Li Mengtao’s expression twisted painfully as if someone had hit a sore spot.
It took a long time for her to calm down, then she snorted coldly, "Who says I like him? I’ve merely spoken to him a bit more than others. Who he likes is his business, what does it have to do with me?"
"Really? If that’s the case, why do you always keep an eye on An’an?"
Li Mengtao looked in the direction of Sheng Ning’an and said, "Can’t I simply dislike her pretentiousness? Her acting all high and mighty every day."
"I think you’re sick," Tang Dou retorted unkindly, "You are a classic case of not being able to see others do well. What are you lacking inside that when you see others, you think they’re showing off? To put it plainly, it’s just your own inferiority complex at work. You find fault with An’an at every turn, is it just because you are inferior to her in every way?"
Li Mengtao’s look darkened as Tang Dou struck a nerve.
Previously, when Sheng Ning’an’s grades were poor, she could console herself, thinking what use is her other good conditions if she’s just a straw bag. So what if her parents graduated from Jing University, if she can only manage to rank at the bottom, clearly showing her lack of intelligence.
But after the last monthly test results came out, with even her only advantage over the other girl gone, she found it even harder to look at her with favor.
Tang Dou was right, she was jealous, jealous that Sheng Ning’an had a better fate than her own. Jealous of her better looks, better family background, and that she heard her parents also had an especially good relationship. Even their company was named after her parents, established by her dad specifically for her mom.
The Li Family had a company too, but its performance had been poor in recent years, and the money her dad brought home was getting less and less, and she could almost hear her parents arguing every day.
She knew that her dad sent her to Jiu Middle School, hoping to use her to build connections for the family.
However, a few months after school started, she tried hard to fit into the circles of others and realized it was not an easy task. They accepted her with a smile on the surface, but they really ignored her behind her back. And those she needed to strive to please to get close to were all gathered around Sheng Ning’an.
She felt the world was incredibly unfair to her, unable to understand why all the good things were concentrated on that one person.
She was jealous and angry.
Those emotions weighed on her heart like weeds sprouting in dark corners, growing wildly and savagely.
Every time she saw her, she couldn’t control her temper.
Only when the other person was doing poorly did she feel a sense of superiority deep inside.
Li Mengtao clenched her teeth and, looking towards Sheng Ning’an, said, "Sheng Ning’an, don’t be so smug. Everything you have is all thanks to your family. Without the Sheng Family, you’re nothing."
Sheng Ning’an spoke indifferently, "If thinking that way makes you feel better, then by all means, think that way!"
The other’s attitude made Li Mengtao feel incensed.
She shouted angrily, "Am I wrong in what I say?"
Without the Sheng Family, she didn’t believe Sheng Ning’an could still act so superior, looking down on everyone . Without the Sheng Family, she didn’t believe there could still be so many people flocking around her.
People liked her, it was only because she was the daughter of the Sheng Family.
Stripping all that away, she didn’t believe Sheng Ning’an could be much better than herself.
"Of course you’re wrong!" said Sheng Ning’an.