Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Detestable Favoritism_1 Chapter 223: Chapter 223: Detestable Favoritism_1 “Yes! Yes!” exclaimed Zhuanzhuan, slapping her forehead as if struck by sudden enlightenment.
“Why am I such a dolt! Jiang Yang could play chess without anyone teaching him. Though he sometimes lost to grandpa, it was just because grandpa cheated!”
Thinking about it this way, Jiang Yang seemed even more remarkable!
The two of them were chatting away, unaware of when Jiang Yang had left until a piercing shriek from the hallway had them jumping up in fright.
“Stupid boy, are you asking for trouble?”
Despite the ongoing IV drips in her arm, Nan Fei forced Zhuanzhuan to hold the IV stand aloft as they both rushed outside. They quickly spotted Jiang Yang sprawled on the floor, and cousin Minmin towering over him, fury in her eyes.
“Almost forgot about her.” Zhuanzhuan gritted her teeth. “It’s like running into a bad omen the moment you step outside.”
Nan Fei has never harbored any fondness towards her elder cousin Minmin. Since childhood, she was on the thin side and Minmin, who was two years older, often conspired with other cousins to bully her.
She could still recall vividly the time when her parents had left her at her grandmother’s house to evade China’s one-child policy. It was then that they would hit and belittle her in her grandmother’s absence.
Back then, she was too young to fight back and crying was not an option. If she did cry or told an adult, the punishment was even more severe.
She was terrified of them, much like a mouse fears a cat.
It was only when her parents returned from avoiding the policy, and she had grown up a bit and started school that things started to change.
Uncle was always preaching about family unity, little did he know that his wife and daughter were the most divisive and causing chaos within the family.
Even the mere thought of it incensed Nan Fei.
“Brother, are you okay?” Nan Fei extended a hand to help up Jiang Yang. But before she could, Minmin’s sarcastic voice echoed from across.
“Nan Fei, your brother is such an idiot, he doesn’t even know how to talk. What’s the point of asking him if he’s alright?” Minmin pointed at her white nurse’s uniform.
A black spot was evident near the middle button.
“See, this is the result of your idiotic brother’s deeds. I was walking peacefully when he charged at me like a mad dog with a stick. He must be insane. Are the whole lot of you out of your minds? Can’t you keep him under control?”
If anyone could be said to have a soft spot, then for Nan Fei, it is Jiang Yang.
Let people say whatever they want about her, she didn’t care about other’s opinions. But no one could utter a word against Jiang Yang.
“Minmin, shut up,” her icy stare made the words cut like a razor, “Or do I need to tear that mouth off your face?”
“Nan Fei, have you lost your mind? Who gave you the courage to talk to me like that? Don’t forget, I’m your elder sister. No matter what, I’m older than you, and you owe me the respect to call me ‘Cousin’.”
Minmin came from a well-to-do family and lived a much more comfortable life compared to Nan Fei. Being the eldest granddaughter in the family, she naturally held a higher status. She barely saw Nan Fei as an equal.
She had a habit of bullying her since they were young.
As they grew older and matured mentally, the physical distance increased due to them going to different schools, and the conflicts faded.
But now, their grandmother has set Nan Fei up with a match that everyone was envious of.
Initially, she dismissed it when her mother told her about it.
But it all changed when she saw with her own eyes, the man her grandmother had chosen for Nan Fei. Jealousy consumed her and she spent a sleepless night.
The grandmother was too partial.