Chapter 8 (1/2)
Getting More Imprudent
“Aunt, how can I accept this…” Xing Linlin was terrified as she glanced at Xing Shu.
Xing Shu sat down on the couch calmly. “It’s very late today. You should go back first.”
Xing Linlin’s face turned pale as she bit her lip in a pitiful manner. “Xing Shu, you’re still angry with me. I’ll call Xingyang now and ask him not to care about me in the future.” Her fingers trembled as she dialed the number.
Wu Minxia frowned disapprovingly. “Xing Shu, you and Linlin grew up in the same orphanage. You’ve known each other for so many years. Don’t you know her? Linlin has always had a weak constitution. Don’t talk to her like that—you’ll scare her.”
Xing Shu and Xing Linlin grew up in the same orphanage. The two of them were as close as sisters. On Xing Shu’s seventh birthday, Xing Linlin—who was two years younger than her—somehow got some money to buy a small cake for Xing Shu. The cake was made of the cheapest butter cream, and some of it was even smudged when she brought it out. Back then, the two of them cried while looking at the cake and made a wish—they would buy many cakes and celebrate every birthday seriously when they have money in the future.
When the Xing family found her at the age of 10, Xing Shu begged them to take Xing Linlin too. They even went to school together. Although the two of them were not in the same class, they were still inseparable. However… innocence only blooms in poverty. After having a taste of the good life, Xing Linlin changed into a completely different person.
“Aunt…” Xing Linlin’s face was filled with guilt and she was about to cry.
As Xing Shu recalled the used condoms in Cheng Xingyang’s car and the lipstick that Xing Linlin had deliberately left there, she inadvertently blurted out, “Mom, since you like Xing Linlin so much, why don’t you just acknowledge her as your daughter?”
Xing Shu said it out of anger, but Wu Minxia began to consider it in earnest. Xing Shu felt a stab of unprecedented humiliation in that instant. Her nails dug into her palms. How could she have forgotten that the most popular person in this house was not her, but Xing Linlin? Even the servants in the house were proud when they talked about Xing Linlin. Xing Shu herself was chummy before she found out about her amour with Cheng Xingyang. Xing Linlin was duplicitous and adept at fooling people with her feigned fragility.
“I’ll give you three days to move out of that villa.” Xing Shu gritted her teeth until her mouth was filled with the taste of blood. She was undoubtedly the biggest joke in the world. She had always felt that she owed her parents for begging them to take in Xing Linlin. Hence, she worked her b*tt off and did her best at everything. But all the awards and trophies she received could not hold a candle to Xing Linlin’s sweet words. In the end, Xing Shu—the biological daughter—was sidelined.