Based on what we know of her, this was the moment Mai Qi deployed her sugar-coated artillery.
Auntie Lan and Bai Rui had rarely encountered this kind of offensive, and their hearts were completely melted by her flattery.
Having successfully set the mood, Mai Qi launched her attack: "To be honest, my brother has had a hard life. His birth mother passed away before he had any memories. My dad wouldn't even know how to raise a child, so he just treated his son like a recruit in boot camp. As for my stepmother—well, she couldn't even manage herself, let alone a kid. So my dad sent my brother abroad. Honestly, my brother's basically lived life as an orphan."
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