. “What are you looking at? Why aren’t you asleep yet?”

Tang Jinzhi looked at her phone, slid down, and in the blink of an eye, she was under the covers. She explained casually: “The balcony at home is so big. I want to buy some flowers and plants to grow and also clear out a space to redecorate. I want to sit there and work. The view is wide, and it’s good for my eyes to look at the outside.”

Seeing Tang Jinzhi lie down, Xie Xiangyi turned around and turned off the lights.

In the dark room, Xie Xiangyi’s uncertain voice came. “Don’t buy them for now. If I get my acceptance letter, we won’t be living here anymore. We’ll have to move.”

Unless Tang Jinzhi didn’t want to go with her.

Tang Jinzhi obviously hadn’t thought about that.

“Oh, right! I almost forgot. Then I won’t look.” Tang Jinzhi pulled the comforter up to cover herself. She then said, “I believe you can definitely get in, and then we’ll live in a bigger house.”

Xie Xiangyi smiled: “I’ll take that as a blessing.”

Tang Jinzhi’s face was full of smiles: “Then I want my own room!”

Xie Xiangyi was stunned for a moment. She turned to face Tang Jinzhi, thought for a long time, and then asked, “Why?”

She refuted her without blushing or skipping a beat: “You should sleep with me.”

“No, I want to sleep alone.” Tang Jinzhi also turned to face Xie Xiangyi. This was the first time the two of them had been lying face to face on the bed. Before, they had almost no communication and would fall asleep as soon as they lay down.

Xie Xiangyi was unhappy. She felt like she was being rejected.

Xie Xiangyi rarely felt a sense of defeat, but she did now. She argued childishly, emphasizing each word: “You, are, going, to, sleep, with, me.”

Tang Jinzhi: “…No.”

She hadn’t expected Xie Xiangyi to be so stubborn.

Xie Xiangyi took a light breath. Her finger found Tang Jinzhi’s cheek and poked it to vent her frustration. “Why?”

She didn’t move her hand after asking, as if she was threatening Tang Jinzhi that if she didn’t give her a satisfactory answer, she would poke her again.

Tang Jinzhi’s lips twitched. She hadn’t realized that Xie Xiangyi was deliberately taking the opportunity to touch her face.

Taking advantage of the dark environment in the room, Tang Jinzhi, who couldn’t see Xie Xiangyi’s expression, blurted out all the words she had been holding back.

“I don’t have to worry about my sleeping position being bad and bothering you, and I don’t have to worry about us cuddling up together when we fall asleep. Let me state first, I don’t mind that, and it’s not like I can’t be held. I’m not that dramatic. I’m afraid you would mind. How awkward would that be? You know…”

Feeling that her explanation was getting more and more confusing, Tang Jinzhi stopped talking. She continued to complain, her tone a little resentful. “It’s so tiring to sleep so properly every day. And the most, most, most important point is, I don’t have to wear a bra when I sleep alone.”

Who wears a bra to sleep?

It was so uncomfortable…

After saying that, Tang Jinzhi’s face turned red. Although it was pitch black and she didn’t have to worry about Xie Xiangyi seeing her, it was still a little hard to face her. She simply turned her back to Xie Xiangyi.

Xie Xiangyi slowly blinked. She reached out and touched the neckline of her pajamas. She lowered her head and pondered.

She liked Tang Jinzhi’s way of dealing with things by bringing them up and speaking her mind. It would be very uncomfortable to hold everything in.

Since the problem had been brought up, she would find a way to solve it.

Tang Jinzhi pricked up her ears and waited for a long time, but Xie Xiangyi didn’t say anything. The only thing she could hear was a sudden rustling sound behind her.

The dark environment amplified her hearing. Tang Jinzhi was stunned and didn’t dare to move.

What was Xie Xiangyi doing?

Tang Jinzhi thought for a moment, held back her curiosity, and didn’t turn around. She pretended not to care about the noise Xie Xiangyi was making and urged her to reply: “Why aren’t you saying anything?”

“Cough, okay, done.”

Xie Xiangyi’s voice was a little shaky. If Tang Jinzhi listened closely, it was a little unnatural.

What was she embarrassed about?

Tang Jinzhi was suddenly hugged and immediately understood.

Her back was pressed tightly against Xie Xiangyi’s embrace. The soft touch stimulated Tang Jinzhi’s nerves. Tang Jinzhi’s head was buzzing, and a warmth rushed from her neck to her cheeks. She was so embarrassed that she covered her face with both hands.

Xie Xiangyi! Didn’t she have any shame! Wasn’t she thin-skinned? How, how could she…

Tang Jinzhi’s feet, hidden in the comforter, restlessly rubbed the sheets. She didn’t know what to say.

Xie Xiangyi’s throat was tight. She moved the arm that was hugging Tang Jinzhi, grabbed Tang Jinzhi’s wrist that was covering her face, and gently pulled it.

Tang Jinzhi buried her head in the comforter and gritted her teeth, asking, “What are you doing!”

Xie Xiangyi wasn’t calm at all either. She took a moment to calm her nervous heart. Her voice trembled uncontrollably. “I don’t mind those things either. It’s only natural for us to sleep while hugging. This is my sincerity. I hope you can sleep more comfortably from now on. We’ll get used to it.”

Tang Jinzhi moved forward a little and turned to face Xie Xiangyi. She stuttered, “Your, your face isn’t red?”

Xie Xiangyi pretended to be calm: “No.”

She then added, “You have to break something to build something new. You have to break it and then build it.”

Tang Jinzhi bit her lip: “Is that how that saying is used?”

She didn’t know how to push Xie Xiangyi away, afraid of accidentally touching something. The soft touch on her back just now was replaying in her mind.

Tang Jinzhi closed her eyes and said irritably, “You’re the only one who can do that. You’re always trying to seduce me.”

How could this person be so stubborn!

Xie Xiangyi’s tone was innocent: “I’m not. I just want to sleep with you.”

Tang Jinzhi: “…”

Did that sound right?

She felt that Xie Xiangyi’s mind was not clear right now, and she was just talking nonsense.

Tang Jinzhi was silent and reached out to try to pull Xie Xiangyi’s arm off her.

Xie Xiangyi pushed her moving hand away. She had a big problem with Tang Jinzhi accusing her of seducing her again.

She said, “Seducing someone isn’t like this. You can’t understand it that way.”

Tang Jinzhi: “…”

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with how I understand it.”

She had already taken off her clothes and was hugging her. Although her pajamas were still on, wasn’t this also seduction?

Xie Xiangyi let go of Tang Jinzhi’s arm. Her hand touched Tang Jinzhi’s cheek. She suddenly leaned forward and lowered her head as Tang Jinzhi was dazed and confused.

A warm pair of lips suddenly pressed against her face. Tang Jinzhi was completely stunned. Her head moved stiffly, and she asked blankly, “Why did you kiss me!”

What else did Xie Xiangyi want to do tonight!

Xie Xiangyi quickly backed away. She let out a heavy breath. Her heart was burning with nervousness.

Her throat rolled. She explained, “This is initiative. Seducing you would require me to take the initiative, so I didn’t seduce you.”

Tang Jinzhi gritted her teeth. “Does that have anything to do with you kissing me?”

Xie Xiangyi lied through her teeth: “I’m telling you what initiative is. I don’t think you understand.”

What do you mean I don’t understand?

Tang Jinzhi tried to reason with her: “I think I said you were seducing me. What does that have to do with you taking the initiative to kiss me?”

After saying that, she felt something was wrong with herself. Why was she arguing with Xie Xiangyi about this?

She thought for a moment and said, “You just want to take advantage of me!”

Xie Xiangyi said righteously: “Kissing you isn’t taking advantage.”

Tang Jinzhi was so choked up that she didn’t want to talk.

Xie Xiangyi argued vehemently, “I know I’m not seducing you. The fact that you think so only means you’re overthinking it.”

Then she turned the tables and said, “I also want to ask you what you’re thinking? What do you want to do to me?”

“Every time I hug you, you say I’m seducing you. This only shows that you have a lot of thoughts and your mind isn’t pure. You just imagine things.”

Tang Jinzhi was so angry that she laughed.

She was also completely done. She reached out and pinched Xie Xiangyi’s face, scolding her in a low voice, “Shut up. You talk too much!”

Xie Xiangyi couldn’t help but laugh.

“I’m sorry.”