87: Chapter 87 No-House Female Supporting Character 87_1 87: Chapter 87 No-House Female Supporting Character 87_1 Zhang Xin, carrying her suitcase, excitedly boarded the train ho.
To her, the hardships of the past few years really hadn’t been in vain.
Descending the stairs and looking at the old house that had grown so much more worn, she couldn’t help but think of the New Year’s visit to Zhang Yu’s new ho.
The new house was not only large, but it was also a split-level design, in a new neighborhood, complete with all-new decor, making it a pleasure to look at from every angle.
With a large kitchen and a central island, it gave off the vibe of an Arican kitchen, and even the living room had high ceilings.
A spacious bathroom with a large bathtub, where one could soak while enjoying the view outside, was the epito of comfort.
A vast study, where reading, doing exercises, and handling work must feel great.
An extensive walk-in closet, where clothes could be hung and any outfit selected imdiately.
Not to ntion there was a balcony, where one could grow so flowers, place a couple of chairs, and enjoy the view while sipping on coffee—life really couldn’t get any better.
And then there was the underfloor heating; co winter, simply turn on the heating, and you could go around in short sleeves at ho.
Zhang Xin, thinking of such a well-decorated house being occupied only by Zhang Yu and that uncivilized child, felt quite upset.
That child wasn’t even Zhang Yu’s own, had nothing to do with the Zhang Family, and yet lived a life better than anyone else’s.
All her life, she’d only had a taste of Arica in high school and hadn’t been anywhere else since.
Not even Southeast Asia.
Whenever she brought it up, Zhang Guohua and the others would say they were saving money to send her abroad for studies.
She did want to study abroad, but did that an she couldn’t travel for pleasure?
If international travel wasn’t an option, couldn’t she travel dostically?
And then there was the couple Zhang Dagu; at their age, why couldn’t they just stay at ho like everyone else, saving money for their descendants?
Despite being just an old couple, they lived in a spacious and bright house.
The more Zhang Xin looked at the house she’d grown up in, the more discontent she felt.
But it didn’t matter; once she went abroad to study, she was determined to stay abroad and never co back.
By then, she wouldn’t bother with these relatives.
At that ti, she wouldn’t be soone these poor relatives could latch onto.
Especially Zhang Yu, who clearly had money, who even sent Wang Yun to a private school, spending who knows how much.
Yet when they found out she got into a prestigious university, all they did was perfunctorily give her a thousand, without any thought of a gift for the start of the school year.
Zhang Xin rembered that she was the only one in the dorm who bought a phone in sophomore year; her roommates had all gotten phones in their freshman year.
When they went out shopping for clothes or to eat and drink, they all needed money.
Zhang Xin had to be frugal because her family was saving for her to study abroad.
Feeling very unhappy, Zhang Xin walked up to the entrance of her ho.
Just as she was about to knock, she heard Du Xia’s displeased voice inside.
“You say Zhang Yu is going to buy another house?”
“Isn’t the house she’s living in pretty good?
She just moved in after renovations not even six months ago.”
Du Xia, looking at her own ho, which had begun to shed paint after who knows how many years of wear, really felt like crying.
“Yes, it’s because the partner company offered this opportunity, providing a favorable price.”
Zhang Shouhua thought of the news he had heard today from the mouths of Zhang Dagu and his spouse.
If Du Xia was feeling resentful, then Zhang Shouhua was overwheld with helplessness and sorrow.
It wasn’t long ago that everyone praised him and his wife for having the most stable jobs in the family, drawing extra inco, and said that their life as a young couple was quite comfortable.
They also said that this couple would be the most promising in the entire Zhang Family, especially now that everyone put great importance on education, and teachers’ salaries were increasing.
Zhang Shouhua also earned by tutoring, which was an additional source of inco.
But who could have predicted that suddenly, a figure like Zhang Yu would burst onto the scene, spending years seemingly indulging in nothing but pleasures and, incredibly, managing to pass several certifications, including the CPA?
Upon returning to the corporate group, she directly entered a newly established company as the Finance Director, with her inco skyrocketing.
Even if Zhang Yu were the only one working, her salary was enough to support herself and her daughter, allowing Wang Yun to receive the best education and lead a comfortable life.
They could afford to indulge in dining and entertainnt, and of course, Wang Yun didn’t neglect her studies.
Zhang Shouhua thought of how relatives often praised Zhang Yu now, hailing her as capable and successful at work, and even her daughter as obedient, sensible, and academically strong.
In short, in the eyes of the relatives, Zhang Yu was viewed as a girl with a bright future, no matter the starting point, and she was the pride of the Zhang Family.
“Also, don’t keep calling her a ‘wild girl.’ That girl is just in junior high and is already competing in various contests,” they said.
“In the future, this child’s prospects won’t be bleak,” Zhang Shouhua had never imagined that Zhang Yu, who had casually taken in a girl, would turn out to be so outstanding.
How could this not stir envy, making people think back to the past when a master once predicted Zhang Yu’s life, claiming she was destined for loneliness and bad luck?
Now look at her, is this what they call a life of loneliness?
Bad luck?
Maybe in the future, Wang Yun won’t care about her wellbeing, but with money and property to her na, she really wouldn’t need to worry about these things.
Du Xia used to love calling her a ‘wild girl’ in private, as that’s all the girl was, but unexpectedly, her academic results turned out to be excellent.
She thought Zhang Xin was already outstanding, but compared with Wang Yun, she fell far behind.
“I heard from my dad that she might go overseas for college, not after completing a university degree at ho, but right after finishing high school,” they said.
“They said Xiao Yun already has so ideas about the university she wants to attend in the future.” Knowing that Wang Yun was a decisive person, he just didn’t expect she would be so determined.
And Zhang Yu was just indulging her; Zhang Shouhua found it incomprehensible, after all, what did children know about making decisions?
It was still up to the adults.
But looking at Wang Yun, Zhang Shouhua suddenly felt that if he had let go earlier and allowed Zhang Xin to make her own decisions, perhaps she would be as smart as Wang Yun.
After all, both he and his wife were teachers and university graduates.
If they weren’t smart, how could they have been admitted to university in the first place?
It was a pity that it was only a thought, as Zhang Xin had grown up and her nature was unlikely to change.
Zhang Xin stood stunned outside the door, aware that Zhang Yu took Wang Yun on trips every year, but she had never imagined that it was about choosing schools.
The most important thing was that Wang Yun was going abroad for university, not just for four more years, but it would also an spending millions more.
Zhang Xin couldn’t settle down at all.
If it hadn’t been for so people causing trouble back then, Zhang Yu would never have erged like this.
Even if she had erged, it would have been fine if she hadn’t adopted a child.
Knowing how successful she was, she would surely have often given her money, food, clothes, and other necessities.
If Zhang Xin had Zhang Yu’s support, her overseas studies would have been comfortable, without any worries about tuition and living expenses.
Of course, maybe she could have gone abroad for university directly after high school—she had once dread of studying overseas right after high school.
But as the family didn’t have enough money, she had to give up regretfully.
Who would have expected that Wang Yun could so easily fulfill the wish she had never realized?
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