In a place where no one noticed, Leng Wanqing was lying on the bed in the bedroom, having a video call with Xia Anying.
It was extremely noisy on Xia Anying's side. The noise was so loud that it even hurt Leng Wanqing's eardrums.
This made Leng Wanqing, who was wearing earphones, frown tightly.
Xia Anying was wearing heavy smoky eye - makeup in the video, which made Leng Wanqing think she had extremely poor taste.
After all, Xia Anying's eyes were relatively small, and with the smoky eye - makeup, it was almost impossible to find her eyes.
But now was not the time to care about such trivial matters.
She was extremely angry with Xia Sanghuan.
She said acidly to the video, "Anying, do you know what good deed your good sister did yesterday?"
As soon as she heard the name of her stepsister, Xia Anying clearly became interested.
She left the central dance floor and walked to the sink in the restroom.
Hearing that the noise there finally died down, Leng Wanqing couldn't help feeling relieved for her ears.
Even through the phone screen, she could tell that Xia Anying had an expression that was half - disgusted and half - gossiping.
"What did that stinky girl do to make you angry again?"
For a moment, anger made her not care about anything else. She told Xia Anying everything in one go.
"From the day before yesterday until last night, my brother just got home!"
"What? Where did Brother Chuanjin go? Didn't he go out alone with that stinky girl?"
Hearing her natural use of "Brother Chuanjin", Leng Wanqing almost rolled her eyes to the top of her head.
She thought that if there was anyone else to talk to, who would choose to talk to you.
"He didn't go out alone. According to my brother and the butler, Xia Sanghuan was sick and hospitalized. He went to take care of her for a day, so he didn't come home."
"Why does my brother have to take care of her when she's hospitalized? She's not my brother's real sister. My brother has never accompanied me in the hospital!"
Well, except for when she was just born, she had never been hospitalized.
"Moreover, I originally wanted to ask my brother for clarification, but my brother actually taught me a lesson with a straight face!"
"He said, 'If you're already this annoyed, you might as well pack your things and get ready for school'!"
"What on earth was she hospitalized for?"
Xia Anying was obviously more concerned about the situation of the person she hated the most.
"How would I know? My brother didn't tell me."
"But according to the butler, it seems that she had a fever a while ago."
"She was hospitalized just because of a fever? How pretentious!"
Leng Wanqing curled her lips.
"Exactly. When we were in the countryside, we didn't have such good treatment."
"When we had a fever, we just took some cold medicine and endured it."
"I don't know what new problems she has since coming here. She's hospitalized just because of a fever!"
Although Xia Anying said so, actually back in Qingshanpo, every time she had a fever, it was Xia Sanghuan who ran out to gather herbs and boil soup for her, and also took over her share of the farm work.
And once, when her fever was quite severe, her stepsister, who had always been ostracized by her, went out to gather herbs in the heavy rain and even fell and scraped her leg. She had a sore leg for a week.
However, for her, these things were not even as important as a famous - brand lipstick.
Thinking of the arrogant girl she saw in the booth today, she was so angry that her teeth itched.
She hadn't forgotten the purpose of calling Leng Wanqing tonight.
Putting away the sarcastic expression just now, she winked at the camera in a somewhat obsequious way.
"Wanqing, did your brother find a school for you to go to?"
Leng Wanqing replied irritably, "Yes, so what?"
"He could have just sent me to the training institution specially set up by our family. Anyway, all I need to do in the future is to do my job in the family business well. Even if I'm short of money, the family will support me."
Hearing these words, Xia Anying became even angrier.
Both Xia Sanghuan and Leng Wanqing had better family conditions than her.
Even if they were to be parasites for a lifetime, their families would support them.
Why was she just a poor and background - less country girl, not even knowing what her future held?
She was not willing to accept this.
She thought she was not much worse than Xia Sanghuan. Why were their fates so different?
But she still maintained a flattering smile.
"Wanqing, after you go to school, you won't use those bags and lipsticks very often, right? Can you give me a few more?"
Hearing her words, Leng Wanqing snorted coldly.
"I knew it. You don't even send me a message on normal days. Why are you calling me so late for a video call?"
"I knew you had no good intentions."
Seeing that she was about to hang up the phone, Xia Anying quickly said, "Miss, don't hang up yet!"
Leng Wanqing glanced at her, thinking about what new tricks she could come up with this time.
Although when she bought cosmetics and bags, if she liked a certain item, she would buy several more as a backup.
But since Xia Anying came, she always found various reasons to ask for those extra luxury items.
Although she didn't care about the money, she wasn't a philanthropist who would just give away her things casually.
"Wanqing, you know that my roommates love to compete with each other."
"But I'm not as rich as them. Without luxury items to back me up, I can't compete with them at all."
"Moreover, the pocket money the Fu family gives me is not even enough to buy a single bag!"
"Besides, I'm currently staying at the Leng family. If I make a fool of myself, I'll not only disgrace the Fu family but also the Leng family."
Hearing her say this, Leng Wanqing hesitated.
She was a little girl who was very concerned about her face and loved to fight for favor.
And Xia Anying had figured this out, so she could always seize her weakness at critical moments.
Looking at her pitiful face, Leng Wanqing was convinced again.
"Okay, I'll pick out a few extra ones tomorrow and ask someone to send them to your school."
"But this is really the last time. If you come to ask me again next time, there won't be any more!"
After saying that, she hung up the phone with a "snap".
Although Leng Wanqing's attitude was very bad, Xia Anying, who had achieved her goal, didn't care at all.
She had originally planned to come to the bar tonight to pick up a few boys as usual.
In fact, she had come a few times before but hadn't succeeded.
However, tonight was different from usual. There was a showy girl in the bar.
The girl was very generous and had a rather bright appearance.
For a moment, all the men in the bar were attracted to her, and they all went up to talk to her.
Naturally, Xia Anying, who had been outshined by that girl, was angry. She pretended to stagger over, planning to pretend to be drunk and accidentally spill the wine on the girl.
Unexpectedly, the girl seemed to see through her mind. She easily dodged the wine and pointed at her, saying, "A waitress who can't even walk properly. What are you wriggling around for?"