Shi Xiaotian hadn’t been back to her parents’ house for many days, and tonight she finally found some time to visit.
To her surprise, as soon as she walked in, she saw her sister was there too.
"Come here, I have something to ask you," Shi Fei’s voice came.
Shi Xiaotian approached, "What is it?"
"Did Shen Congmo get back together with Long Fengxi?"
"Why are you asking me?" She couldn’t be bothered to answer, "If you want to know so badly, why don’t you go ask yourself?"
"Aren’t you Liang He’s agent?" Shi Fei replied, "I saw a photo in my friends circle these past few days, one of my friends bumped into Liang He and Shen Congmo drinking at a bar together. They must be friends, how could you not know?"
"They are friends, but that doesn’t mean they would share their personal feelings with me." Shi Xiaotian, recalling what she had heard from Liang He, couldn’t help but ask, "When did you have a kid? How come I didn’t know you had a child?" Fınd the newest release on novel⸺fire.net
Hearing this, Mother Shi hastily asked, "What child?"
"Mom, you probably don’t know, but my sister somehow got a child, bribed a doctor at the A City Identification Center to claim the child was hers, fathered by Shen Congmo. But then Shen Congmo didn’t just go to B City for a paternity test, but also sent samples abroad. Really, Shi Fei, don’t say you know me when you go out, I find it embarrassing."
"Is that so?" Mother Shi looked at her eldest daughter in surprise, "How could you be so foolish, do you even have a brain? If Shen Congmo had laid hands on you, taking the risk would be one thing, but he didn’t touch you at all, aren’t you just stirring up trouble for yourself? He will only despise you in his heart, how could he ever accept you? Why didn’t you discuss it with me before doing this?"
"What’s there to discuss, he just disdains me even more now." Shi Fei picked up her glass of wine and took a sip, "I have no chance anyway."
"Success depends on efforts, and opportunities are for those who are prepared. Do you think it’s so easy to become the lady of a wealthy family?"
Shi Xiaotian, listening on the side, found herself speechless, "Mom, are you encouraging her to continue making mistakes?"
Mother Shi glanced at her, "Your sister has ambition, her goal is to be the lady of a wealthy family. Who’s like you, with no ambition, no goal? On the surface, you’re an agent, but in reality, just an assistant. Is your salary even enough to support yourself? What future do you have?!"
"Since when is my salary not enough to support myself?" Shi Xiaotian felt satisfied with her current life, "Everything I have is earned by myself, and I spend it comfortably. Is it interesting to always think about backdoor deals?"
"Backdoor deals?!" Mother Shi picked up a pillow and threw it at her, "You damn girl, if you don’t come back, then don’t. The moment you do, you just anger me."
"It’s you who has twisted morals."
"Go, go, go, go back to your rented apartment, don’t bother me at home."
Shi Xiaotian took a deep breath, "Fine, I’ll go. I’m too lazy to listen to you two making a mess here. Just remember, Mom, I hope you don’t pass on your own twisted experiences to your daughters. That’s not what good parents should do."
She grabbed her bag and left without turning her head, not stopping until she was out of the apartment building. Looking at the dilapidated housing of the complex, disappointment was the only thing in Shi Xiaotian’s eyes.
Her father took a mistress, her mother was a kept woman, and her sister followed in their footsteps.
She felt somewhat fortunate that she hadn’t been led astray, despite growing up in such a family. A rare feat indeed.
She came back to visit every now and then, but it was merely the fragment of affection from being raised here that haunted her.
Shi Xiaotian hadn’t reached home yet when she was called over by Liang He.