Zhang Yansheng didn't go shopping after class. Today, she came home earlier than Zhang Huan did.
As soon as Zhang Huan's car entered the courtyard, Liang Yingying, who hadn't dared to go out all day, rushed down from the third floor to welcome him. She had a fawning smile on her face, but Zhang Huan didn't give her a good look either.
"Tell me, you …" He pointed at Liang Yingying with his finger. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Zhang Heling leaning over the railing at the corner of the stairs. He froze.
After all, some words weren't suitable to be said in front of a child.
"Come up with me!" he said angrily to Liang Yingying.
Liang Yingying followed him upstairs with downcast eyes.
Zhang Heling obediently called out, "Daddy," and said, "You're back."
Zhang Huan responded and patted Zhang Heling's head. He asked, "Where's your sister?"
"In her room," Zhang Heling said obediently. "She studies in her room every day."
Zhang Huan breathed a sigh of relief. "You have to study hard too."
Zhang Heling nodded. "Yeah."
Actually, she did her homework seriously every day. She just didn't know how to curry favor in front of adults. Liang Yingying was about to be angered to death by this silly daughter of hers. As she walked over, she used her hand to poke Zhang Heling's head fiercely. He despised her for being stupid and for not knowing how to curry favor.
Zhang Huan saw this from the corner of his eye and scolded her. "What are you doing! Why are you touching her! "
Liang Yingying quickly smiled apologetically. "I'm educating her. She needs to know how to study hard."
Zhang Huan snorted. He didn't care much and went upstairs. Liang Yingying followed closely behind. Before she left, she glared at Zhang Heling and mouthed, "You're so stupid!" He despised her for causing him to get scolded.
Zhang Heling bit her lip and lowered her head.
Zhang Yansheng studied for a while in the evening. When he was tired, he closed his book and wanted to go downstairs. As soon as he walked out of the room, he saw Zhang Heling walking back to her room with her head lowered. The way she wiped her eyes …
He must be wiping his tears!
Zhang Yansheng paused and walked over to stop her. "What's wrong? Did Zhang Shuocheng bully you again? "
Her sudden appearance startled Zhang Heling.
"No." She was embarrassed to let Zhang Yansheng see her wiping her tears, so she hurriedly lowered her head. "Shuoshuo is playing in the courtyard."
Zhang Yansheng asked, "Then why are you crying?"
Zhang Heling said, "I'm not crying …" His voice was weak and did not sound imposing at all.
This sister of his was foolish and weak.
Later on, she grew up to be like that.
Zhang Yansheng pinched her round chin and lifted her face to take a look. He sneered, "Who are you trying to fool? She just cried. "
She let go of his hand. Zhang Heling awkwardly walked in circles on the ground with his toes.
"What happened?" Zhang Yansheng asked. "I don't have much patience. If you have something to say, say it."
Zhang Yansheng said softly, "Just now, my mom poked my head."
Hearing that it was Liang Yingying, Zhang Yansheng got angry and asked, "Why did she poke you?"
Zhang Heling was also puzzled. "I don't know either …"
Zhang Yansheng: "…"
Zhang Yansheng wanted to roll her eyes again.
"Come to my room," she said unhappily.
Zhang Heling obediently followed him to Zhang Yansheng's room.
Zhang Yansheng took out a bag of chips and stuffed it into Zhang Heling's hands. She asked him to sit on the sofa. "Tell me, what happened? What did you say or do? She poked you. "
Zhang Heling ate two potato chips, and the grievances in her heart were soothed. She recounted the situation and the conversation on the stairs.
Zhang Yansheng understood immediately.
"Your mom is complaining that you didn't work hard for her," she said.
Zhang Heling held the bag of chips and lowered his head.
He looked so pitiful.
Zhang Yansheng couldn't bear to see him like this and comforted him stiffly. "Forget it. Just study hard next semester and get good grades."
Zhang Heling lowered her head and mumbled something.
"What?" Zhang Yansheng became impatient. "Can you speak louder? Let me tell you, if you talk like a mosquito, no one will notice you. No one will care about you. If you want to say something, say it out loud. "
Her sister's words always made sense. Indeed, no one in this family paid attention to her and no one cared about her.
Zhang Heling mustered up her courage and raised her voice. "I'm … first in the class and second in the grade."
Zhang Yansheng: "…"
"Huh?" Zhang Yansheng made a sound of surprise. "What did you say?"
Zhang Heling flinched, but facing her sister, she had more courage than facing anyone else. She repeated, "I'm first in the class and second in the grade."
Zhang Yansheng blinked.
Why did she remember that this sister of hers … had very ordinary grades? It seemed like she was very ordinary in all aspects. She had never heard anyone praise her in this family.
Zhang Heling saw that she didn't seem to believe her and hurriedly emphasized, "It's true."
"Then why does your mom complain that you don't do well in your studies?" Zhang Yansheng asked curiously.
"She doesn't know …" Zhang Heling hung her head dejectedly again.
As a mother, she doesn't know how her child's grades are? Zhang Yansheng raised an eyebrow.
"She didn't go to my parent-teacher conference. It's on the same day. Shuoshuo and I went to Shuoshuo. She didn't even go to my class, "Zhang Heling explained.
Zhang Yansheng said, "Are you stupid? If she didn't go, wouldn't you tell her? "
"I did …" Zhang Heling bit her lip and crumpled the bag of chips. "She was putting on makeup and thought I was annoying … She said she got it."
Actually, she didn't know anything. She probably didn't take what her younger daughter said to heart. She only cared about putting on makeup and going out.
"Did you tell Dad?" Zhang Yansheng asked.
"I also told …" Zhang Heling said, "Dad happened to pick up the phone and told me to tell him later, but he went out right after."
Her sister didn't say anything for a long time.
Zhang Heling had a lot of things she wanted to say, but no one in this family was willing to listen to her patiently.
She took this opportunity and finally found someone to say, "I also received the 'Star of Learning' award. This award is only given to the top three students in the class. There's also the 'Star of Positivity' and the 'Star of Friendship.' These two awards are … "
Zhang Yansheng listened as her sister opened her mouth and began to talk non-stop. Her eyes shone brightly, something that couldn't be seen normally.
She couldn't help but ask, "Where are your awards?"
Zhang Heling said, "They're in my room."
Zhang Yansheng stood up. "Let's go. Take me to see them."
Zhang Heling's eyes lit up and twinkled like the stars in the sky.
Those were the eyes of a child who longed to be cared for. Once upon a time, there must have been such a light in her eyes, Zhang Yansheng thought. Later, those lights were extinguished in disappointment.
In Zhang Heling's room, the little girl carried out a cardboard box filled with her precious collection of awards.
Zhang Yansheng looked at the thick stack of awards, her transcripts, and her workbooks. In the end, she had to admit that her memory was wrong. Zhang Heling wasn't "ordinary" at all. She was a very outstanding girl.
How did such an outstanding girl become such a mediocre, timid, silent, and cowardly girl?
Zhang Yansheng held a certificate in her hand and was puzzled. She looked up and met Zhang Heling's eyes, which longed to be seen, cared for, and praised.
Zhang Yansheng suddenly remembered the other appearance of this pair of eyes.
"Sister, my mom … is she really a mistress?"
That sister stood in the shadow of the wall and asked.
That day, when she came home, she had another big fight with Liang Yingying. When two women quarreled, what they said naturally wouldn't be pleasant to hear. Neither of them cared about Zhang Heling's feelings.
She went upstairs to grab some things and prepared to leave. When she walked out of the room, that sister was waiting for her in the hallway and asked this question.
At that time, she sneered, "Mistress? Isn't calling her a mistress too flattering? "
Her words were like a knife that tore apart Liang Yingying's true colors before she became "Mrs. Zhang."
She said, "If she didn't give birth to you, she would only be a mistress … one of them. To be honest, she was able to enter this family thanks to you and Zhang Shuocheng. Especially you. "
She said this because she occasionally heard the aunties gossiping.
Auntie Wang, who followed Liang Yingying into the Zhang family, couldn't help but tell others, "Do you know how she got pregnant with Hehe? Let me tell you, once, I heard her bragging on the phone. She said that she pierced a hole in a condom and got pregnant with Hehe. With a child, even if the man got tired of her in the future, he wouldn't abandon the child. He would still give her money to spend.
Since she already gave birth to one, Zhang Huan didn't mind giving birth to another one. Thus, they had Zhang Shuocheng.
Normally, men wouldn't divorce their first wife for a mistress. It wasn't like the old house was on fire. Many colorful flags fluttering in the wind was the ideal state of a man. Liang Yingying was lucky. Zhang Yansheng's mother passed away.
Thus, for the sake of Zhang Heling and Zhang Shuocheng, Zhang Huan finally let this woman into the family.
A mistress had become Mrs. Zhang.
That day, after Zhang Yansheng said those words to Zhang Heling, she left. When she reached the top of the stairs, she turned around to take a look.
That sister was still standing in the shadow of the wall with her head lowered.
When Zhang Yansheng went down the stairs, she felt a faint sense of pleasure in her heart.
Liang Yingying wouldn't feel ashamed of her past. Then let her daughter feel ashamed for her.
In those few years, Zhang Yansheng had grown up and learned bad things. She dared to say and do things. The battle between her and Liang Yingying had caused a foul atmosphere in the family. The entire house was filled with an unpleasant atmosphere.
At this moment, at this time, Zhang Yansheng looked at the little sister in front of her, who still had a cute smile on her face. In her heart, she vaguely understood why she had become so unpresentable.
In this kind of family atmosphere, no matter how good a seedling was, it wouldn't be able to thrive.
This time, her sister was silent for a long time.
Zhang Heling went from anticipation to disappointment, from disappointment to apprehension. She began to feel uneasy.
Suddenly, she heard Zhang Yansheng ask, "Do you have cellophane tape?"
Zhang Heling hurriedly said, "Yes."
"Scissors?"
"Yes."
"Bring it over."
Zhang Heling brought over all the things that Zhang Heling wanted. Zhang Yansheng picked and chose from the stack of awards. She picked out all the awards that Zhang Heling had received when she went to school and said, "Come with me."
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