As soon as Xue Jiayu left, Zhan Nanqi also left.

When she got home, just as Xue Jiayu had expected, Ying Huanyu was angry again.

As soon as she entered the room, she lay down on the sofa and sobbed. As soon as Xue Jiayu's hand was placed on her shoulder, she shook it off.

"Sister! If you like Zhan Nanqi so much, why did you bring me back?!"

Ying Huanyu screamed heartbreakingly and picked up the pillow beside her and threw it at Xue Jiayu.

Xue Jiayu turned her head and the pillow flew past her shoulder and hit the vase in the corner.

The vase shattered into pieces instantly, and a few pieces flew onto Xue Jiayu.

Ying Huanyu was so frightened that she stood there in a daze. She had never expected that the pillow she casually threw away would break the vase.

Xue Wangjun bought that vase at an auction and it was worth a fortune.

"Sister...what should I do?"

Xue Jiayu didn't know what to do. Before they could react, Xu Suzhen rushed down from upstairs.

"Oh my God! How did you break the vase?"

Ying Huanyu quietly moved behind Xue Jiayu, quietly tugged at her sleeve, and begged for mercy in a low voice.

"Sister, help me!"

“…”

How else can I help her? Of course I can help her take the blame.

But Xue Jiayu didn't want to.

Isn't it enough to admit the mistake when doing something wrong? If she helps Ying Huanyu take the blame, what will that be? Covering up?

So Xue Jiayu remained silent, neither looking at Ying Huanyu nor taking the blame for her.

Ying Huanyu was so anxious that she pinched her several times secretly, and Xue Jiayu frowned in pain.

Seeing that both children were silent, Xu Suzhen intuitively thought that it was Ying Huanyu who did it, so she immediately pointed at Ying Huanyu and scolded him.

"You did it! You got mad at your sister again! I'm going to tell Wangjun and send you back to the countryside."

When Ying Huanyu heard that they were going back to the countryside, her legs went limp and she pinched Xue Jiayu even harder.

"elder sister--"

Before Xue Jiayu could answer, Xue Wangjun and Jiang Qiuyu suddenly came back.

"Why are you all gathered here?"

Xue Wangjun took a step forward and saw the shattered vase on the ground, his eyes widened.

"I just took this photo last month! How did it become like this?"

Xu Suzhen immediately said, "Ying Huanyu did it. This vase is very expensive, right? Send her back to the countryside."

It was not enough to just say it. Xu Suzhen went upstairs to pack her things and threatened to send Ying Huanyu back to the village today.

Seeing that Xu Suzhen was serious, Xue Jiayu's heart trembled.

If we send her back to the countryside, wouldn't everything be back to square one?

Xue Jiayu clenched his fists and shouted, "I smashed it!"

Xue Wangjun and Jiang Qiuyi looked at her in surprise, "Xiaobao, did you really do this?"

In their impression, their daughter had never been so impulsive and would never break a vase.

But in order to prevent them from sending Ying Huanyu back to the countryside, Xue Jiayu nodded seriously.

"right."

Xu Suzhen was speechless for a moment, and after a long while she said, "Xiaobao dropped it. Then... forget it. It's natural for children to break things."

Jiang Qiuyi also tried to smooth things over, "Yeah, it's just a vase, it will be left to Xiaobao in the future."

Xue Wangjun was even more exaggerated, "Bao'er, what else do you want to throw? Dad bought a lamp last week."

The incident of the vase passed just like that. After the adults went about their own business, Ying Huanyu thanked Xue Jiayu in a low voice.

"Thank you, sister. If you didn't help me, I would be sent back."

However, Ying Huanyu was also worried in her heart. If she broke the vase, she would be sent back to the countryside, but if Xue Jiayu broke the vase, the matter would be resolved.

After all, they are biological...

Li Minxue's face suddenly popped into her mind.

Xue Jiayu touched Ying Huanyu's head and said, "I'll take the blame for you this time, but next time you make a mistake you must admit it yourself. Don't be afraid of being scolded by your parents, I will help you."

"Uh-huh."

Ying Huanyu believed that Xue Jiayu would plead for her, but she didn't believe that if she made a mistake, Xue Wangjun and Jiang Qiuyu would forgive her as easily as they let Xue Jiayu go.

New Year’s Eve is coming soon.

Ever since Xue Jiayu's first birthday party, Xue Wangjun has never brought his family back to the countryside.

The house in the countryside was taken care of regularly by someone, and Xu Suzhen went back occasionally to attend weddings and funerals, but spent most of her time in the city.

Jiang Qiuyu prepared new clothes for the two children long ago, two princess dresses of the same style but different colors, Xue Jiayu's was blue and Ying Huanyu's was pink.

She specially found a designer friend to design it and hired a craftsman to sew it by hand.

The designer knew that one of them was Xue's biological daughter and the other was adopted, and she wanted to please Jiang Qiuyu, so she added a few extra pearls to the blue dress to make it look more luxurious.

On New Year's Eve, the Xue family became busy early in the morning.

There were a lot of dishes to prepare for the New Year’s Eve dinner, and even Jiang Qiuyu spent the entire afternoon in the kitchen. Since she couldn’t do anything else, she helped Xu Suzhen.

She took out two exquisite paper bags and handed them to Xue Jiayu and Ying Huanyu, "These are the new clothes that mom bought for you. Go and change into them."

"Wow! Thank you, Mom--" They both answered in unison, and then went upstairs carrying their clothes.

Ying Huanyu held the new clothes in her hands like a treasure and was about to put them on when she suddenly saw pearls on Xue Jiayu's skirt. The corners of her mouth that were raised immediately dropped.

"Sister, why does your dress have pearls and mine doesn't?"

"Yeah?"

Xue Jiayu didn't even notice the pearls. She didn't care. "Maybe your skirt has other designs."

"No!"

Ying Huanyu suddenly hated her new dress, thinking it was not pretty at all, at least not as pretty as the one Xue Jiayu wore.

Xue Jiayu carefully compared the two skirts and found that hers was indeed the one with the extra pearls. Seeing Ying Huanyu was unhappy, she said generously, "Then you wear mine and I'll wear yours."

"My mother would be angry if she knew." Ying Huanyu said hesitantly, but her eyes were fixed on the skirt in Xue Jiayu's hand.

"It's okay, I'll just tell mom that I want to change it."

Xue Jiayu directly handed the blue skirt to Ying Huanyu, and then took her pink skirt and put it on.

"Thank you, sister. I'm welcome then."

When they changed their clothes and went downstairs, Xue Wangjun had just put up the couplets on the door of his house. He looked at them with surprise and said, "Two little princesses."

"Sister, let's go see mom."

Ying Huanyu dragged Xue Jiayu into the kitchen, "Mom——"

Jiang Qiuyu just smiled when she heard their voices, but was stunned for a moment after seeing what they were wearing.

She was trying to remember if she had picked up the wrong bag.

But in her memory, one was blue and the other was pink.

"Are you wearing the wrong clothes? Change them back quickly."

Ying Huanyu immediately showed a timid expression and looked at Xue Jiayu frequently.

"Mom, I want to exchange clothes with my sister." Xue Jiayu took the initiative to speak.

Jiang Qiuyi frowned, "Really? But when I asked you before, you clearly said you wanted a blue dress."