Chapter 49

Amidst everyone’s laughter, He Shanshan felt like she had lost all face. How could she stay here any longer? She was both ashamed and annoyed, so she turned around and ran home.

Seeing her younger sister leave, Yao Hongmei didn’t stay any longer either. She picked up her daughter and chased after her, saying things like “Children don’t understand” and “Don’t be angry” as she walked.

After the two left, Mai Miao noticed the dress in Xia Qingning’s hand and asked with a delighted face:

“Qingning, is this the dress I bought yesterday? You’ve altered it.”

Xia Qingning handed the dress to her: “Yeah, see if you like it.”

Mai Miao couldn’t wait to take the dress and shake it down, the whole dress was displayed in front of everyone.

The high-necked dress had been altered to a U-shaped neckline. The fabric that was cut off was made into lace and sewn onto the cuffs. Several blue-green small borders were added to the dress, and six or seven small pale purple flowers clustered together were sewn on the waist of the dress.

Everyone was stunned again. Those few purple flowers were the finishing touch, making the dress instantly beautiful to a new level.

“It’s so beautiful!” Mai Miao couldn’t help but exclaim. She had a new hairstyle today, beautiful makeup, and two more beautiful dresses. She was so happy she didn’t know what to do.

Everyone also looked at her with envious eyes, praising Xia Qingning’s skillful hands. Several of them also asked Xia Qingning to help them with their makeup, hoping to suddenly become beautiful like Mai Miao.

Xia Qingning’s image in everyone’s mind seemed to rise instantly.

After handing the dress to Mai Miao, Xia Qingning waved to her and prepared to go home. Mai Miao seemed to have suddenly thought of something, she pulled her back and said mysteriously:

“Later, someone will give you a surprise too.”

Xia Qingning didn’t expect Mai Miao to learn from her. She cooperated and asked:

“What kind of surprise?”

“If I tell you beforehand, it won’t be a surprise anymore, haha, just wait at home.” Mai Miao also played coy.

Xia Qingning didn’t really expect any surprises. She smiled, waved goodbye to her, and turned back to her house.

As soon as she got home, she heard He Shanshan blaming Yao Hongmei, saying that she couldn’t even control her child’s mouth. Faced with He Shanshan’s unreasonable tantrum, Yao Hongmei didn’t dare to argue with her, she could only stand there silently and let her scold her.

Actually, Yao Hongmei was very beautiful and her family was not bad either. Lu Lidong’s job was arranged by her father. At that time, her father was the head chef of a state-owned restaurant. After she fell in love with Lu Lidong, she asked her father to arrange for Lu Lidong to work there.

Four years ago, when she first got married, Wang Mingfang called her “daughter” and acted very affectionate and polite towards her.

But not long after, her father died of lung cancer. Her mother was just an ordinary housewife, and she didn’t have any brothers or sisters to rely on. Later, she got pregnant and only gave birth to a daughter. She didn’t have any more children for all these years, so her status in this family plummeted.

Wang Mingfang was the most materialistic. Knowing that she couldn’t get anything from her, she was no longer so polite, and He Shanshan’s attitude towards her also became arrogant.

He Shanshan, who was still scolding Yao Hongmei, saw Xia Qingning come back and immediately transferred her anger from Yao Hongmei to her.

Just now, in front of so many people, He Shanshan had some reservations. Now that she was at home and Lu Jingzhe was not around, she naturally wouldn’t be polite to Xia Qingning. She stood with her hands on her hips, looking like a fierce demon, and cursed:

“You stinky girl, you dare to come back!”

That’s how people’s bad nature is. If you keep bullying someone, you will think that person is inferior to you. Even if she is changing, even if she is resisting, you will think you can suppress her with your previous authority.

He Shanshan was in this kind of mindset now.

“Why wouldn’t I dare to come back?” Xia Qingning smiled with a mysterious smile, pretending to be puzzled and asked:

“Is there some kind of man-eating monster in this house?”

Hearing the word “monster” again, He Shanshan was furious. All the insults she had suffered turned into anger and rushed to her head, making her completely lose her reason. She just roared:

“You stinky girl, I’ll beat you to death!”

Then she stood up abruptly, rushed to Xia Qingning in a few steps, and swung her fist, ready to attack her.

Wang Mingfang, who came out of the kitchen, just saw this scene. She quickly stepped forward to stop He Shanshan, pretending to shout:

“Shanshan, do you want to stay in this house? If you dare to hit Qingning and leave any marks, when Jingzhe comes back, see how he deals with you.”

These words sounded like she was defending Xia Qingning, but in fact, she was reminding He Shanshan not to act rashly and leave any marks. It would be difficult to explain.

He Shanshan was just momentarily blinded by anger. After being yelled at by her mother, she regained some reason. Reluctantly, she dropped her hand and couldn’t help but sneer:

“No money to buy new clothes, so you make a few dresses with scraps. Humph, I don’t know what you’re showing off about.”

“Who said Qingning doesn’t have new clothes!” A loud female voice suddenly came from outside the door. A moment later, Mai Miao walked in, looking at He Shanshan indignantly and said:

“Qingning will have new clothes soon, they’re much more expensive than yours. You’ll only be envious.”

Hearing Mai Miao’s words, He Shanshan naturally didn’t believe it. Yesterday, Xia Qingning didn’t even want to buy Dacun for more than ten yuan. How could she buy more expensive clothes?

“Humph.” He Shanshan snorted disdainfully, convinced that she was lying and putting on a front, she mocked:

“Anyone can brag. What do you mean ‘soon’? If you have the guts, show me now, let me be envious.”

Mai Miao wanted to say something, but she hesitated. After thinking for a while, she said: “Anyway, it’s coming soon.”

Seeing her stammering, He Shanshan was even more convinced of her guess. She laughed loudly:

“Haha, I’m also going to be a millionaire soon.”

Just then, the sound of bicycle brakes suddenly came from outside the door. Mai Miao looked up, a smile immediately bloomed on her face:

“Look, Qingning’s new dress is here.”