After being picked up by the richest person, my parents offered me two rooms to choose from. Looking at the two rooms, one large and luxurious, the other small and plain, I raised a soul-searching question.
"Is this some kind of emotional intelligence test?"
"Since you two are well-read, you must understand the principle that people do not worry about scarcity but about inequality."
Looking at the fake rich girl hiding behind my parents with an innocent and aggrieved expression, I became interested.
I am going to reform this wealthy family now.
After experiencing the fakeness of the fake rich girl, I didn't care at all. I pulled my suitcase and asked, "Where can I stay?"
Mr. and Mrs. Ellie, who were protecting the fake rich girl, looked up at the second floor in unison when they heard this.
I carried my suitcase with one hand and went up the stairs.
The Ellie family behind me followed closely.
They pointed to two adjacent rooms and said to me, "Elise, we have prepared two rooms for you. You can choose whichever one you like." I glanced at the two rooms and voiced my doubt: "Is this an emotional intelligence test you prepared for me?"
"What?"
The Ellie family obviously didn't understand what I meant.
These two rooms are a large suite and a small single room that is visible at a glance.
The decoration of the suite is in a girly French pastoral style, equipped with an independent cloakroom, dressing room, bathroom and a large terrace. While the small single room next door is not only small, but also decorated like a nanny's room.
"Do you think these two rooms are comparable?"
"As long as one is not a fool, one can see which room is better."
"But this beautifully decorated room was obviously occupied by someone before. Presumably it was not specially prepared for me."
I walked into that luxurious suite and observed carefully. Finally, I turned around and looked at them.
"Judging from the decoration and furnishings of the room, the owner of this room before was a young girl."
My gaze passed over Mr. and Mrs. Ellie and landed directly on Anna. I said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, Anna lived in this room before, right?" "So, don't you think your behavior is very confusing?" "If you really want to give me this room, you can completely redecorate and arrange it so that I can live in it comfortably and without any misgivings."
"But now, you just removed all the original personal items." "So, do you want me to see that you like Anna more and let me knowingly choose that small and poor guest room, right?"
After I finished speaking, the expressions of the people present were different.
My younger brother Alex, who was just arguing with me with his neck stiffened, asked with clear eyes, "Mom and Dad, do you really mean that?"
The two of them looked embarrassed and scolded him, "Don't talk nonsense." Anna, who was hiding behind them, timidly stepped forward: "It's not Mom and Dad's fault. I want to give the best room to my sister."
"Oh? Really?"
I raised my eyebrows and confirmed with her.
Anna blinked her big eyes and answered while biting her lip, "Really." "Are you sure you want to give me the room out of your own will?"
She answered firmly again, "Yes."
Looking at her like this, I found it a bit amusing. "You won't regret giving me the room, right?"
Her voice was already trembling and her expression became aggrieved. "No, but..."
After getting the first half of her answer, I directly interrupted her and confirmed with Mr. and Mrs. Ellie: "Mom and Dad? Do you agree to give me this room now? Later, you won't think that I bullied Anna and say that I deliberately snatched her things, right?"
At this moment, Mr. and Mrs. Ellie could only have one answer: "No."
"Then it's fine."
I sat down on the bed casually and patted the soft mattress and said, "Then I will live in this room from now on."
Mr. and Mrs. Ellie looked a bit surprised, as if they didn't expect me to be unyielding at all.
Anna was even quietly wiping tears with a handkerchief.
As soon as she cried, Mrs. Ellie softened and turned to me and said, "Elise, actually, Anna also..."
But I wouldn't cooperate with her performance. "I'm a bit tired. Why don't you let me rest for a while."
Mr. and Mrs. Ellie looked at each other and had to coax Anna out. Alex seemed not to have heard and still stood there motionless.
"What? Do you think I'm not worthy of being your sister and Anna is your only real sister?"
Looking at his face, which is almost a female version of mine, I was relatively tolerant.
Anna had already walked out of my room. Hearing this, she also quietly hid at the door and waited for Alex's reaction.
But obviously Alex disappointed her.
He was like a simpleton. He looked at me embarrassedly and said, "Oh, sorry. I'll leave now."
Only then did I realize that I was overthinking. He was just slow in reacting.
Seeing his clueless look, I couldn't help laughing. But Alex was like someone who just got the script after turning on the machine and accused me, "What are you laughing at? I know. You just want to deliberately sow discord the relationship between our family and Sister Anna and make everyone feel indebted to you? "I grew up with Sister Anna. I know best what kind of person she is. Even if she is not my real sister, we will not drive her away!"
"You'd better stop your tricks. Sister Anna is not the kind of scheming woman you think!"
Hearing the words "scheming woman" , Anna's face looked unnatural. I kicked him out and left him a sentence: "Okay, fine. You're right."
Then I locked the door.