Bai Yiran held her mother Cheng Ting's portrait and looked at the four people in the living room. Closest to her was her biological father, Bai Hongguang. Behind him stood a glamorous, flamboyant woman, smiling, though to Bai Yiran, that smile was blindingly offensive.
The woman was holding the hands of two children, one boy and one girl. Bai Yiran thought these two children should be about her age.
"Dad, who are they?" Bai Yiran instinctively felt no goodwill towards these three people.
Bai Hongguang squatted down in front of Bai Yiran, his eyes full of excitement. "Yiran, this is Aunt Gu, Gu Manli. She will be your new mom from now on." Then he pointed to the two children, "They are Bai Qianyu and Bai Qiantong, your sister and brother. You will be the big sister, Qianyu will be the second sister, and Qiantong the little brother. Yiran, you must take care of your brother and sister!"
"What about my mom?" Bai Yiran raised the black-and-white photo of Cheng Ting in her arms. Her mother just left this world, and her father couldn't wait to bring this woman and their illegitimate children home.
Although Bai Yiran was still young, she knew her mother and she herself were about to be abandoned by Bai Hongguang.
Seeing Cheng Ting's portrait, Gu Manli's face turned sour, and she nudged Bai Hongguang. Bai Hongguang frowned at Bai Yiran, "Your mother is gone and won't come back! From now on, Aunt Gu will take good care of you! You need to be obedient and not self-willed!"
Bai Qiantong timidly walked over, reached out and tugged at Bai Yiran, softly calling, "Big sister..."
"Get away! I'm not your big sister!" Bai Yiran pushed Bai Qiantong away. She didn't like the title of big sister, clearly before this, she was the only child of the Bai Family.
Bai Qiantong sat on the ground, pointed at Bai Yiran, and started crying to Gu Manli, "Mom... big sister pushed me... I don't like big sister..."
Gu Manli picked up Bai Qiantong with a poorly concealed displeasure, "Yiran! How can you treat your brother like this? Hongguang, aren't you going to do something?"
Bai Hongguang stared with wide eyes, seeing his only treasured son pushed by his eldest daughter, feeling a pang in his heart, "Bai Yiran, what are you doing! Apologize to your brother now!"
Bai Yiran stubbornly lifted her head, clenching her lips, refusing to apologize to Bai Qiantong. Bai Yiran tried hard to appear strong, but tears were already welling up in her eyes.
"Dad~" Bai Qianyu's sweet voice echoed from not far away, "Dad~ I want to live in this room!"
Bai Yiran looked over; it was her room, "No! That's my room!"
Bai Qianyu, as if she hadn't heard Bai Yiran's words, walked into the room on her own, face filled with envy, "We're both dad's daughters, so why do you get to live in such a nice room and I have to live in the small one? I want this room!"
"This is my home! This is my room! I won't give it to you! Get out!" Bai Yiran shouted.
Bai Qianyu walked up to Bai Yiran, roughly pulling on her arm, "I want this room! This house is my mom's now! I decide where to live! You're just a kid without a mom!"
Bai Yiran, unable to take it anymore, grabbed a book from the table and hit Bai Qianyu's head with it fiercely.
Bai Qianyu pointed at Bai Yiran, "Mom! Big sister hit me! She hit my head with a book!