Chapter 1: Comments in the live chat say I'm a fake rich girl.
During the first month of winter, every household was filled with the joy of the Spring Festival, except for the Shen family, where chickens and dogs were running around in chaos.
Before the New Year, Shen Shiqiu and his wife learned that the daughter they had raised for nearly twenty years was actually the daughter of a former servant in the Shen family, while their own biological daughter had suffered greatly in that servant's home.
In a fit of rage, Shen Shiqiu resolved to drive away the fake heiress Shen Muyan and bring back their biological daughter, Lin Jiaojiao, to make amends.
Overnight, Shen Muyan went from being the pampered young lady of the wealthy Shen family in S City to being reduced to a poor girl and even becoming the Shen family's enemy.
Just yesterday, after many twists and turns, Shen Shiqiu and his wife finally brought Lin Jiaojiao back to the Shen family and quickly changed her name to Shen Jiaojiao to be recognized as a member of the family, removing Shen Muyan from the household register.
Seeing their family reunited, Shen Muyan couldn't accept it and threatened to harm herself in hopes that her parents would keep her.
Fearing that Shen Muyan might contemplate suicide in the Shen family, Shen Shiqiu and his wife had no choice but to let her stay there temporarily.
[That scheming woman, that fake heiress, is incredibly cunning. She's trying to use a self-inflicted injury to force the Shen couple to keep her so she can continue enjoying her life of luxury.]
[Mr. Shen and Mrs. Shen are too kind. They should have decisively kicked her out. Her maid is extremely vicious; she actually switched the baby. The fake heiress is rotten to the core. Keeping her around is just a recipe for disaster!]
[She's been a wealthy heiress for twenty years, used to a life of luxury and extravagance. How could she possibly be willing to live a life of hardship? If I were her, I'd cling on shamelessly. After all, I've been her daughter for twenty years; there must be some feelings involved.]
[Outrageous! This is a post-apocalyptic story! Someone like her absolutely cannot be allowed to live...]
[...]
Shen Muyan opened her eyes groggily, her head throbbing. Before she could recover, she saw the ceiling covered with a dense barrage of comments. She glanced through them and became increasingly alarmed.
What's with these comments? What kind of apocalyptic story is this? Natural disasters, man-made calamities, all sorts of nonsense?
Why are they constantly insulting her? Calling her a green tea bitch, a slut, and an ingrate? She didn't do anything wrong.
Yesterday, she was suddenly told that she was a fake heiress. The shock of this news to her was no less than if someone had told her that she had lived as a human for twenty years but was actually a dog.
How could her parents, who had loved her for twenty years and whose family had lived happily together for so many years, suddenly become the child of her enemy?
[I'm guessing she's up to something again. Seeing her all pitiful makes me angry. She's held onto Jiaojiao's rich heiress status for twenty years, and she's acting all wronged?]
[Exactly! Let the apocalypse come quickly! Once our Jiaojiao gets her cheat code, she'll have her day to cry!]
The comments kept coming, and Shen Muyan was half-believing and half-doubting when suddenly there was a knock on the door. Mrs. Shen had arrived.
"Lin Muyan, are you awake? I'm coming in."
Unlike before, when she spoke softly and gently, Mrs. Shen now treated Shen Muyan with icy indifference, and even changed her surname.
Mrs. Shen pushed open the door and entered. When she saw Shen Muyan sitting on the bed, the anger in her heart surged up again.
She raised her daughter for twenty years, only to find out that the vicious maid had tricked her into switching her daughter's with another baby so that her own daughter could rise to prominence. Meanwhile, her biological daughter, the true apple of the Shen family's eye, was taken back to a village in the city and mistreated in poverty for twenty years!
When her husband picked Shen Jiaojiao up yesterday, she couldn't believe her eyes. What era is this? There are still girls dressed so shabbily in S City.
His figure was so thin he was practically skin and bones, with sunken eye sockets and dry, white lips, clearly indicating severe malnutrition.
She was so angry that her body trembled, and it felt like a fire was burning in her heart. Why should her daughter suffer like this? And she was completely unaware of the truth, having pampered her enemy's daughter for twenty years.
Overcome with anger, she couldn't help but raise her hand and slap Shen Muyan.
That slap seemed to be returning all the suffering her own daughter had endured over the past twenty years; it was extremely brutal.
Five finger marks were still visible on Shen Muyan's face, a shocking sight.
"You're up?" Mrs. Shen took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in her heart, and said coldly to Shen Muyan:
"You shouldn't have threatened to kill yourself to force us to keep you here yesterday. You had no right to do that!"
"Jiaojiao suffered for you in the Lin family for twenty years, and she never resented or hated you. She even spoke well of you, but you still got angry."
Mrs. Shen spoke with great emotion, her face flushed red.
Ultimately, she was the child of a maid who was uncultured and had a bad mind. When she really encountered difficulties, her true character and morals were exposed.
Fortunately, although her biological daughter was raised to be thin and weak, she was very kind-hearted and did not lose her character due to the harsh environment. She was a member of the Shen family.
"I see you're fine. Come downstairs for dinner. After you finish eating, tidy up this room. Jiaojiao is back, so this room is naturally for her. You can move to the guest room on the first floor."
Shen Muyan was taken aback upon hearing this, and slowly raised her head.
"Mom, you're not kicking me out?"
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Shen suddenly started scolding.
"Don't call me Mom, I'm not your mom! Please call me Mrs. from now on. We originally planned to send you back, but Jiaojiao was kind and persuaded us to let you stay."
"However, you are no longer the daughter of the Shen family. From now on, you will be Jiaojiao's follower. She still has not finished her studies. You, on the other hand, have obtained a degree from a top university by relying on the resources of our Shen family. To make up for Jiaojiao, you will be her nanny and take care of her from now on."
Mrs. Shen felt somewhat relieved after saying all this.
If a maid uses such underhanded means to try and send her own flesh and blood to be a princess, treating the real heiress of a wealthy family like a money-loser and raising her poorly, then she will throw the fake heiress into the mud and make her work as a nanny for her own princess daughter, to repay her sins!
Shen Muyan's expectant gaze gradually dimmed. Her parents really hated her; they actually made her work as Lin Jiaojiao's nanny.
【She's done it again! Seriously, what gives her the right?】
[Our Jiaojiao shouldn't be so saintly. Does this green tea bitch even have the awareness of a nanny? When the apocalypse comes, she'll cause trouble again.]
Let her run wild for a few more days. Our Jiaojiao isn't someone to be trifled with. Her good days are numbered, and I'm waiting for her to ruin herself!
Mrs. Shen slammed the door and left. Shen Muyan finally managed to compose herself and went downstairs, only to find that her reserved seat had been occupied by a thin, bony girl. Tears welled up in her eyes.
Mom and Dad, do you really not love your Muyan anymore?
Shen Zhi Qiu was patiently removing fish bones for Lin Jiao Jiao when she saw Shen Mu Yan's behavior and angrily smashed the bowl and roared.
"Don't play the victim in front of me! Look at what my Jiaojiao has been tormented by your vicious mother! And you still have the nerve to cry?"
Startled by Shen Zhi Qiu's loud shout, Shen Mu Yan forgot to cry and twisted the hem of her clothes, at a loss for what to do.
She didn't understand. She hadn't done anything wrong, so why did they seem to be putting all the blame on her?
Did she intend to usurp the position herself? Lin Jiaojiao is so thin and weak, is that something she caused herself?
It wasn't her fault that they raised the wrong people. She never said she wanted to be ungrateful. After enjoying the life of a pampered young lady for twenty years, she thought she could grow wings and then forget about them and stop caring about them.
She will acknowledge this kindness in raising her and repay them a hundredfold.
Just then, Lin Jiaojiao, who had been keeping her head down and acting timidly, suddenly reached out and grabbed Shen Zhi Qiu's arm, saying shyly:
“Dad, don’t blame Sister Muyan. She didn’t want this to happen either. She is also a victim. We can’t blame her.”
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com