Chapter 41: Snatching Clothes

The father and daughter were cooking in the kitchen; Wang Meili, feeling guilty or for some other reason, did not appear at all.

When Gu Lingling washed her hands and returned to her room, she found that the bundle Grandma Yao had brought for her was opened, and Gu Juan was wearing the floral shirt Grandma Yao had sewn for Gu Lingling.

"Gu Lingling, this shirt of yours looks great. I’ll wear it for a few days, okay?" Gu Juan looked at the shirt she was wearing with delight, completely ignoring Gu Lingling’s dark expression.

Anyway, anything Gu Lingling brought back from the Yao Family had always been given to her first.

This time was no exception.

Besides, she even mentioned it to Gu Lingling beforehand, which was already a courtesy.

"Doesn’t Gu Juan know it’s very rude to touch other people’s things without permission?" Gu Lingling said coldly.

"Gu Lingling, what’s wrong with you?" Gu Juan snickered indifferently, "It’s just a shirt, so what if I wear it for a few days first? Don’t be so petty."

Ha!

She’s petty!

Today she would show Gu Juan just how petty she could be!

"Are you going to take it off?"

"No, can’t I wear it for two days?" Anyway, once Gu Chunhai left, the shirt would be hers.

So what if she wore it for two days first?

"Not taking it off, huh?" Gu Lingling approached with cold determination, "Then I’ll help you take it off."

And then she reached out directly.

Her frosty gaze could freeze Gu Juan stiff.

Countless times, whenever she had something nice, Gu Juan would snatch it away, only handing it to her when it was worn out and ruined.

Even if Gu Chunhai bought two identical things for each of them, once Gu Chunhai left, she still wouldn’t be able to keep it.

What made it worse was that after Gu Juan ruined Gu Lingling’s things, Wang Meili complained to Gu Chunhai, saying that the identical item in Lingling’s hands broke in a few days, while Juanzi’s was still fine.

Thinking back on how she was bullied by this mother and daughter in her previous life, Gu Lingling’s anger raged.

"Mom, help! Gu Lingling is going to kill me!" Gu Juan shouted as she ran out the door.

"Gu Lingling, are you crazy?" Wang Meili shielded Gu Juan like a mother protecting her young, "Your father’s still here, and you’re bullying Juanzi?"

This meant that she intended to hit Gu Juan in front of Gu Chunhai. What would happen to Gu Juan when Gu Chunhai wasn’t around?

Wang Meili was truly digging a pit for Gu Lingling without restraint.

"I didn’t, I didn’t." Gu Lingling looked at Gu Chunhai, aggrieved, her almond eyes filled with tears that refused to fall.

Compared to Gu Juan, who was crying loudly in Wang Meili’s arms, Gu Lingling seemed even more pitiable.

A child without a mother is like a blade of grass.

Gu Chunhai’s heart was once again struck hard.

He walked forward and took his daughter’s hand, "Don’t be afraid. Tell Dad, what’s going on?"

"Dad, my new clothes." Gu Lingling whimpered softly in Gu Chunhai’s arms, "Have you become Gu Juan’s father? Do the clothes Grandma made for me have to be worn by her?"

"I haven’t even worn my new clothes from Grandma once." Gu Lingling raised her head, her tear-filled almond eyes looking pitifully at Gu Chunhai, "I was okay with giving Gu Juan the old clothes, but my grandma said this shirt was for me to wear to show my mom."

In a few days, on the day after Old Mrs. Gu’s birthday, it would be Yao Ruanqian’s death anniversary.

This was another reason Old Mrs. Gu was displeased with Yao Ruanqian.

Dying so close to her birthday, it was clear it was not meant for her to have a happy birthday.

People, it seems, can have a thousand reasons to like someone, and similarly, a thousand reasons to dislike someone.