Chapter 3

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Ha…”

Song Hua suddenly laughed softly.

Her smile was bright and enchanting.

Zhou Lei frowned and looked at Song Hua. “What are you laughing at?”

“I’m laughing at your wishful thinking.” Song Hua continued, “I’m both your adopted daughter and the eldest daughter of the Song family in name. Using me, you can protect the Song family’s reputation and not affect Song Baoyi’s future. Killing two birds with one stone.”

“Don’t pretend that we mistreated you!” Zhou Lei was furious. “Think about it? If it weren’t for Baoyi and if it weren’t for us raising you, you wouldn’t even have the right to marry into the Yu Family! You wouldn’t even have the right to step into the Yu family’s door!”

This little bastard didn’t know what was good for her!

Zhou Lei’s voice was so loud that she startled the cat in Song Hua’s arms so much that it quivered and buried its furry head into her arm.

“Shh.” Song Hua raised her index finger to her lips, “You’re scaring my cat.”

Song Dalong narrowed his eyes and looked at Song Hua. His adopted daughter not only had no manners but also had no respect for her elders.

He did not know how his stepmother raised her for her to behave like this.

“This is the Song family. Your surname is Song!” Song Dalong looked at Song Hua. “I don’t care what you were like in the past. Now you’re with the Song family, so you have to abide by the Song family’s rules! I’m just informing you about your marriage!”

Since it was a notification, there was no room for negotiation.

Song Hua did not speak. She lowered her eyes slightly. Since she agreed to fulfill the original owner’s wish, she could not go back on her words.

Substituting Song Baoyi for her, huh?

Sure.

She would go meet this infamous Yu Tingzhi.

A moment later, Song Hua looked at Song Dalong, “Is there anything else?”

Before Song Dalong could answer, Song Hua stood up, “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back to my room.”

She left in a carefree manner, leaving Song Dalong and Zhou Lei standing where they were.

Song Hua walked out of the door and glanced at Housekeeper Wang who was standing at the door of the study. “Where’s my room?”

“It’s over here.”

Housekeeper Wang immediately led the way.

Housekeeper Wang only realized what she did when she brought Song Hua to her room. Why did she obey a bumpkin?

At this moment…

Bang!

The sound of a door closing erupted.

Housekeeper Wang trembled in fear at the sudden sound.

She looked at the closed door and frowned.

In this house, not even Song Baoyi dared to give her a hard time.

Song Hua was just a bumpkin, what right did she have to do so?

Housekeeper Wang stood outside the door, the more she thought about it, the angrier she got. She turned around and went to the piano room.

Song Baoyi was practicing the piano.

Elegant and pleasant-sounding music came from inside.

“Miss.”

Hearing Housekeeper Wang’s voice, Song Baoyi looked back but her fingers did not stop moving. Her tone was gentle as she greeted, “Auntie Wang.”

Housekeeper Wang walked to Song Baoyi’s side. “Miss, that person from the countryside arrived. Do you want to go over and take a look?”

Go over and take a look?

Song Baoyi’s eyes filled with ridicule.

She was just a village girl.

She was not worth her time.

After saying that, Housekeeper Wang continued, “You don’t know how arrogant she is. She held her head high and her chest puffed out. She acts like she is the eldest missus of this family!”

“Miss, you have to be careful of her!”

Careful?

Song Baoyi laughed softly. She did not care about a village girl from the countryside, “Auntie Wang, she is my sister, she is the eldest daughter of this family! Moreover, my sister just returned from the countryside, the life she lived was not quite the same as ours. Some things you should just let slide and be more tolerant towards her.”

Look.

This is what a person with manners should be like.

Isn’t that so!

People were indeed different from each other.

Compared to Song Baoyi, Song Hua was simply worse than a vulgar wild girl.

Housekeeper Wang continued, “A lady from an aristocratic family is a lady from an aristocratic family. Not just any person can be compared to her! Miss, you’re kind enough to call her ‘sister’. If it were anyone else, who would be willing to even look at her?”

“She’s my older sister to begin with.” Song Baoyi turned to look at Housekeeper Wang. “Auntie Wang, please don’t say such things in the future.”

Housekeeper Wang sighed in her heart. Song Baoyi was too kind. She nodded and said, “Okay.”

After practicing the piano, Song Baoyi went to her parent’s bedroom.

“Mom, have you both seen my sister?”

It would have been better if Song Baoyi did not mention her. When Zhou Lei heard that, she became angry, “That little bastard has no manners! When she spoke to us, she was sharp and mean. She’s not a lady. No wonder people say that unruly people come out of the countryside!”

Song Baoyi poured a cup of tea for Zhou Lei and said gently, “Mom, have some tea. After all, my sister grew up in the countryside. Understandably, she doesn’t know how to speak properly. Why do you have to take it to heart?”

As the saying goes, you don’t try to reason with the unreasonable.

Zhou Lei took the cup. As the warm tea entered her belly, the anger in her heart dissipated a little.

Song Baoyi continued, “Mom, out of sight, out of mind. You don’t have to care about how my sister is causing a ruckus or how she has no manners. Just pretend that she’s not even here.” Song Hua was just a pawn.

“Baoyi is right.” Song Dalong nodded.

Although Song Baoyi was young, she was extremely mature. She was smart, farsighted, and had a business mind. Although she was a girl, she was not inferior to men at all.

Song Baoyi helped the Song group get out of quite a few crises in the past.

Therefore, Song Dalong believed that his daughter would one day become a great person!

Song Dalong looked at Zhou Lei and asked, “Have you made school arrangements?”

Zhou Lei nodded. “Yes, I have. It’s the same school as Baoyi’s.”

“The same school as Baoyi’s?” Song Dalong looked back at Zhou Lei. “Baoyi’s school is bilingual. Would she be able to understand?”

Song Baoyi attended one of the top international high schools in the city.

Other than Chinese, she attended classes in English and French.

Could Song Hua do it?

Song Baoyi looked back at him slightly. “Dad, whether she can understand or not is her problem. Since she’s the eldest daughter, she should go to the same school as me. We can’t play favorites.”

At least, she had to pretend that she cared.

Song Dalong immediately understood what Song Baoyi meant. “Baoyi is right.”

* *

At night…

The servants called Song Hua to the dining room for dinner.

When she arrived, Song Dalong and Zhou Lei were already sitting at the dining table.

When she saw Song Hua, Zhou Lei’s face seemed to be shrouded in a layer of dark clouds.

Song Hua sat down at the dining table.

She did not look out of place at all. She looked elegant and graceful.

“Dad, Mom.”

At this moment, a gentle voice sounded out.

Song Hua raised her eyes.

She saw that the person walking towards the table had a graceful figure. She had medium-length hair and wore a light blue dress. She had large European-style eyes and a high nose bridge. Her facial features were outstanding, and she exuded a noble temperament as she walked.

This was Song Baoyi.

In the past, Song Hua was envious of Song Baoyi. She envied her facial features, her figure, and her every move.

Song Baoyi attended all kinds of etiquette classes since she was young, learning how to dance, tea ceremony, flower arrangements… … with just a glance, one could tell that Song Baoyi came from an aristocratic family.

The original “Song Hua” felt inferior next to her.

In front of the dazzling Song Baoyi, the original “Song Hua” felt that she was worse than an ugly duckling.

An ugly duckling could transform into a white swan because it was a swan to begin with.

As for the original “Song Hua”, she felt that she would always be an ugly duckling.

Therefore, in front of Song Baoyi, the original “Song Hua” would always keep her head down, humble and weak.

Over time, the original “Song Hua” radiated a gloomy aura around her, making people feel disgusted towards her. Compared to the current Song Hua, she was now a completely different person.

Therefore, when Song Baoyi saw Song Hua, she was also stunned.

This was the first time she looked at Song Hua carefully.

Song Hua was wearing a simple black hoodie and jeans, but she exuded a temperament that she never had before.

Under the bright crystal lights, the black hoodie made her skin look porcelain white.

Her delicate peach blossom eyes were slightly raised, exuding a flamboyant charm.

Her eyelashes were very long. Even if Song Baoyi took a glance out of the corner of her eye, she could see those thick eyelashes that were like small fans.

She was so beautiful.

Even a beauty like Song Baoyi was stunned when she saw her.

When did Song Hua become like this?

She was stunned for a moment before Song Baoyi picked up her glass and said to Song Hua, “Welcome home, sister.”

“Thank you.” Song Hua picked up her glass and replied. She had some faint dimples at the corner of her mouth.

Song Baoyi continued, “Sister, I should have gone to pick you up myself, but you know that I have poor health. Please don’t be upset.”

“It’s okay, it’s the thought that counts.” Song Hua said as she put down her glass. Her expression was calm.

Song Baoyi narrowed her eyes. It seemed that her sister matured a lot over the holidays.

She remembered that when Song Hua came last summer, she did not even dare to look at her.

Did Song Hua really think that Yu Tingzhi was some rich kid and that she was going to become a noble lady?

How laughable!

Song Baoyi suppressed the ridicule in her heart and reached out to cut a piece of foie gras for Song Hua. “Sister, try this foie gras.”

Song Hua lived in the countryside ever since she was young. When had she ever eaten foie gras?

She probably didn’t even know how to hold a knife and fork.

Zhou Lei also thought of this and turned to look at Song Hua. “The Song family is not like the countryside. We pay attention to etiquette when eating. You should ask Baoyi to teach you how to use a knife and fork first so that you don’t embarrass us in the future.”

“I don’t know about etiquette,” Song Hua smiled faintly, “But I do know that you don’t speak when you eat.”

As soon as she finished speaking, she picked up her knife and fork and skillfully cut the steak into small pieces. Then, she picked up a small piece and placed it into her mouth.

Her movements were fluid and pleasing to the eye. She looked very much like the western aristocrats on TV. Her every move was impossibly elegant.