As Zhang Wei's mother, who had climbed to a certain elite echelon of society, she had long understood that whether one was a student or a working adult, everyone had to compete with others from birth until death. There is only so much social resource available; if you don't get it, someone else will—there has never been an equal distribution.
The college entrance exam scores, how universities admit students, it's all based on ranking.
Therefore, she had no problem admiring Xie Wanying as a child, as long as she was inferior to her daughter; she could praise her to the skies. But for Xie Wanying to surpass her daughter by such a large margin, it could only invoke deep fear in her heart.
