"So, cousin, your best friend comes from such a well-off family?"

"What's the big deal about this?"

Tia glanced at the girl beside her, a hint of disdain flashing in her eyes.

Her poor relative, who had gone through who-knows-how-many roundabouts, immediately showed this fussy, unsophisticated face when he heard that Merita's grandfather was a former president of the Union.

Tia even regretted promising her mother she would personally take her to have a good time on the planet Duxing during the holiday. (www.cascoo.net)

If Cong Yu were brought to Merita, she would inevitably be ridiculed by Merita.

Thinking of Merita's mean and condescending face, Tia felt somewhat careless when choosing a gift for Merita.

After casually ordering a newly released luxury perfume from an online store, she turned off her personal terminal, glanced at her cousin Cong Yu, and said, "When I go to the party tomorrow, be careful when you go out for a stroll. Have a driver pick you up and drop you off..."

"Cousin? I...can't I go?" After saying that, Cong Yu seemed to be hit hard, looked at Tia hesitantly, opened her mouth, and said, "I...I promise I won't...I won't cause you any trouble, I just want to see..."

As she spoke, she opened her innocent-looking big eyes and asked timidly, "Is it alright, cousin?"

"No... it's not impossible."

When Tia finished saying those insincere words, she almost couldn't help but want to slap herself.

Why did you just agree?!

It's a ghost!

Frustrated, she glanced at Cong Yu, who seemed oblivious to the situation, then lowered her head and cancelled the order she had just placed on her personal terminal, opting to buy two more items instead.

"I'm warning you, Merita has a terrible temper, so stay away from her! If you're unlucky enough to run into her, remember, no matter how nasty she is, just smile and respond, and then get as far away from her as possible after she's finished speaking!"

Don't try to use me as an example. Let me tell you, she's not like me. She didn't have my father's good upbringing. If we really got into an argument, I wouldn't have the face to argue with her, and I certainly wouldn't stand up for you, understand?

"Is that lady... really that bad-tempered?"

"That's right. She's been domineering since she was little. Ever since her father died, her personality has become even more arrogant and unruly. It's only because we people pity her and are willing to coax her that her arrogance has been fueled."

Don't say I didn't warn you, don't mention her father and brothers in front of her. If you get beaten up, I won't care whether you live or die.

The more Cong Yu talked, the more excited she became, her words of belittling the girl in front of her becoming harsher and harsher, the angle of her upturned lips getting higher and higher, and her whole face contorting in a very grotesque way.

Lost in her rant about how awful others were, Tia was oblivious to how repulsive she herself appeared, and even more so to the dark glint in the eyes of her supposedly poor relative from the outskirts of the planet.

...

"Huh? Your brother's not coming?"

"Wow, Merita, why are you making that face? My brother isn't coming, but it's not much different if I come, right? We look almost identical, so your look of disdain is pretty obvious, isn't it?"

Zhen Po also received a vacation invitation from Merita to the planet. They had a really good time in the game, so when Merita invited Wang Wenfei, she mentioned it to them as well.

However, the two brothers were too careless at the time and didn't take it seriously.

Not long after returning home for the holidays, Zhen Hu received a part-time job as a high-paying tutor. After confirming that it was not a scam and finding it hard to refuse the money offered, Zhen Hu immediately signed the contract and ran away with his bags.

When Zhen Po received Merita's formal invitation, the mask of pain involuntarily appeared on his face.

Merita, this little girl, definitely doesn't have a good temper, but she's genuinely sincere and honest with her own people. Otherwise, they wouldn't have gotten along so well with Merita by the latter half of the survival game.

However, remembering Merita's difficult nature when she was angry, Zhen Po felt a little uneasy looking at the projection of her.

"You and your brother look alike, but your personalities are completely different, okay? If it weren't for your brother, do you think you could get along with me?"

"Hey! Don't think that just because we're friends, I have to listen to you when you insult me! If it weren't for my brother and me seeing how few friends you have, we would have given you a special opportunity, and you probably wouldn't be able to call anyone by now! Don't you know how bad your temper is?"

"You think I want to play with you? Humph! To be honest, I've already invited several people to join me, so you won't make a difference!"

"Fine, fine, it's not a big deal, right? I'm not going!"

"Really not coming?" Merita raised an eyebrow, looking at Zhen Po on the video call, her anger written all over her face. Her tone softened suddenly as she coaxed softly, "Coming here includes food, lodging, and round-trip travel expenses, you know~"

Zhen Po: "..."

"I even brought our family chef with me~ Weixing's specialty seafood, whether eaten raw, grilled, or steamed, it's incredibly delicious! Your brother had something to do and couldn't come, but you have nothing to do and don't you come out for a stroll?"

In two more years, you'll be sent to the army for your holidays, and you won't be able to get out even if you want to!

"Hmph! Bring it on! I'll eat you out of house and home!"

"Mmm~ Remember to make plans with Feifei to ride the same starship. You should take good care of her, she's a girl..."

After being lectured by Merita on how to take care of girls, Zhen Po quickly hung up the video call. After hanging up, he immediately made a video call to his brother who was doing part-time work to complain about how much "suffering" he had endured to help him refuse an invitation.

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