Shen Zhaozhao was born on a day when many other women were giving birth, and as the nurse wheeled several babies out together, Daddy Zhaozhao pointed excitedly at the one in the middle and said to the nurse, "Nurse, the child in the middle is so cute, I want the one in the middle."
Zhaozhao's mother bore the pain of her cesarean scar and actually ran three laps around the delivery room chasing after her husband because of this incident.
And the child that her dad had called good-looking was none other than Sheng Chuyi.
Shen Zhaozhao and Sheng Chuyi shared the same birth year, month, and day, and even stayed in the same delivery room.
Not only that, they lived in the same neighborhood, in the same apartment building.
With only a wall separating their doors.
Daddy Zhaozhao, seeing his own wrinkled and rather ugly daughter, and then looking at the fair and clean baby next door, deeply suspected that the nurses had made a mistake.
How could his daughter Shen Mo be so ugly?
Fortunately, after some time, Shen Zhaozhao's eyes and eyebrows started to take shape, she stopped looking wrinkled, and her skin changed from pink to white; only then did Shen Mo accept the fact that this was indeed his daughter.
It is said that when it came time to name her, Daddy Zhaozhao suggested, "How about we call her Shen Piaoliang? Girls should be pretty and attractive."
But the name was deemed so unreliable that Zhaozhao's mother immediately revoked his naming rights.
Shen Zhaozhao felt grateful that her mother had the final say in their household; otherwise, she would have been saddled with a name that spelled social suicide.
Mr. Sheng and Daddy Zhaozhao were childhood friends, always incredibly close, even buying houses right next to each other when they got married. The relationship between the two families grew so close it was as if they were one.
Although the two children were born on the same day, their personalities were completely opposite.
Sheng Chuyi was quiet from a young age, content with just eating and sleeping, or lying there with wide eyes, playing by himself. Shen Zhaozhao was different; as soon as she opened her eyes, she would cry, her wailing almost rivaling the sound of thunder on a sunny day.
She could startle the entire building.
Only when Sheng Chuyi was with her would she behave.
Well, behave isn't quite right; she just wouldn't cry, instead happily babbling away non-stop.
Zhaozhao's mother was driven to her wit's end by her daughter's crying and finally decided to send her over to the neighbors' as soon as she woke up.
Oddly enough, the moment the little girl saw the boy next door, her crying stopped as abruptly as if someone had turned off the faucet, her tears as controllable as running water.
By the time she was eight months old, Shen Zhaozhao already knew how to crawl next door.
Mrs. Sheng welcomed her cheerfully, but Sheng Chuyi didn't seem quite as happy. Every morning, he would be sound asleep, only to be woken up by a little chubby hand slapping him awake.
The owner of the chubby hand not only drooled but would also play by blowing bubbles and then laugh merrily, like a little fool.
Children change with the passing of the breeze, and each month brings a new look.
One day, now ten months old, Sheng Chuyi was once again slapped awake during his sleep and opened his eyes to a magnified face right in front of him.
The owner of the face was lying beside him, blowing bubbles and waving her little hands, babbling at him.
Chuyi, displeased after being awakened, stretched out his little hand to shoo away the annoying intruder, only for his hand to make direct contact with a bubble at her mouth.
"Pop—"
The bubble burst!!!
Zhaozhao seemed stunned for a moment, her wet eyes blinking twice, as if she had discovered a new and entertaining game. She immediately blew another bubble and then looked at Sheng Chuyi.
But when she didn't see her little pal burst the bubble again after a long wait, Little Princess Shen grew unhappy, pursed her mouth, and the next second, burst into tears.
Chuyi, who was yet unhardened by society's blows, was completely stunned by her crying.
And with that cry, Shen Zhaozhao firmly established her status in the household next door.