Chapter 13 Don't Let Yourself Be Bullied
The next morning, Zhu Fan was awakened by the sound of banging on the door.
The pounding on the door continued for several minutes. She threw back the covers, yawned, and opened her bedroom door.
Zhu Ci wore her hair in pigtails with a red Miu Miu hair clip in front of her forehead. She wore a small suit with a dark pleated skirt and black leather boots with a pair of delicate lace stockings.
At this very moment, he was turning his back and pounding on Zhu Wan's door.
Zhu Ci felt sorry for her hands, which were red from pounding, and first felt sorry for herself. When her hands couldn't pound anymore, she kicked the door a few times, saying, "Can't you just stay in your backward little town?"
The girl's skirt fluttered as she kicked the door.
"Why can't you just stay a country bumpkin? Why do you have to come back and steal my parents' love?"
"Mom told me to wake you up and bring you downstairs for breakfast!"
Are you deaf?
"I've been calling you for so long, why don't you open the door!"
Zhu Ci spoke each sentence with gritted teeth.
On a girl of that age, Ge Fei's school uniform looked delicate and innocent. But such harsh and malicious words twisted Zhu Ci's innocent charm into something sinister.
Zhu Fan held up her phone and recorded the whole thing. "Your way of waking people up is quite unique."
Zhu Ci was startled by the sudden sound, but that was all.
She turned around and rolled her eyes at Zhu Fan, who was looking at his phone, and then kicked the door even harder.
"Zhu Wan is sleeping like a log. I can't wake her up unless I knock hard on the door."
"I'm sorry, sister, I disturbed you. I apologize."
"There's nothing for you to do here, sister. I'll wake her up properly and do the tasks that Mom and Dad gave me."
The girl's harmless smile and condescending words stirred up Zhu Fanwan's morning grumpiness.
"Why don't you let your parents see how you wake people up?"
Zhu Ci's smile froze. "You took pictures of me without my permission?" Realizing what was happening, she immediately reached out to snatch the phone from Zhu Fan's hand.
Zhu Fan easily dodged her outstretched hand.
Seeing that she couldn't take the phone away, Zhu Ci started to play the victim, saying, "Sister, it's Zhu Wan who went too far. I was knocking properly at first, but she was impolite and wouldn't open the door."
"Please delete the video, okay? I won't tell Mom, Dad, or Grandma about your messy relationships with other women."
Zhu Ci held up three fingers. "I promise."
Zhu Fan leaned against the door, his phone twirling nimbly between his fingers, unmoved by Zhu Ci's words.
Zhu Ci started to panic, and she reached out to pull at Zhu Fan's clothes.
Zhu Fan remained calm and made no move to avoid the situation.
"Did you knock on A-Yuan's door like that last night too?"
Zhu Ci bit her lip under Zhu Fan's indifferent gaze.
She felt irritated whenever she saw Zhu Wan, and even the thought of being in the same house with Zhu Wan made her panic.
She wanted to drive Zhu Wan out of the house.
"Sister, how can I get the video deleted?"
Zhu Ci squatted down, looked up at Zhu Fan pitifully, and promised, "I'll agree to whatever you say from now on. I'm only with you. We've been together for seventeen years. We're the best of sisters."
"Sister, I was too willful and unreasonable before. I will listen to you from now on."
"Sister, please don't hate me..."
Inside the room, Zhu Wan sat on the bed and loosened her knees, which she had been hugging.
The harsh knocking and stomping on the door and the tranquil morning seemed like two different worlds.
The conversation outside could be faintly heard through the door.
Last night she heard a knock on the door and opened it without thinking.
Without saying a word, Zhu Ci kicked her leg and shouted, "In this family, you are the outsider."
The new environment and the environment she grew up in made her feel like a piece of driftwood floating on water at all times.
Sunlight streamed through the glass, casting shadows on the beautiful bed sheets.
The wardrobe contained many exquisite and beautiful clothes, including dresses that she had never worn before.
Meng Yin went upstairs and asked the two sisters, one squatting and one standing, "Hasn't A-Yuan gotten up yet?"
Zhu Fan stretched and said, "I'm up, I'm changing my clothes."
Zhu Ci swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
Meng Yin: "It's still early, no rush, A-Yuan, take your time changing your clothes. We'll wait for you downstairs for breakfast."
As Zhu Ci and Meng Yin went downstairs, they would occasionally turn to look at Zhu Fan, their eyes full of pleading.
Zhu Fan leaned against the door, not in a hurry to go back to her room to change her clothes.
A few minutes later, the tightly closed door opened.
Zhu Wan stood inside the doorway and was taken aback when she saw Zhu Fan leaning against the doorframe, smiling gently at her.
The two rooms face each other.
"Good morning."
Zhu Wan loosened her curled fingers that were hanging down by her trouser leg, and smiled faintly, "Good morning."
Zhu Fan raised an eyebrow, "Aren't you going to call me 'sister'?"
Hearing Zhu Wan address her as "sister" in a neither warm nor friendly way, Zhu Fan smiled and said, "Let's exchange contact information."
Zhu Wan didn't have any social media accounts, which Zhu Fan hadn't expected.
"Registering for WeChat and QQ is not difficult, I'll teach you."
Zhu Wan pointed to the room, "I'm going in to get my phone."
Zhu Fan reminded her, "Today is your first day of school, it will be much more convenient to bring your phone."
Registering a social media account is quick.
Zhu Wan watched attentively the whole time.
Zhu Fan smiled and scanned the QR code with his own phone, saying, "You can accept the friend request yourself."
Zhu Wan held the phone, operating it somewhat clumsily, yet with exceptional focus.
The girl wore a simple white T-shirt and jeans. Her eyebrows were light and far-set, her back was straight, and her neck was long and slender, giving her a delicate and fragile air. Her dark eyes were like glass, and her features were bright and clear.
The two sisters have very similar facial features, and even their personalities are somewhat alike.
Ji Shu stood at the bottom of the stairs, not making a sound to disturb the two sisters who were talking.
Zhu Fan tapped twice on his phone.
She sent the video she recorded that morning to Zhu Wan, saying, "Don't let her be bullied."
Zhu Wan raised her eyes, a barely perceptible ripple appearing in them.
Zhu Fan set an alarm for herself to go out; she had to get up at 8 a.m. today.
She deliberately lingered in the room for a while, keeping track of the time.
When she came downstairs, the dining table had already been cleared away.
Aunt Shu handed her the packed breakfast, saying, "The master and mistress have already taken the young ladies out."
Zhu Fan took the breakfast and took a sip of her oatmeal latte. "Aunt Shu, I'm driving myself to school today. Could you please tell Uncle Li that he'll pick me up and drop me off starting tomorrow?"
Uncle Li had always been the driver in charge of Dad's itinerary, and Aunt Shu did not ask why she made this arrangement.
Zhu Fan can freely relocate personnel within the family.
When Zhu Fan drove out of the garage, Uncle Liu stood by the roadside, dressed in a suit and tie, respectfully bowing his head to see him off.
Once the car was out of sight, he straightened up, unable to stop smiling.
He's not needed all day, so he might as well go gamble a few rounds.
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