Chapter 139 - A Dog Bites Another Dog (1)
Two days before the founding ball, Su Xiaofei ignored the curious stares she was receiving from other students at the academy. By now, the news about her and Ye Mingyu being invited to the police station had spread around. The news about Ye Mingyu's cousin stealing Su Xiaofei's belongings and the case of Chen Li's counterfeit dress had been known, while the impersonation was left unannounced.
"Is it true? Ye Mingyu taught her cousin to steal things from Su Xiaofei? She must have been really confident that she would become the young miss of the Su family and replace Su Xiaofei."
"Heh. No sane and self-respecting wife would allow her husband's other daughter from another woman to bully her own child in her own home."
"She must be thinking that once she was introduced to the public as the eldest daughter of the Su family, she would be able to enjoy the perks and benefits of being one. Who would have thought that Su Xiaofei's mother would pull the divorce card the moment she came out?"
This was followed by a round of laughter, and it only died down when the group spotted Ye Mingyu walking alone without Feng Xue'er next to her. Unlike Su Xiaofei, it was obvious that Ye Mingyu was bothered about the rumors circulating around about her and Chen Li.
It was known to everyone at the academy that the friendship between Ye Mingyu and Feng Xue'er had been strained ever since the rumors about Ye Mingyu seeing Cai Ling behind her best friend's back surfaced.
"Such a pretentious bitch. How long does she plan to pretend that she's innocent?"
Ye Mingyu had yet to deal with her problem about Feng Xue'er, but Chen Li had already dragged her into another round of mudslinging from her schoolmates. She could only grit her teeth and look away, pretending that she wasn't bothered by the murmurs about her and her mother.
This wasn't supposed to happen. Why was Su Xiaofei far too different from her previous life?
She had relied on the knowledge of her past life in order to lead a prosperous life this time. So why? Why was Su Xiaofei acting differently from the results of the investigation she ran on her before she came to Qiying City?
In her previous life, Ye Mingyu wasn't aware that she had a wealthy father growing up. She had led a poor life with her mother, living on paycheck to paycheck, barely able to keep a roof above their heads. Only after her mother had passed away from cancer, when she was twenty-three, did she find out that her birth father was still alive and was leading a good life with his wife and a daughter they secretly adopted.
Ye Mingyu harbored so much hatred towards her father for abandoning her and her mother and choosing the wealthy young miss of the Yun family to raise his status in society, turning his back on them in the process. She abhorred being his daughter, and hated that he was willing to take in other people's child to raise with the luxury that she and her mother should be enjoying.
She was the real daughter of the Su family, but why was she and Su Xiaofei living very different lives?
Not only did they adopt a dumb and superficial young lady, but her father also refused to acknowledge her as his daughter. No matter if it was her past life or now, Ye Mingyu couldn't fully trust nor rely on her father.
If he didn't abandon her and her mother, her mother wouldn't lose her life to cancer, and she wouldn't be left to her own devices, deep in debts that she wouldn't be able to repay no matter how hard she worked.
Ye Mingyu had been reborned as her five-year-old self after dying from a nasty car accident that killed her in her past life. In an attempt to run away from the loan sharks that were chasing after her, she had crossed the road without noticing an incoming car.
Who would have thought that she would be able to return to her younger years? Did this mean the heavens had given her a chance to change her life for the better?
At that time, Ye Mingyu, who was trapped in her toddler body, had changed overnight. She became more verbose and smarter than her peers. People around them, including her mother, thought that she was a prodigy. They had no idea that she was able to ace her exams and get ahead of her peers because of her matured mind.
However, given the chance to live her life again, Ye Mingyu had forced her mother to get in touch with her useless birth father. Because of this, her parents' had reconciled, allowing Ye Mingyu to lead a better life than her previous one.
She managed to save herself and her mother from being thrown out on the streets, scavenging trash to find something that they could sell to feed themselves. The more Su Haoran doted on her and her mother, the more Ye Mingyu wanted to have everything Su Xiaofei had.
She had done what she thought she could do to get rid of Su Xiaofei, but how come none of her plans worked the moment they arrived in Qiying City?
Ye Mingyu wanted to refute the rumors about her, but was unable to do so. Chen Li had dragged her further down by blaming and accusing her of making false promises.
How come it was her fault now? It was Chen Li who couldn't wait to get what she wanted. If only she had waited until she had securely replaced Su Xiaofei's position, none of these would happen.
As she took a turn in the hallway leading to their classroom, she found Feng Xue'er waiting for her outside with a box in her hands.
"Xue'er!" Ye Mingyu hurriedly went over to her, excited to see the finished dress she was going to wear for the founding ball.
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