Aunt Zhao i wasn’t surprised when she found out that Ye Qiu was driven out of the house by Ye Fu. As far back as fifteen years ago, she knew how cruel her little sister and her husband were, but as she looked at her two daughters-in-law and two grandchildren who had just started to walk, Zhao i couldn’t bring herself to tell Ye Qiu to co back.
They were all rural folk and didn’t have the business acun like her sister and brother-in-law. Not only had her two sons’ marriages wiped out their life savings, but they had also plunged them into debt. Even more infuriating was that her sister-in-law, Ye Qiu’s biological mother Zhong ifen, wouldn’t even lend them any money. It was impossible for Zhao i to harbor no grudge in her heart.
"Auntie, I won’t return to Zhongjia Village. The teaching conditions here are a bit better, and I will earn the tuition myself."
"But where will you stay these days?" Zhao i, still feeling pity for the niece she watched grow up, couldn’t help but ask.
"Grandpa Liu and Granny Liu in the neighborhood have been very kind to , I can stay with them for a few days."
"Then you must be careful on your own. Do you have money? Let your auntie transfer two hundred yuan to you?"
Listening to her aunt’s caring words, Ye Qiuxin’s heart swelled with emotions. To be honest, she hadn’t had a good impression of her auntie. As a child, her aunt was always gruff to her and her grandmother, and even the snacks in her grandmother’s house would be taken to her two male cousins.
But what could her auntie do? Her husband’s sister and brother-in-law had money but refused to raise their daughter, leaving her for the mother-in-law to care for. Naturally, there were incomprehensible monts for her, and the fact that she did not intervene with Grandma Zhong paying Ye Qiu’s tuition was already quite comndable.
"Auntie, I have money, all earned from my part-ti jobs. You and uncle don’t need to worry about . I am making this call to let you know, if my parents try to change my household registration, please don’t do it for them. I will decide for myself after I turn 18 and get into college."
Without needing Ye Qiu to explain further, Aunt Zhao i understood what her niece was worried about. The Ye Family’s gender bias wasn’t a new thing, nor had they ever valued Ye Qiu, their daughter. Zhao i totally believed that the Ye Family might exploit Ye Qiu’s household registration for so purpose.
She didn’t want Ye Qiu’s life ruined by her own parents and assured with a sigh, "Alright, your auntie promises you this. But you must be careful out there, focus on your studies, and once you get into college and start working, you won’t have to worry so much."
"Hmm, I know, thank you, Auntie."
After the phone call with her auntie, Ye Qiu went to Uncle Liu and Granny Liu’s place. She had just turned sixteen; no hotel would take her in, and staying at those small inns was unsafe. She had no choice but to trouble Granny Liu and her family.
Seeing Ye Qiu standing at the door with a small suitcase, Uncle Liu and Granny Liu felt both heartache and anger. They never expected that a down jacket they gifted would cause such suspicion towards Ye Qiu and even result in her being kicked out of the house during the festive season.
"Are they out of their minds? What kind of parents do that?" Uncle Liu was furious, "I’m going to have a talk with them."
Ye Qiu stopped him in ti: "Grandpa Liu, it’s no use. They will only say I’ve bribed you with money." She said with a wry smile, shaking her head, "Their favoritism is nothing new. They never cared for or provided for a day before I turned fifteen, why would they care now?"
"But you like this..." Uncle Liu lanted with a deep sigh.
"It’s okay." Ye Qiu smiled brightly at them, "I’m used to it. And though they’ve treated poorly, my grandmother has always cherished since I was little. Now I’m in my second year of senior high, I will work hard to get into university and make a lot of money. I can live well without relying on them."
"You’re right, a good life is fought for with one’s own efforts. We’ll study hard from now on and not worry about these troubles. In the future, Granny Liu and Uncle Liu will cherish you; you just stay here without worry." Granny Liu said, taking Ye Qiu’s hand with affection. Such a good girl, how could her family bear to treat her this way?
Who says that there are no unfailing parents in the world? In her opinion, partial and heartless parents abound. Perhaps the greatest mistake in the human world is that anyone can beco a parent. If one needed a child-rearing qualification before having children, she believes the Ye Family parents would never qualify to have children in their lifeti.
"Thank you, Grandpa Liu and Granny Liu."
From that day on, Ye Qiu lived at the Liu Family’s ho until school started on the eighth day of the term, and during this period, Uncle Liu, who was on duty in the security room, had not heard of the Ye Family coming to look for the child. From then on, his disdain for the Ye Family only grew.
Whenever he had the chance, he would gossip with the residents in the neighborhood about the Ye Family’s scandals. Unbeknownst to the Ye Family, their reputation was rapidly declining throughout the neighborhood.
One must take supplentary lessons in the second and third year of high school, which ans starting school a few days earlier than the first year. This also ant that Ye Qiu and Ye Xia were about to et again.
Six days had passed since Ye Qiu ran away from ho. Seeing Ye Qiu not only did not return downcast to the countryside but instead ca back to First High School with composure, Ye Xia felt complicated.
When the sisters t, they acted like strangers. Seeing Ye Qiu’s indifferent deanor, Ye Xia felt annoyed and couldn’t help but suspect—where did Ye Qiu get the money to pay for school? She couldn’t have done sothing bad, could she?
Ye Xia saw Ye Qiu walking to a less crowded place, hurriedly ran a few steps to get in front of her, and began interrogating, "Ye Qiu, where did you get the money?"
"What’s it to you?" Ye Qiu did not want to bother with her and turned to leave.
However, Ye Xia grabbed Ye Qiu’s sleeve, looked around sneakily to make sure no one was paying attention to them, and then hissed softly, "How is it none of my business? What if your bad actions tarnish my reputation?"
"Who in this school knows about our relationship?" Ye Qiu looked at her sarcastically, "Besides, I am not like you, who can lie against your conscience for a re six thousand yuan."
"Shut your mouth." Ye Xia glared at Ye Qiu, as if afraid of being overheard, and argued, "It’s clearly your fault."
Ye Qiu scoffed dismissively, "Ye Xia, I advise you not to provoke . Not everyone is as blindly believing as mom and dad. You better stay away from , otherwise, if push cos to shove, I will make sure everyone at First High School sees your true face."
"You wouldn’t dare!"
"Watch and see if I dare. Get lost, don’t hold onto my sleeve, I find it disgusting."
Ye Xia felt almost driven to death by anger thanks to Ye Qiu, but she really didn’t dare to confront Ye Qiu right now. Just as Ye Qiu threatened, she couldn’t allow even a hint of damage to her reputation, not even from rumors!
Since this conversation, Ye Xia hated Ye Qiu even more. When she went back ho, of course, she didn’t tell her parents about encountering Ye Qiu at school. Not seeing Ye Qiu co back for six days to beg them, Ye Fu and Ye Mu thought Ye Qiu really had gone back to the countryside!
Better for her to go back to the countryside to avoid tarnishing their reputation in the city; not only was she uneducated, but she was also a chronic liar. They would rather not have had this daughter at all.
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