"I understand, Dad." Rong Jiaojiao held her father’s arm, "I’ll be more careful in the future and won’t cause you any more trouble."
Rong Jiaojiao said this while biting her lip, "But Grandpa is really biased. Whenever something happens, he just assumes it’s me."
Ma Li wiped her tears and chimed in, "The old man is really too biased. Both are his granddaughters, yet all he does is scheme for Rong Qingqing, why doesn’t he ever plan anything for our Jiaojiao?"
Rong Honghui glanced at his wife, then at his daughter.
In the Rong Family, between him and his brother, their father always favored him, the older brother, from a young age.
The same was true in the Shen Family, where Shen Gaizhuo and his brother—Old Master Shen always favored his older brother.
But among the grandchildren, the one Mr. Rong doted on the most was actually Rong Qingqing; even Rong Ming, his only grandson, couldn’t compare to the affection Rong Qingqing received.
There’s no particular reason for this other than Rong Qingqing having a pair of irresponsible parents, leading her to grow up as if she were parentless.
And since she was always particularly quiet, never crying or making a fuss, and wouldn’t complain even when bullied, Mr. Rong felt sorry for her and naturally favored her more.
Regarding Mr. Rong’s favoritism, Rong Honghui himself was one of those favored, so he couldn’t really criticize it.
Back when Ma Li appeared with her daughter, leading to his divorce from Jiang Min, this made the old man angry for most of his life, a fury that never abated.
Thus, Ma Li and Rong Jiaojiao never received much welcome from the old man.
Rong Honghui knew he was at fault, so he couldn’t say anything against his father, only doing his best to be better to his wife and daughter in private as compensation.
Seeing her father not speaking, Rong Jiaojiao kept her thoughts to herself.
Rong Jiaojiao understood that although the old man wasn’t kind to her and her mother, he treated her father very well.
Therefore, Rong Jiaojiao realized she couldn’t expect her father to understand how she and her mother felt walking on eggshells around Mr. Rong.
In her father’s eyes, Grandpa favoring Rong Qingqing was a justified matter.
Rong Jiaojiao’s knuckles turned white as she clenched her fists.
Aside from her background, in what way did she fall short compared to Rong Qingqing?
Shen Xingwei was deeply in love with Rong Qingqing.
Even Shen Jue now treated Rong Qingqing better than he ever treated her.
Let alone Shen Qiao, who called her "Sister Qingqing" with more affection than even her own brother.
And back then, at the Shen Manor?
The only ones she could talk to were the servants.
Shen Qiao never bothered with her, and Shen Jue didn’t even see her. During all those years at the Shen Family, when had any of them shown her a kindly smile?
Just thinking of Shen Xingwei in the hospital, forever praising Qingqing, made Rong Jiaojiao furious to the point of sleeplessness several times.
Especially today, when she heard that Rong Qingqing was splashed with a cup of tea by his mother, Shen Xingwei blamed her for taking his mother to trouble Rong Qingqing, treating her with cold indifference for the whole night.
This night for Rong Jiaojiao was another sleepless one, filled with anger.
She failed in what others asked of her, and when word got out, it only brought her ridicule and scorn.
The company even lost Vice President Huang, her confidant, who, out of respect for her father, had secretly helped her at work numerous times, which was why she enjoyed her current good standing in the company.
Meanwhile, at the Shen Manor, Rong Qingqing had a great night’s sleep and woke up naturally. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝✶𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✶𝕟𝕖𝕥