Chapter 40: Chapter 40 A Coup from Within Chapter 40: Chapter 40 A Coup from Within Zhou Siyu was not too happy with what Zhao Xinlan had said, slightly angered, “Even if she studies, they would foster me too, which family doesn’t foster a good learner? And for those who are poor at studying, no matter how much money you toss at them, can you hammer out a result? Have you ever seen a rooster lay eggs or an iron tree bloom?”
I’ve never heard of a student who comes in last reversing their fortunes, If they really had such ability, why didn’t they do well before?
Having lived together for so many years, no one knew Shen Mianmian’s academic performance better than she did.
She performed well yesterday, that must have been because Lu Siyuan helped her, but during the final exams, everyone has their own seat and no one will be there to help Shen Mianmian cheat.
“No matter how good you are at studying, you are not their biological daughter!”
Who doesn’t cherish their own daughter? It’s all just lip service, no one truly treats a niece like their own daughter, It’s just for show.
Anyway, Zhao Xinlan didn’t believe that Shen Jianhua wouldn’t foster his own daughter and instead foster Zhou Siyu. She felt Zhou Siyu didn’t realize her own status, thinking that just because her uncle and aunt treated her kindly, she really considered herself a Shen family member.
This struck a nerve with Zhou Siyu. She felt that Zhao Xinlan was deliberately mocking her and her tone grew worse, “My uncle and aunt don’t have a son, they raise me as their own daughter, unlike your family where because there’s a boy, you’re obviously overlooked. Your studies are average, so it’s normal that your parents don’t let you study.”
Living at her aunt’s home for her education had always been a thorn in Zhou Siyu’s side. She remembered things clearly when she was brought there, always feeling like an outsider and constantly trying to ingratiate herself with Shen Jianhua.
At home, since she seldom returned, she was not close with her siblings, feeling like a stranger.
In the first grade, the teacher once said that studying was the way out, the way to a better life without having to toil with one’s face towards the soil and back to the sky. She never forgot that.
Zhao Xinlan was no pushover either; she turned hostile immediately, “Doesn’t your family also have a brother? Although I have a brother, I’m the only daughter to my parents. Even if they don’t let me continue my education, they would not send me away.”
“Who said my mother sent me away? I’m just studying at my aunt’s house. Your parents didn’t send you away, but can they let you go to high school or university?”
“What’s the difference between that and being sent away? Why didn’t your mother let your sister or your brother study at your aunt’s house? Even if Shen Mianmian is a wild child, she’s still a wild child of the Shen family, what are you?” Orıginal content can be found at 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⟡𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚⟡𝘯𝘦𝘵
When their relationship was good, they shared many things about their families, and now that they were arguing, all came pouring out.
Before they realized it, their voices grew louder without noticing.
“Zhao Xinlan, Zhou Siyu.”
Li Qiumei’s voice, devil-like, suddenly came from the lectern, and at the same time, a piece of chalk flew towards them, startling both of them.
“What are you two quarreling about?” Li Qiumei, holding a teaching stick, walked up to the two, knocking on their desks loudly, “You both learned everything already, have you? No need to listen to my lecture, is that it?”
One by one, they dared to ignore her in her own classroom.
Both of them, frightened, trembled, and neither dared to make a sound.
They had been arguing so fiercely that their faces and necks had turned red, and now, being scolded by Li Qiumei, with the whole class watching, they felt even more humiliated and afraid, their faces reddened even more.
Especially Zhou Siyu, this was the first time she had been scolded by a teacher since entering junior high.
Before, she had only watched others being scolded; now, she was the one on the receiving end. The feeling was like being stripped and thrown onto the street – incredibly uncomfortable.
She had gotten carried away, how had she started arguing with Zhao Xinlan? Now she deeply regretted it.