Ling Chuxia stood motionless, not knowing how long she had been there, as the cool breeze lifted the gauze curtain and surged in, blowing directly onto Ling Chuxia’s body, raising her long hair, carrying a hint of coolness in the air.
Outside, the drizzle began to fall again, and Ling Chuxia suddenly snapped back to reality. She put down the cellphone she had been gripping tightly and turned to leave the room.
The weather in Liang City had been poor recently. Just a moment ago, the sky was clear, and the next second, a storm was upon them. As Ling Chuxia descended the stairs, lightning streaked across the sky, followed by a thunderous rumble, as if drums were beating beside her ear.
Ling Chuxia entered the Dining Hall, looking at the lavish breakfast spread on the table which had previously been steaming and was now completely cold.
She had prepared this breakfast with hope, hoping to use it to ease the tensions between her and Shi Che, to calm him down, but he hadn’t taken a single bite.
Ling Chuxia’s hand clenched slightly, then relaxed, as she stepped forward to clear the dishes, one by one.
Perhaps too distracted or for some other reason, Ling Chuxia’s hand slipped, and she did not hold the plate securely. It fell to the ground, shattering with a crisp sound.
Startled, Ling Chuxia quickly crouched to pick up the broken pieces. Perhaps too hastily, her hand accidentally touched a sharp edge of a shard, causing a sharp pain as her fingertip was cut, and blood oozed out.
Li Qian really had a reason for disliking her.
To be more precise, Li Qian was not only her college classmate but also her elementary and middle school classmate. From childhood, they had always been in the same class. Of course, this was also true for her elder sister, Ling Yunshu.
From childhood, she and her elder sister knew that if they were taken into the Shi Family, allowed to live without financial worries, and lead a lady’s life, it was all because of Shi Che. As they grew up, one of them, either she or her sister, was to become Shi Che’s wife, to dutifully care for him and be his most devoted wife.
Her elder sister was a person with great ambition and goals. She wouldn’t engage in anything unless she could excel in it. Thus, from childhood, her grades were the best, and she completed all the academic tasks assigned by Mrs. Shi the quickest and most excellently. In school, she was the princess everyone adored, and at home, she was the young miss favored most by Mrs. Shi and the servants.
Compared to her elder sister, she was somewhat lacking, well, more than just a little bit.
Though she and her sister were twins and their birth times were separated by only a minute or two, their personalities were worlds apart, utterly reversed.