Chapter 8: Raising a White-Eyed Wolf

Slap!

A slap landed on Shen Anan’s face.

Liu Cailan gasped for breath, her hand flying to her chest.

“You little… you’re so full of excuses!

Your father and I raised you to this age. Did we ever shortchange you on food or clothing? Without us, you wouldn’t even have made it to eighteen!

Let me tell you, we raised you for eighteen years, you owe the Shen family! If you dare ruin Xiuxiu’s job and send her to the countryside, you’ll be struck by lightning!

Raising you for so many years, we raised a white-eyed wolf!”

Shen Anan continued to meet her gaze.

She owed the Shen family?

What did she owe them?

In eighteen years, hadn’t she contributed anything to this family?

Seeing Shen Anan’s silence, Liu Cailan mistook it for acceptance and her confidence swelled.

“Shen Anan, you’ve been to school, you should know what filial piety means. Ingratitude is a grave sin!

Mom’s saying this again: Even if you’re not our biological daughter, we’ve shared so many years together, we have feelings.

As long as you don’t mess with Xiuxiu’s job, Mom will talk to Xiuxiu. If she really reported you, Mom will ask her to withdraw the report. Let’s all live peacefully, okay?”

Liu Cailan tried to negotiate.

The top priority was to stabilize Shen Anan.

If Xiuxiu’s job was ruined by Shen Anan, the family would lose a significant income!

Yaozu needed to go to school, and the family of four needed to eat; everything cost money.

Xiuxiu’s job absolutely couldn’t be jeopardized!

As for Shen Anan…

Later, she had to ask Xiuxiu where she made the report and urge them to expedite the process, quickly sending this jinx to the countryside to prevent her from threatening Xiuxiu’s job in Hecheng!

Shen Anan stared at Liu Cailan, unblinking.

Should she believe her?

Would her mother really talk to Shen Xiuxiu?

If Shen Xiuxiu withdrew the report, could she really avoid being sent to the countryside?

Everything was uncertain.

But she also knew that even if she caused a scene at the supply and marketing cooperative, her job wouldn’t be returned.

How many people were eyeing the coveted position of saleswoman at the supply and marketing cooperative?

If she made a fuss, once Shen Xiuxiu couldn’t work there, someone would immediately fill the vacancy!

In the end, she and Shen Xiuxiu would only end up mutually destructive, and she would still be sent to the countryside for lack of work.

More than that.

She and Shen Xiuxiu were switched at birth. Now that Shen Xiuxiu had been registered into the Shen family’s household, Shen Anan naturally had a rural household registration.

A person with a rural household registration, unless under special circumstances, must return to their registered residence and could not continue to stay in Hecheng.

Should she gamble?

Gamble that her adoptive mother would really persuade Shen Xiuxiu to cancel the report, gamble that the relevant department wouldn’t arrange for her to go to the countryside? Gamble that she could stay in Hecheng?

“Anan, did you hear what Mom said?

Listen to Mom, you won’t go wrong. For all these years, has Mom ever done anything to harm you?”

Liu Cailan put on a loving face, as if she were genuinely considering Shen Anan’s well-being.

Shen Anan finally nodded.

She had no other choice.

After all, she didn’t know if contacting Huo Rufeng and asking him to talk to his superiors would be effective.

To put it mildly, she didn’t want to trouble the Huo family. They had already helped her far too much.

“Anan, Mom knew you’re the most obedient!”

Liu Cailan breathed a sigh of relief. Her eyes glanced at the freshly washed vegetables on the table and the broken glass shards on the floor.

“Anan, you don’t have anything to do right now, do you?

You know how my health is; I’m feeling terrible after you upset me.

Quickly, help prepare dinner and sweep the floor!”

She then weakly sat down.

After a moment’s thought, she asked, “You work as a nanny, right? You get paid, don’t you?

You know our family’s situation. Give some money back. Your father works hard every day, he’s exhausted. I was thinking of buying some meat to nourish him!

Give me the money, I’ll buy meat. Look how upset your father is because of you, isn’t that right, Anan?”

Liu Cailan looked expectantly at Shen Anan.

Although working as a maid wasn’t something to brag about, live-in nannies supposedly earned more than factory workers!

Moreover, Shen Anan would probably be sent to the countryside sooner or later, so she had to get the money into her hands quickly!

Otherwise, raising her for eighteen years would be a huge loss!

“Anan, say something!”

Liu Cailan became anxious.

But Shen Anan only curled her lips.

“Do chores? Let your biological daughter do them! Want money? Ask your biological daughter!”

She turned and left without looking back.

So what if they called her a white-eyed wolf?

Then she would be a white-eyed wolf for them to see!

Bang!

A wine bottle smashed behind her.

If she hadn’t walked quickly, it might have hit her head.

Closing her eyes tightly, Shen Anan walked faster.

She would no longer be the timid and obedient daughter who only knew how to contribute to the family!

“This jinx! Should have beaten her to death when she was little!”

Shen Dacai roared, his neck reddening.

“I work so hard outside, how did you raise this child? How did you raise Shen Anan to be like this?!”

Unable to vent his anger on Shen Anan, Shen Dacai yelled at Liu Cailan.

“I…”

Liu Cailan wanted to retort.

When she was healthy, wasn’t she also working?

And before, everyone praised her for her good parenting. Every family with daughters in the building would ask her for advice, asking how she raised such a good child like Shen Anan…

Who would have thought it would turn out like this?

“She’s not our biological child, she’s not on the same page as us. Calm down. Now that Xiuxiu is back, she’s our lucky star!

Don’t worry about that disaster, let her go to the countryside. Don’t get angry over this kind of person…”

Liu Cailan tried to appease her husband.

She had to!

The last time he beat her, her nose was fractured, and it had just healed. If she was beaten again, how could she face anyone?

“You still dare mention Shen Xiuxiu, she had nothing better to do than report Shen Anan?

They gave her the job, couldn’t she just be quiet?”

Shen Dacai was exasperated.

He was exhausted from work all day, and when he came home, he, the father, was scolded by his daughter?

None of them were successful!

Seeing this, Liu Cailan’s eyes darted around.

“It must be Shen Anan’s fabrication. Our Xiuxiu is so obedient, how could she do such a thing?

Shen Anan looks honest, but she’s actually very scheming. Maybe she’s trying to ruin Xiuxiu’s image in front of us!

Think about it, she’s working as a nanny outside, how could her life be easy?

She must want to damage Xiuxiu’s impression on us, to make us think she’s good and let her return home!

Otherwise, why would she complain so much to us? She wants us to feel guilty towards her!”

Shen Dacai’s eyes widened.

“Guilty towards her? I raised her for eighteen years, even if there’s any debt, it’s her who owes me!

This ungrateful wretch, she should go to the countryside to suffer, she’s had too much of a good life!”

His nostrils flared as he panted, glancing at Liu Cailan.

“What are you still standing there for? Sweep the floor and cook quickly!”

Shen Xiuxiu returned home, learning that Shen Anan had come and almost ruined her job. Her face darkened.

“Why didn’t you keep her here? I’ll just take someone to arrest her and send her to the countryside! Now she’s escaped!”

She was furious.

The next day at noon, when the supply and marketing cooperative was less busy, Shen Xiuxiu asked a colleague to watch over her counter and rushed to find Dr. Zhang.

She had to hurry!

Shen Anan had to be sent to the countryside immediately!

To the Northwest!

Never to return!