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nChu Xiang was old enough to understand some things, especially since she grew up in an orphanage. Indeed, the orphanage was not heaven but hell sometimes, for the children there learned to be scheming even from a young age. For a bowl of rice or a piece of bread, they would use all their efforts-acting cute, pretending to be obedient, even threatening and scaring sometimes; and the picture of being all loving was a false front. The food was only truly theirs when it was already in their stomachs.

nMoreover, Chu Xiang was not the same person as she was in the past. She was not the orphan who had to calculate how much food she could have every day, for her current self was Chu Xiang, the new rich granddaughter of the Chu family. She had loads of money to spend, too many pretty clothes that she couldn’t even finish wearing all of them, and an unending supply of snacks. She raised her chin as the feelings of superiority began to wash over her.

nShe looked at the children, all about the same height. No one was as cute as her or had clothes as pretty as hers.

nThe teacher counted all the kids to find out that one was missing.

n“Where is Rainy?” She counted all the kids. Why did Rainy disappear? Where did she go?

n“Teacher, teacher.” A boy raised his hand high. “Rainy went to the toilet. She’s so cool; she doesn’t even need a teacher and can take off her own pants.”

nThe teacher chuckled. It was indeed a pain in the head. These kids, why did they think that taking off their own pants to pee was something very hard to do? Out of all her students, only she was the most obedient and most mature, without needing someone to help her with her meal or to help her with anything tricky. When she was thirsty or hungry, she would inform the teacher directly. There was never a moment where she dirtied her own clothes or peed on her pants or anything. Sometimes, she was even easier to handle compared to kids from the higher grades.

n“Teacher, Rainy is back.” The boy happily ran over, grabbing onto Rainy’s tiny hands and smiling

n“Rainy, have you washed your hands? Older brother can bring you to wash your hands.”

n“Yup, washed.” Rainy opened her mouth and smiled. Her red lips and white teeth, coupled with her soft and fluffy hair, made her look very cute. All the boys liked pretty girls just like how in the class, all the boys liked Rainy the most.

nBeside them, Chu Xiang bit her own lips, her hands tugging on her clothes. It was that uncomfortable feeling again… just like when the kids at the orphanage stole her adoption status, stole her food, or stole her sweets.

nShe hated them; she hated this new friend, too.

n“Xiang Xiang.” Song Wan was standing outside, calling out to her own granddaughter. She spoke to the director already, and the director would give special attention to Chu Xiang, making her at ease.

n“Granny…” Chu Xiang ran over upon seeing Song Wan, immediately hugging her leg. “Granny, are you bringing me home?” She blinked her pair of large eyes, smiling sweetly.

nSong Wan lifted her and kissed her cheeks. “Xiang Xiang needs to go to school and grow up to be a pretty and gentle lady. See, there are so many friends now. Xiang Xiang needs to play well with your friends. When the sun is about to set, Granny will come and fetch Xiang Xiang.”

nChu Xiang bit her lips. She hated to part with Granny, but she knew she had to be obedient so that Granny would like her. Therefore, she listened to Granny; she would play with all the kids.

nSong Wan let go of Chu Xiang reluctantly, turning back every now and then as she left. Yet, she didn’t know that at this time—not very far away, there was another child that looked younger than Chu Xiang. Her small face was reddish but also some kind of paleness. She had a pair of clear large dark-blue eyes. Currently, she was playing with her own hands, but her lips were in a pout as if something was bothering her.

n“Come, Xiang Xiang, play with the other kids.” The teacher held onto Chu Xiang’s hands and brought her to the other children for them to play together.

nChu Xiang was, after all, older and could mix well with the younger kids. She also used the sweets that she brought to buy over their hearts. However, she didn’t like Rainy. She just had to be prettier than Chu Xiang. Who said that children would not get jealous and was too young to be jealous?

nAfter school, Song Wan came over to fetch her granddaughter. They entered a car parked at the side, with the other children feeling envious. That was a rich family’s child; that car is at least several million.

n“Rainy,” Xia Ruoxin stood outside, shouting her daughter’s name.

nRainy poked her head out from a pile of children, running over to pull on her mother’s sleeves. “Mommy is here; is there fish today?”

n“Yes.” Xia Ruoxin lifted her daughter, pinching her cheeks. “Today, Mommy will cook a huge fish for both you and Daddy, okay?”

n“Okay,” Rainy agreed, leaning her head onto her mother’s shoulder.

n“Mommy, that granny has a favorite child,” Rainy spoke depressedly.

n“Hmm, what granny?” Xia Ruoxin carried her daughter as she walked home. Home was not far; there was no need for buses. She was curious about this granny that Rainy was talking about

n“The good granny.” Rainy was trying her best to explain her words, but Xia Ruoxin didn’t really quite catch what she was trying to say. At the very least, she understood something.

n“Granny would like her own child, just like Daddy and Mommy. Mommy loves you because you’re my daughter, but that granny isn’t Rainy’s granny so Granny liking her own granddaughter is correct, understand?”

nRainy chewed on her own fingers. Yup, she understood what Mommy said. She was Mommy’s child so Mommy would love her, but if she wasn’t, then Mommy wouldn’t have loved her.

nYup, that’s right. She wasn’t related to Granny so it was right that Granny didn’t like her.

n“Mommy, does Rainy have a granny?” Rainy blinked her clear and big eyes. She wanted a granny, but she only had a mother-never a granny. She never saw one, too.

nXia Ruoxin paused, her fingers patting her daughter’s head.

n“Even if Rainy doesn’t have one, Rainy has Daddy and Mommy. Daddy and Mommy will love you more on behalf of Granny.”

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