I smashed the phone and walked away. Zhao Juan wanted to come after me, but was stopped by Gao Jiakai.

In my previous life, she liked to blame me for her troubles and misfortunes because she had the status of being the second sister. I had to constantly clean up her messes.

But in this lifetime, she better not mess with me.

During break time, Zhao Juan actually found me at the entrance of my classroom.

She claimed I had broken her phone and demanded compensation.

I looked at her speechlessly, "Did Gao Jiakai hit your brain? It was you who said it earlier, that was my phone."

Zhao Juan stiffened her neck, her face still bearing the red marks of being slapped.

Suddenly, tears welled up in her throat, "Second sister, I know you look down on me, don't want to acknowledge me as your sister because my family is poor... But do you know how much I've suffered because of you?"

"My parents sent you away because they wanted a boy, but ended up with a girl. They said if they knew it was another loss, they wouldn't have sent you away. It's all my fault. From childhood, whenever your name was mentioned, they would scold and hit me..."

"Stop." I interrupted her with a furrowed brow.

Previously, Zhao Juan attributed all the suffering and beatings she received in her original family to me.

But what does that have to do with me?

I coldly glanced at her, "Does your logic make sense to yourself?"

"Oh, because you were born a girl, so your family blames you for everything, and you accept it without resistance. That's your choice! It's none of my business."

"As for being beaten and scolded every day, you should blame your parents who favor boys over girls, or blame the brother who should have been born but wasn't. Your misfortune is all caused by them, you can't blame me no matter how you try."

When I mentioned her parents, Zhao Juan's face changed:

"Lin Ting, you speak too harshly. No matter what, they are your biological parents. You shouldn't speak of them like that!"

Oh, no wonder, it's her own choice.

Then I can only—respect others' choices and mock their fate.

At that moment, a voice suddenly came from beside us, "Huh? Who is this?"

I turned to look, it was Chen Rui.

Chen Rui was my classmate, his mother worked in the Education Bureau, had a good relationship with the school leaders, but his grades were always below mine.

I heard that because of this, his mother often scolded him at home. Due to the competition for the school's reserved spot, we had a competitive relationship, so he usually didn't talk to me.

In the previous life, Zhao Juan had severely hindered me, causing me to perform poorly in several major exams.

In the end, the school gave the spot to Chen Rui, not me.

Seeing him staring at Zhao Juan, I casually said, "A distant relative."

"Relative, no wonder you two look a bit alike." Chen Rui said with interest.

Zhao Juan on the other side's eyes lit up.

Me: "???"

Well, even though I don't know why Chen Rui suddenly became interested in Zhao Juan, as long as she doesn't bother me, it doesn't matter who she bothers.

Not long after, I saw the two of them secretly arranging to meet at the small playground.

Later, on the way to the library, I ran into Zhao Juan.

She proudly boasted to me, "I am now Chen Rui's girlfriend."

"And you don't know yet, he is about to be recommended to Tsinghua University."

I just responded with an "Oh," and asked calmly, "But I heard the reserved spot hasn't been decided yet, how can you be sure it's him?"

Zhao Juan raised her chin, "It must be him, whether from strength or family background, it can only be him."

"There is a competitor, but her strength is not that great. I heard she's a girl, a girl, of course, she won't make it." Zhao Juan was strange in this regard. Her original family was extremely biased towards males, and she had suffered enough in this regard, but when faced with similar situations in life, she would immediately start belittling and suppressing women.

I didn't want to listen to her anymore, but she became happier as she spoke:

"Lin Ting, you must be regretting it now, right? Even if you look down on me, refuse to acknowledge me, I still found such an excellent boyfriend. With Chen Rui's family background, in the future, who will be begging whom is still uncertain..."

I couldn't help it, I burst out laughing.

Zhao Juan frowned and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing." In front of her, I pulled out a recommendation application form from a book and waved it in front of Zhao Juan, "You probably don't know, that girl you said had mediocre abilities, is me, right?"