Chapter 66: Genetic Lottery

Su Xia responded.

Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Su Xiaojuan’s partner is having a New Year’s dinner, so she wants to wear it then.

But Su Xiaojuan pushed her and said, "Go and try it now."

"I ordered this dress from this store last year. I told you that you'd lost weight this year and could fit into this size, but no one believed me. I even had someone waiting to alter it for you tomorrow. I'm having a bad New Year."

The New Year’s Eve dinner is eaten early.

When Su Xia changed her clothes and came out, the Spring Festival Gala had just started on TV.

Su Xiaojuan lowered the volume of the TV and was lying on the sofa, video chatting with her family on her phone. "...We've already hired someone to monitor the new factory. The clothing industry in Jiangcheng is quite lucrative, and Lijun will be more solid with another two years of training."

"Xia Xia in our family is very close to her uncle. She told me the other day that if her uncle just drives for another year, she'll go to college and she won't be able to let him go."

Su Lijun and his grandmother sat side by side across from him, feeling extremely frustrated. He managed a dry laugh and said, "Xia Xia and I are relatives."

Grandma was even more impatient than him. Just as she was about to give Su Xiaojuan some advice, she glanced at the camera and changed the subject blankly, "Why are you still working during the Chinese New Year? Don't celebrities have holidays?"

Su Xiaojuan didn't react at first.

When Su Xia got closer in the camera, he laughed out loud, "What are you talking about? This is my Xia Xia!"

"...Oh," Aunt Su Xia and Su Lijun sat next to each other, away from the phone, and couldn't help but say, "Mom, you're really something! It's New Year's Day, and you even said such sweet words to make Xia Xia happy."

Grandma pulled on her reading glasses and handed the phone over to me, "Give it back to me, and see for yourself, don't you look like a celebrity?"

My aunt put down her hands full of peanuts and sunflower seeds to make room to catch them.

She didn't take it seriously. After being married to Su Lijun for so many years, how could she not know about her elder sister-in-law?

Su Xia has been chubby since she was a child. Whenever her relatives from her hometown mentioned her, they would call her "the little fat girl from the city". Her sisters-in-law would privately joke that she was fat when she was a child and even fatter when she grew up, but fortunately her white skin could cover up all her ugliness.

Only Su Xiaojuan, her biological mother, thinks her daughter is pretty and treats her glutinous rice balls like a treasure.

The video screen was blurry and black.

As soon as she showed up, Su Xia waved and said hello politely, "Happy New Year, Grandma, Happy New Year, Uncle and Aunt."

The lights in the mansion's living room were bright, illuminating the girl's entire body with incredible clarity.

My aunt stared at it.

This girl who looks like a picture in front of me...

Is this really the Su Xia from the past?

The fresh air system makes it like spring all year round. The girl is wearing a tulip pink silk dress, with her soft and shiny long hair loosely tied up, revealing her snow-white and delicate shoulders.

Actually, it's still meaty, but that's how genetic lottery works.

Su Xia has a small frame, and she didn't lose any of the soft flesh that shouldn't have fallen off. However, her waist was pinched and soft, and her originally round chin became pointed. When she smiled, she had a pair of charming dimples, and her eyes curved, which made people's hearts skip a beat.

Her own daughter is still clamoring to lose weight every day, but the grown-up Su Xia has the kind of delicate and charming look that was popular in the 1990s.

She has lost her childish baby fat, but she is still plump and attractive, and it makes people feel itchy just standing there.

This is what she dreamed of growing up to be when she was young.

My aunt was speechless for a long while, then smiled awkwardly, "Look at you... Girls really change a lot when they grow up. You've lost so much weight, I almost can't recognize you."

Su Xia gave her a way out, "It's okay, I'm just tired from practicing piano during the winter vacation."

There were several cousins ​​on the other side of the video, and many of the boys they brought blushed, lowered their heads and hid behind the adults. No one was embarrassed to wish this beautiful cousin a happy new year.

The group of people were in a trance for a while, some praising and some sighing.

Su Xiaojuan accepted it all with a smile, without even a word of self-deprecation. The look she gave Su Xia was bright and gentle, as if she was looking at a carefully nurtured flower.

How can you be so beautiful?

Her little peony.

Wearing such a big diamond around her neck, she stole all the limelight and no one cared to look at her.

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I had received even more exaggerated jewelry from Xu Jiqing in my previous life.

But the necklace her mother gave her was of great significance. Su Xia took it off after trying it on, and carefully put it back into the original velvet box, fearing that it would be bumped.

Su Xiaojuan was having a group chat with some old friends to wish each other a happy new year. Su Xia slipped back into the room, took out her phone and checked the updates of her classmates.

The class group is bustling with activity to grab red envelopes.

The Chinese New Year gave children amnesty for making fun of their teachers. Teacher Ding gave out two lucky red envelopes of ten yuan each, and the average income per person was no more than three cents. He was immediately called stingy.

The class representative and the monitor immediately came out to save the situation. One was responsible for sending fireworks emoticons, and the other angrily shouted fifty yuan. Everyone's attention was instantly diverted, and they were having a lot of fun grabbing the money.

Even in families with stricter discipline, mobile phones are not allowed on New Year's Eve.

A quick glance at the space shows all of the New Year’s Eve dinners, some made at home and some eaten at travel destinations, each with its own warmth.

Fireworks are being set off on the river outside the window.

With the sounds of "bang--pop--", colorful fireworks bloomed in the New Year's night, and sparkling light rain fell, sprinkling on thousands of brightly lit homes.

The new year has really arrived.

Everything seems full of hope.

Will things get better for her and the people she cares about?

Su Xia still remembers the agreement she made with Xu Jiaojiao.

It was just a phone call to wish someone a happy new year, but she felt inexplicably nervous.

She straightened her hair in front of the mirror, pulled up the collar of her shirt, and looked at her face from side to side. She felt that her lips looked a little pale, so she unscrewed some lip gloss and touched them up.

Xu Jiqing’s profile picture has always been black.

After pressing the video call button, Su Xia's heart beat faster and faster. She held the phone upright in front of the mirror and covered her hot cheeks with her cold hands twice.

She almost didn't dare to look at the screen.

The last time we met at KFC, she wasn't as thin as she is now, and her clothes were wrapped like a thick quilt.

At that time, Xu Jiqing didn't even look at her, let alone react.

She looks 90% the same now as when she married him in her previous life.

What would he think?

They are good friends now, so even if he doesn't think she's pretty, he probably won't hate her that much...

Just when she was so nervous that she was about to suffocate.

The video was connected, and Xu Jiaojiao's rosy little face popped up from the middle of the screen, "Sister Xia Xia!"

"Happy New Year, Sister Xia Xia!"

Su Xia breathed a sigh of relief, unable to tell whether she felt relieved or lost.

She calmed her breath and smiled at Xu Jiaojiao, "Happy New Year, Jiaojiao too."

“…”

Xu Jiaojiao's pigtails swayed on top of her head.

Like a small tentacle, it stopped moving in mid-air in a few seconds.

She looked at Su Xia stupidly, covering her mouth with her little hands, her face red all the way to her ears.

What should I do...

Sister Xia Xia,

Become a real princess.