Chapter 571 - 191: 80s Drama Queen Forced to Become a Top Student (26)
Chapter 571: Chapter 191: 80s Drama Queen Forced to Become a Top Student (26)
"Don’t tell me that old Mrs. Guo is also one of those types—sweet on the outside, bitter on the inside? Puts on a big show of doting on you in public, but secretly makes you work your fingers to the bone doing chores to earn money?"
Ren Xingchen covered her mouth and laughed, gloating over the imagined misfortune.
It was as if the more miserable and unfortunate Sheng Leyun’s life was, the happier she became. Ren Xingchen didn’t even try to hide her spiteful, jealous nature.
Sheng Leyun gave her a cool look. "What’s this, Comrade Ren Xingchen? Found your next meal ticket? Judging by your clothes, the man must be quite rich. Nouveau riche, I presume?"
The term "nouveau riche" carried a certain rustic disdain in this era.
Ren Xingchen froze, glaring at her. "What nonsense are you spouting, you little brat?"
"I’m working as a nanny! If I don’t spend the money I earn on myself, should I be giving it to those two little brats?"
Sheng Leyun tutted. "Serving him food, helping him dress... and putting him to bed?"
"Sheng Leyun!" Ren Xingchen ground her teeth. "Have you no shame? How can a young girl like you say such things?"
"A child raised without a mother truly has no manners or upbringing at all!"
Sheng Leyun chuckled softly. "When I was with you, things were even worse than now. At least," she said, the corners of her lips curling up slightly, "at least now, there’s no one offending my sight."
’Look at her,’ she thought. ’Does she really think I’m a child? That I don’t know what a woman looks like when she’s... well-cared-for?’
Ren Xingchen’s confidence wavered. "I’m warning you, Sheng Leyun, we have nothing to do with each other now. I won’t interfere in your life, so don’t you dare think about messing up mine!"
Sheng Leyun couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
"Please. You’re the one who came up to me, trying to make your presence known. Otherwise, how would I even remember who you are, let alone know how well you’re doing?"
Ren Xingchen didn’t know anyone in the Capital City. Although she had been living here for over half a year, she and her neighbors remained distant.
Now that her life had finally taken a turn for the better, she couldn’t resist coming out to show off and satisfy her vanity.
Especially since, in her mind, her previous misery was all Sheng Leyun’s fault!
But Sheng Leyun refused to take the bait and kept jabbing her where it hurt...
Ren Xingchen’s eyes shifted. She smoothed her dress and said with a smile:
"I came to tell you that I’m now living in Moxiang Small Courtyard. It’s a new commercial residential complex with only twenty or thirty villas; the rest are mid-rise apartments."
"The family I work for owns one of those villas. If you ever need anything in the future, you can come find me."
"Although I can’t help you with anything major, I can support you a little financially."
"Oh, right, I’m here to pick up Hailan and Haiyang. The head of the house is incredibly kind. When he found out I have two children, he told me to bring them over to be companions for his own kids and attend some fancy private school together."
Ren Xingchen stared intently at Sheng Leyun, trying to find a trace of resentment, envy, or jealousy on her increasingly delicate and beautiful face.
But unfortunately for her, whenever the young girl looked at her, her expression was always one of impatience and disgust.
"Sigh, what a pity. If you hadn’t signed those severance papers, you might have been able to come with me to Moxiang Small Courtyard—a community only rich people can afford to live in—and go to a private school with all the other children."
"If you could win over one or two wealthy friends, your life would absolutely undergo a world-shaking transformation. You could have leapt into the upper echelons of society!"
Sheng Leyun just said, "Oh." Then she added, "You should save that speech for your stepson and stepdaughter."
With that, she turned and walked away, not wanting to listen to any more of Ren Xingchen’s nonsense.
Ren Xingchen stood there, so angry she felt like she was about to explode.
Her body had been ruined long ago. She couldn’t get pregnant at all. Even if she did, she wouldn’t make it past three months before a slight jolt or a sudden movement caused a miscarriage.
Otherwise, why would she have shown even a sliver of patience for Sheng Leyun, Xiao Hailan, and Xiao Haiyang, instead of just leaving them to fend for themselves?
Wasn’t she just hoping they would be the ones to care for her in her old age and see to her burial?
But they weren’t her biological children. The fact that Ren Xingchen kept them from starving to death was already generous enough; how could she possibly offer any other kind of care?
Her inability to have children was a thorn in her heart. Anyone who touched upon it caused her excruciating pain.
Fortunately, the government mandated that every household could only have one child.
"Hey, Sheng Leyun! Don’t you really want to know who your biological parents are?" At this point, Ren Xingchen didn’t hate anyone else; her hatred for this little brat, Sheng Leyun, was so intense she could grind her teeth to dust.
Sheng Leyun waved her hand dismissively without turning her head, continuing to walk forward. "Not interested. There needs to be a certain fate between parents and children. If they didn’t want me, why should I go chasing after them?"