Chapter 175: Chapter 175: Trying Hard to Pretend
Compared to her sisters, Jiang Mianmian’s life was truly blissful.
From a young age, she enjoyed the same treatment as the boys, didn’t have to do any chores, ate well, dressed well, and was well nurtured, turning out to be beautiful and likable.
After starting school, her academic performance was also good, frequently ranking first and bringing honor to the Jiang Family, and gradually even the grandparents, who greatly favored boys over girls, began to dote on her.
After graduating from high school, she smoothly got a job in a garment factory, becoming the envy of the villagers as an urban dweller, and the most promising offspring of the Old Jiang Family.
However, for her sisters, education was an impossible luxury, let alone moving to the city to work.
If there had to be one regret in San Ya’s life, it was the inexplicable decision she made at 18, to ignore her family’s advice and insist on marrying a good-for-nothing loafer from the town.
Soon enough, the loafer whom everyone thought would never amount to anything, somehow started to show ambition out of the blue.
He started learning business from others and quickly not only made money but also became the first person in their town to own ten thousand yuan.
Moreover, the loafer was handsome and had a good personality. He and San Ya were a loving couple, and within a few years of marriage, they had a son and a daughter.
San Ya’s mother-in-law particularly adored her, treating her as if she were her own daughter, invoking the envy of all the young wives and daughters in the village.
As the loafer’s business grew larger and larger, San Ya’s family moved to Haicheng to settle down, returning to visit their hometown once or twice a year.
Each time they came back, everything they wore and carried was a luxury item that the others had never even seen before, a bag alone worth tens of thousands of yuan.
The entire family had to be fawned and flattered over, basking in glory.
Uncle and his wife also benefited, enjoying a comfortable life without having to do anything, and even traveled around the country, living quite freely.
Compared with the head of the family, their fate was simply too tragic.
Zhaodi thought of all the trials of her past life, and her heart filled with even more bitterness and frustration.
Why did San Ya’s entire family, all lazy and sly, live so well?!
And her own family, all honest and hardworking, had to be bullied like that, the Heavens were just too unfair.
“Zhaodi, are you alright?” Jiang Mianmian asked with concern upon seeing her staring resentfully.
She already knew about Zhaodi’s accident in the water.
“San Ya, Zhaodi is fine, you don’t need to worry. In the hospital, the doctor already examined her and said there were no issues.”
Since Zhaodi had woken up from her fever, she had been frequently spacing out. Zhao Xiaojuan was used to it by now.
She had shed her initial panic, and explained to Jiang Mianmian with familiarity.
Jiang Mianmian then relaxed and handed her the apple, “Auntie, this apple is to replenish Zhaodi’s nutrition.”
On any normal day, Zhao Xiaojuan would not have accepted such an expensive piece of fruit.
But thinking of her daughter’s weak body, she took it, moved, and said, “Thank you so much, Auntie.”
Jiang Mianmian quickly shook her head, “No need to thank me, we’re all family.”
She was a bit embarrassed about making a fuss over a mere apple.
“Third Sister, I’m fine, you don’t have to worry,” Zhaodi also snapped back to reality, recalling how she used to be at seven years old, and tried to act the part.
She couldn’t afford to act too differently from her past self, or people might suspect she was possessed.
Jiang Mianmian nodded; she was a carefree person who wouldn’t notice these small changes.