Sun Hui has signed with a talent agency and will be joining the film crew soon. This was something the mother and daughter specifically told Song Xia at their house.

Sun Hui raised her chin: "Song Jiao, I told you long ago, if you can do it, so can I. I have a management company and an agent now, I will definitely be more famous than you!"

Song Jiao raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything, nor did she show the jealousy and rage that Sun Hui had imagined. So Sun Hui got angry on her own.

"I know you're just jealous of me, Song Jiao. You can't compare to me after all!"

Song Jiao's eyes held a complex expression: "I'm jealous of you? What a joke you're talking about!"

Sun Hui was eager to prove herself: "Of course you're jealous that I signed the contract before you. I'll have more opportunities than you later. Even if you start acting before me, I'll definitely become a big star before you."

“Just signing with a management company doesn’t make you a star.” Song Jiao has matured a lot now and no longer compares herself to Sun Hui in every way. Instead, she looks at things from a higher perspective and says in a teaching tone, “Second Aunt, Sun Hui, you can’t just sign with a management company. Don’t be fooled.”

"You're saying we were scammed? You didn't sign a contract, so you're just saying that on purpose, right? You're so young, yet your mind is so crooked." Second Aunt Song Tianfang glanced at her sideways. "But you don't need to be too discouraged. When our Xiaohui becomes a big star, we'll introduce you to one or two supporting roles."

"How arrogant!" Song Xia, who had been silent until now, said coldly, shooing them away. "I thought our two families had nothing to do with each other anymore. Xiao Jiao, don't pay any attention to them. Close the door."

Then Song Tianfang got angry again: "Song Xia, what do you think is so great about you getting the top score in the college entrance exam and going to medical school? At most, you'll just be a doctor who works himself to death and earns a fixed salary. Unlike my Xiaohui, who is going to be a big star and marry into a wealthy family. When that happens, a doctor like you won't even be qualified to be my Xiaohui's family doctor."

Song Xia didn't intend to criticize her, but she couldn't help but say to someone so blindly confident and unrealistic: "How many people graduate from film school every year? How many of them become famous? Second Aunt, don't be so confident. Sun Hui can't even study well, yet she wants to be a big star and marry into a wealthy family? What a pipe dream."

Upon hearing this, Song Tianfang pointed at her and cursed, "You're talking nonsense! What kind of diploma do you need to be a star? How many of those famous stars these days have high academic qualifications? All our Xiaohui needs is the talent to be a star. But Xiaohui definitely has the talent, otherwise why would the agency sign her as soon as they met?"

"You can argue all you want." Song Xia was too lazy to talk to her. It was useless to say anything to someone who was so stubborn. "Second Aunt, let's wait and see who goes further in the future."

"My Xiaohui will definitely be the most successful!"

"Yes, yes, you're right. Now you and your daughter can leave, right?" Song Jiao rolled her eyes and scoffed, "If you were really capable, would you need to come to us to say it? The whole internet would know by now."

"Who do you think you are? You only filmed a small web series. Who knows how you got this opportunity?" Her tone was extremely insulting, as if Song Jiao had done something improper.

Suddenly, with a loud "bang," the vase crashed to the feet of the mother and daughter. Song Jun looked at her with a gloomy face: "Shut your stinking mouth. Don't think I wouldn't dare to hit someone."

Song Tianfang trembled with anger, seemingly never expecting that the three orphans would dare to treat him like this.

Song Jun clenched his fist and said, "According to your logic, Sun Hui must have made some improper deal to sign the contract. Get out of here, and don't let me see you again, or I'll ruin Sun Hui's future."

"You dare!"

"You'll see if I dare!"

Despite Song Jun's dark expression, Song Tianfang dared not gamble. After all, in her eyes, her daughter had a bright future ahead of her, and she couldn't let it be ruined.

"You just wait, you'll regret this one day!" Song Tianfang said fiercely before leaving.

"Pah!" Song Jiao slammed the door shut, then exchanged a glance with Song Jun and laughed.

Then she sighed, "My second aunt was never this outrageous before, what's wrong with her now?"

Song Xia sighed inwardly. Although her second aunt had a bad relationship with her family in her previous life, it was distant. She had never come to cause trouble like this. Was it because she originally thought they were destined to fall on hard times, but they ended up living a more prosperous life than her family, so she felt unbalanced?

Song Jun sat on the sofa and turned on the TV, his expression calm: "Who cares about them? There are plenty of relatives who become enemies in the world, and most of them don't have any deep-seated hatred. It's just jealousy and comparison. There's no need to take such people to heart."

“I didn’t take it to heart, but it’s a pity that my second aunt is so extreme now.”

Song Xia looked at Song Jiao in surprise. She originally thought that Song Jiao and Sun Hui had grown up competing with each other since childhood and that Song Jiao and Sun Hui did not have a good relationship. She did not expect that Song Jiao would be so considerate of Sun Hui.

Song Jiao noticed Song Xia's gaze and explained with some regret, "Although I've never gotten along well with Sun Hui since I was little—she was jealous of my grades, and I was jealous that she always had more new clothes and shoes than me—we didn't have anything else to say about each other. Although Sun Hui is usually rather annoying, she's not a bad person at heart."

Song Xia smiled and asked her, "Isn't it bad? Doesn't she often talk badly about you and Song Jun wearing hand-me-downs at school?"

"That's all. If Second Aunt hadn't talked nonsense in front of her, she wouldn't have thought of that. If Sun Hui had someone like you, sister, to guide her like we do, she would be even better. It's Second Aunt's limited perspective that's hindering her. Putting everything else aside, she is indeed quite good-looking."

Song Xia opened her mouth, then smiled gently: "Don't make me sound so noble."

“I’m not exaggerating. You can ask Song Jun if you don’t believe me.”

Song Jun nodded emphatically: "Sister, without you, we wouldn't be much better off than Sun Hui. She's stupid, we're bad."

Song Xia didn't continue the topic, but instead asked Song Jiao, "Sister Qianqian said that since you don't want to sign a contract, but several production teams want to invite you to audition, do you want to go?"

This time, Song Jiao didn't ask Song Xia's opinion, but nodded directly: "Sister, I want to give it a try."

"Then go ahead, but I can only accompany you on Saturdays and Sundays. Once you join the film crew, you'll have to rely on yourself, and you can't slack off on your studies either."

“Yes.” Song Jiao showed no sign of backing down. “Sister, I’m all grown up now. I can take care of myself. If my studies slip, I’ll slow down before joining the film crew again.”

But Song Xia was still a little worried. She thought that if Song Jiao really continued acting, she could ask her aunt to take care of her. This way, she could put Song Jiao at ease and also increase her aunt's income.