Shen Tingyan was born into a wealthy family, living a life of luxury just like the original owner, spoiled and pampered. On his fourteenth birthday, his parents died in a car accident, and after being raised by his grandfather for just a year or two, the elderly man passed away early due to overwhelming grief.

With family infighting and hungry wolves circling, the young Shen Tingyan found himself guarding a vast family fortune, appearing like a lamb to the slaughter in the eyes of others.

To protect his grandchild from harm, before his death, Old Shen entrusted the family estate to the eldest son of his late friend, Su Wenya. He hoped that the two children, who were of similar age, could support each other and treat one another well.

But little did he know, the path from the Shen family to the Su family was nothing more than jumping from one fire pit into another.

Su Wan thought to herself: if Old Shen knew his grandson was suffering such injustice in the Su household, he would probably jump out of his grave in anger.

“Wanwan, you’re amazing!”

The chubby-faced girl with two braids excitedly exclaimed, and as she got more excited, her braids swayed slightly. “Let’s do as you said—block Shen Tingyan downstairs and don’t let him leave. He’s blind! Did you see that look in his eyes? It’s so scary, I’m afraid he might hit me!”

The original owner was a typical school bully, dominating the school with countless underlings. Among them, Chang Xiaozhen could easily be considered the top accomplice, both a close friend and a sycophant, always by Su Wan’s side to clear obstacles.

Shen Tingyan came to the Su family and took over her territory, always acting indifferent and cold, which completely infuriated the original owner. Relying on her parents’ indulgence, she bullied him without restraint.

Like just now, when she invited everyone over, it was really just to mock Shen Tingyan.

Su Wan rubbed her forehead in frustration.

How could this girl come up with so many tricks?

Earlier, Shen Tingyan had only stood downstairs, staring at her silently for a few seconds. Su Wan considered whether to say something nice to break the ice, but before she could think of what to say, he turned and left without a word.

Su Wan understood him.

Back in school, the class heartthrob would always bully her, tugging at her braids. Su Wan hated him so much that, even when she graduated from university and heard he had secretly admired her all through school, she wasn’t happy. Instead, it just made her more angry as she recalled those bitter details.

What the original owner did could be called bullying, but in a broader sense, it was nothing less than school violence.

The two of them were sitting on her soft bed, playing with toys, when Chang Xiaozhen stuck out her tongue. “What should we do to him next time?”

Next time?

Her constant chatter was giving Su Wan a headache.

If not for the fact that Su Wan could pick up some useful details from Chang Xiaozhen’s incessant babbling, she never would have let her in to rant.

Leaning casually against the bed, Su Wan said, “There won’t be a next time.”

“What do you mean? Why no next time?”

“Because…”

Su Wan spoke with righteous conviction, her voice firm: “I want to be a good person.”

The room fell silent as the two stared at each other, wide-eyed.

“…”

“…”

“HAHAHAHAHAHA! You’re so serious, saying such a ridiculous thing, it’s too funny!” Chang Xiaozhen laughed until tears were about to come out, “Su Wan? A good person? HAHAHAHAHA, those two words don’t even belong in the same category!”

Su Wan: “…”

She looked past Chang Xiaozhen’s messy yellow hair and saw a round vanity mirror behind her. In the reflection, there was the face of a rebellious girl.

Her hair had been dyed a defiant light brown, and she had a series of ear piercings, with neat rows of black studs that were quite delicate.

Su Wan frowned as she touched the row of ear piercings on her own ears.

She was afraid of pain, so she had never gotten her ears pierced. Occasionally, she would use ear cuffs, but a row of piercings like this one—Su Wan thought she would only ever see them on someone else.

Good grief, it was like a sieve. After taking them out, you could probably play a rendition of “Happy Birthday” with her ears.

She really didn’t like her current appearance.

After a moment of thought, Su Wan suddenly asked her, “The hair salon is still open, right?”

Chang Xiaozhen looked confused. “Huh?”

…

“Yeah, dye it black… make the hair smoother… no brown, just a natural black color.”