Zhao Qin murmured, "But lately, Mom really started to treat her as if she were her own daughter."
Having such a well-behaved child gave rise to wild fantasies, treating Lou Wanyi's daughter as her own.
Zhao Qin both despised and envied Lou Wanyi, looked down on her yet yearned to be her, tangled in emotions so contradictory that Zhao Qin couldn't define how she felt.
Once, to catch Wen Wei's attention, Zhao Qin deliberately wore high heels and dressed in a cheap, slightly revealing and bold outfit. All eyes were on her, wearing a backless, halter-neck long white dress.
But when Wen Wei was about to walk past her while she was still feeling smug, she stepped on the hem of her dress and stumbled, falling right in front of Lou Wanyi, who was discussing new district infrastructure with the director.
Lou Wanyi, dressed in a simple and everyday cardigan and with thick long braids, looked at her with some surprise.
