She could never understand how she, a true heiress, couldn’t compare to Ling Yunshu, a fake heiress.
Yet, in reality, she indeed couldn’t surpass Ling Yunshu in any way—studying, dancing, extracurricular activities. Whatever Ling Yunshu participated in, she followed suit, but no matter how hard she tried, she was never able to surpass Ling Yunshu. It was as if she had been cursed, always a little behind Ling Yunshu, forever the perennial runner-up.
As for Ling Chuxia, she never so much as glanced at Ling Chuxia, thoroughly looking down on her from the bottom of her heart. She only saw Ling Yunshu as her rival, her opponent in love. She just wanted to surpass Ling Yunshu, to impress Mrs. Shi, to catch Shi Che’s attention. Sadly, her wishes never came true.
Time blinked past, and everyone gradually grew up. Mrs. Shi asked Shi Che to pick a wife he liked, and, without any surprise, he chose Ling Yunshu.
Such an outcome seemed to be a fixed pattern; Ling Yunshu was meant to be Shi Che’s wife. Nobody was surprised, nobody was astonished.
What no one expected, however, was that Mrs. Shi, who had always favored Ling Yunshu, ended up choosing her. At that moment, truly, a great many people were stunned.
Back then, everyone thought Shi Che would refuse, would resist his mother’s choice. What once again surprised everyone was that Shi Che accepted without any objection.
Ling Chuxia, the perennial transparent presence from their childhood, emerged like a dark horse, leaving everyone lost for words.
Li Qian simply couldn’t accept such a result. After years of struggling against Ling Yunshu, she had come to respect Ling Yunshu for marrying Shi Che, but what about Ling Chuxia?
She had never even taken a serious look at her, and yet, in the end, Ling Chuxia became Shi Che’s wife! Ling Chuxia was not only overshadowed by her elder sister, Ling Yunshu, but she didn’t come close to matching her in any aspect. How could she possibly accept this?
But she calmed down quickly. Although Shi Che had never made his feelings clear, it was apparent to everyone that he favored Ling Yunshu slightly more. After all, Ling Yunshu truly was like a goddess, and even though Ling Chuxia looked exactly like her, Ling Chuxia didn’t possess even a fraction of her temperament or beauty. Standing together, anyone’s attention would be captured by Ling Yunshu.
So, everyone unanimously believed that Shi Che marrying Ling Chuxia was only out of reluctance to go against his mother’s wishes, as he had always been very filial.
Therefore, even if Ling Chuxia married Shi Che, her life wouldn’t be easy. She had taken the place that originally belonged to her sister, turning a brother-in-law into a husband.
How could Shi Che love her and be good to her if he didn’t love her?
Regrettably... in the end, she had guessed wrong. After Shi Che and Ling Chuxia got married, he wasn’t at all cruel to her as everyone outside had speculated. On the contrary... he was exceptionally good to her, one might even say doting, as if the person he had loved was Ling Chuxia all along.
That year, Shi Che and Ling Chuxia went to the class reunion together.