Chapter 1530: Chapter 561: The Male Supporting Character Who Persuades Goodness (Part 5)
Come to think of it, she was just like Orange Seat, both of them pitiful people without a home.
When those thoughts surfaced, a wave of sourness surged in He Beibei’s heart.
Seeing how dejected He Beibei looked, He Tiantian couldn’t help feeling a stab of pity.
Sigh, she was still just a teenaged kid.
In the novel worlds, she had lived life after life. In reality, even though He Tiantian was also a teenage girl, her heart was already that of a thousand-year-old old monster.
To her, He Beibei was basically a junior.
Besides, He Tiantian herself had once suffered cold violence, so she could deeply understand He Beibei.
It wasn’t exactly shared misery, but He Tiantian did feel especially sorry for this poor child.
"I remember, Senior Ye Beixuan is your biological older brother?"
He Tiantian fell silent for a moment, then asked in a gentle voice.
He Beibei lifted her head and stared fixedly at He Tiantian.
Originally, she’d wanted to ask: Senior, how did you know I have an older brother named Ye Beixuan?
But very quickly, a trace of embarrassment flashed through her eyes—
Heh, when you thought about it, she, He Beibei, was also a "popular figure" at Hongde International School.
It was just that other people’s popularity was the proper kind of red—like Senior Su, who had both money and looks, or like Feng Yuyao, the hard-core study god.
While she, He Beibei, was "black-red"—
An ordinary small-town girl who, because her biological father became a wealthy family’s Prince Consort, got into Hongde to study by relying on her rich stepmother.
Average grades, average family background; whether compared to those second-generation rich kids who relied on Money Ability, or to those study gods and top students who fought with their grades, she was equally out of place!
She was useless, a little ugly duckling mixed in among a flock of Golden Phoenixes and white swans.
Not to mention she also had an illegitimate half-sister who was the real daughter as a contrast.
The wealthy family’s drag-along oil bottle—that was her, He Beibei.
Before, He Beibei had thought only her own class and the International Class where Ye Muwan was knew of her existence.
Now, hearing Senior Su’s words, He Beibei sadly realized: So I’ve already become a "celebrity" in the entire high school division.
"Yeah! Ye Beixuan is my older brother, and Ye Muwan is my half-sister!"
An entire layer of shadow seemed to settle over He Beibei’s heart, and her whole person became listless.
With a bit of a "let it all burn" mindset, she directly exposed her "family shame" right in front of her male god.
"My dad only managed to start a business thanks to the Qiu Family. Ms. Qiu is my stepmother, and me, I’m just a wealthy family’s drag-along oil bottle!"
He Beibei’s tone carried an obvious self-loathing.
She lowered her head, not daring at all to look at that handsome, gentle face of Senior Su.
She was afraid of seeing disdain and contempt flash in those deep eyes.
"Is this what you wanted?"
He Tiantian suddenly asked.
"Huh?" He Beibei froze for a second, then jerked her head up and shouted loudly, "No, it’s not!"
She had never wanted to enter any wealthy family, nor did she want to live under the same roof as her Scumbag Dad and the mistress-turned-stepmother.
Unfortunately, she was underage. After her mom died, her Scumbag Dad became her legal guardian, and she had no choice but to go to the Ye Family.
If she could, she’d rather live alone in the little house her grandparents left her and go to those "commoner schools" that the rich despised.
Instead of being here, playing the drag-along oil bottle that everyone despised and ostracized!
"Since it’s not what you wanted, and definitely not something you begged for, why do you feel embarrassed? Why do you feel guilty and lack confidence?"
He Tiantian asked another question.
He Beibei stared blankly at her "Senior Su."
She had thought this way in her heart before.
When she’d been set up by Qiu Wanting, she’d even shouted this out in public.
But everyone present had blamed her for not knowing what was good for her, for not being grateful.
They thought she was taking advantage while still playing the victim, that she wanted to have it both ways.
"...Who said you were taking advantage?"
In a daze, He Beibei seemed to hear Senior Su’s voice again.
She felt a brief moment of confusion, then realized that she had just unconsciously said all those things out loud.
"I—I’m not Ms. Qiu’s child, yet I’m enjoying a wealthy family’s life. The tuition at Hongde High School is over a hundred thousand a year!"
Based on her real family situation, there was no way she could afford such a Noble Family school.
"And here we are again. All these things you’re ’enjoying’—whether it’s the wealthy family life or the Noble Family school with over a hundred thousand in tuition a year—are they what you wanted? Did you throw yourself at their feet and beg for them?"
He Tiantian asked with a smile.
He Beibei: ...Of course not!
The conversation between her and Senior Su seemed to have fallen into a loop, the same lines going round and round.
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