If you’d Acted Right from the Start, none of this Would’ve Happened

[Are you there? There’s progress on the confession wall issue. I had someone check the IP address of the person who posted on the confession wall.

They posted from an internet cafe on the street behind the school, but the internet cafe is big, so it’s hard to determine exactly who posted it.]

[That’s fine. The confession wall has the specific posting time. The person who posted my love letters must also be from our school. We can just check the surveillance footage then.]

[Okay, I’ll have someone go check the surveillance footage tomorrow morning.] Jiang Xizhi lay on her soft, big bed, lightly tapping her finger on the phone screen as she typed this line.

[Thank you, I’m sorry to bother you with this. (Dog rubbing jpg)]

Jiang Xizhi saw the emoji Zhou Yining sent and her eyebrows curved, “Childish.”

While saying it was childish, she immediately sent Zhou Yining an emoji back.

[Patting dog head jpg]

The two chatted for a while, and Jiang Xizhi was in a good mood as she prepared to sleep.

Zhou Yining also felt a little more relieved.

Not finding that person made her feel like she had a thorn in her side.

She quickly fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, Zhou Yining woke up to the alarm as usual.

In the living room, Zhou Jiaming and Zhou Yuanfei were talking and laughing about something.

Zhou Yining ignored them and went straight to the bathroom.

Zhou Yuanfei’s face darkened when he saw that he was being ignored, “Outrageous.”

“Dad, she’s just got problems, acting like everyone owes her something. It’s bad luck just looking at her,” Zhou Jiaming added fuel to the fire from the side.

Zhou Yuanfei took a few deep breaths, “Luckily I have you. If I had to rely on her, I’d starve to death.”

“Exactly, exactly,” Zhou Jiaming said gleefully.

Zhou Yining washed her face and changed her clothes in the bathroom before going to the living room.

She acted as if she didn’t see Zhou Yuanfei and Zhou Jiaming and sat directly at the dining table, waiting to eat.

Zhou Yuanfei’s face became even gloomier.

He glared at Zhou Yining and scolded, “White-eyed wolf, your mom is busy in the kitchen. Can’t you go help?”

Zhou Yining looked at Zhou Yuanfei, while also turning on the recording function on her phone under the table,

“Yeah, my mom is busy in the kitchen. Why don’t you go in and help? Are your hands broken or your feet broken? Do you need someone to serve you even when you eat?”

“You’re rebelling against me. I married a wife to do housework for me. What’s the point of me having your mom if she doesn’t do housework?” Zhou Yuanfei angrily threw his chopsticks away.

Zhou Yining was amused, “Marriage is supposed to be equal. No one is supposed to do housework. It’s too miserable to be your wife.

My mom is just a nanny you married back, right? Men like you who are so full of middle-aged male chauvinism are disgusting. What era is this? You’re still doing this male superiority thing.”

“Zhou Yining, do you think I don’t dare to hit you?” As he said that, Zhou Yuanfei was about to make a move.

Zhou Yining took out her phone, “Hit me, then I’ll call the police and then get a medical examination. If I call the police, there will be a receipt from the police station.

Then I’ll take the receipt to your company and make a scene, so everyone can see what kind of person you are, being patriarchal at home and treating your wife like a nanny, hitting and scolding your daughter. I want to see which company will still want you.”

“Zhou Yining, you dare!” Zhou Yuanfei was about to be angered to death, the veins on his forehead popping out.

He rushed in front of Zhou Yining and tried to pull her.

Zhou Yining didn’t dodge and just looked at Zhou Yuanfei coldly,

“Hit me. Men like you who are useless can only be angry and roar at home.”

Zhou Yuanfei was so angry that he didn’t care about anything and was about to grab Zhou Yining.

Zhou Jiaming shrunk to the side, completely dumbfounded.

Had his honest sister eaten gunpowder? She actually dared to go against his dad?

In the end, Zhao Xiuna rushed out of the kitchen and stopped Zhou Yuanfei. She cried and pleaded, “Say a few words less, you two. Yining, how can you say that to your dad? He works so hard every day, all for you…”

Zhao Xiuna was interrupted by Zhou Yining before she could finish her sentence, “No, it’s a little fake if you say that. It’s more like it’s all for his precious son.”

As Zhou Yining spoke, she continued, “As long as you’re not blind, anyone can see your favoritism towards Zhou Jiaming. We’re both your children, but Zhou Jiaming wears brand names from head to toe, even his baseball cap is the new season’s model.

Look at me? All my clothes are from miscellaneous brands, and they’re all old clothes. Put your hand on your heart and ask yourselves, have you parents really treated us equally?”

Zhao Xiuna still had tears on her face. She didn’t expect Zhou Yining to say these words so bluntly. S

he was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered, “Yining, are you blaming Mom? You wouldn’t have been so aggressive like this before.”

“That’s right. I used to be a little sheep. Anyone could come and step on me, but now I’m gunpowder. If I’m unhappy, I’ll explode. If you provoke me, don’t think anyone will have a good time.”

As she said that, Zhou Yining looked at Zhou Yuanfei provocatively, “If you don’t believe me, try hitting me and see if I won’t make you lose your job. Isn’t it just a matter of seeing who can go all out? I don’t care about anything now.”

“You, you, you want to anger me to death.” Zhou Yuanfei’s chest rose and fell, a breath stuck in his throat that he couldn’t release.

“Yining, please, just say a few words less,” Zhao Xiuna sobbed.

Zhou Yining shook her head and mocked, “What kind of pot goes with what kind of lid. Honestly, you two are a good match.”

Zhao Xiuna and Zhou Yuanfei never expected to be mocked by Zhou Yining like this.

Was this still their timid daughter?

Zhou Yining looked at the two and said, “Don’t cause trouble every day if you have nothing to do. I didn’t want to get angry today, Zhou Yuanfei. If you hadn’t provoked me first, I wouldn’t have said these things. I don’t have an appetite for breakfast either. Give me some money, I’ll go out to eat.”

“You still have the nerve to ask for money?” Zhou Yuanfei was almost angered to death. He wanted to strangle Zhou Yining.

“Yeah, otherwise I’ll take a bowl and go beg for food at the entrance of the neighborhood. If the family is patriarchal and doesn’t give me food, I can’t starve to death, right?”

As she said that, Zhou Yining really went into the kitchen.

She carried a bowl out and also conveniently went to the dining room to put on her schoolbag.

Then, without caring how shocked Zhou Yuanfei and Zhao Xiuna were, she carried the bowl and left the house.

Zhou Yuanfei swallowed, as if he was comforting Zhao Xiuna and Zhou Jiaming, and also as if he was comforting himself,

“No way, she’s a girl, she definitely won’t be able to do something like that. That beast just wants to anger me.”

At this time, Zhou Jiaming, who hadn’t spoken for a long time, spoke,

“Dad, what if she really begs for food at the entrance of the neighborhood?”

Zhou Yuanfei choked, “You go take a look quickly, and don’t let her do something so embarrassing.”

“Okay, okay.” Zhou Jiaming was also stunned and was about to rush out when Zhao Xiuna stopped him, “Jiaming, this is fifty yuan. Hurry and take it to your sister.”

Zhou Jiaming reluctantly took the money and ran out.

As he ran towards the entrance of the neighborhood, he saw Zhou Yining holding a bowl and about to squat at the entrance of the neighborhood.

His pupils shrank and he rushed over.

He knew that his classmates lived in this neighborhood.

If people knew that his sister was begging for food in the neighborhood, how could he have the face to go to school?

“Wait, Zhou Yining, this is fifty yuan from Mom. Don’t do this, it’s too embarrassing,” Zhou Jiaming reminded softly, while also stretching the money towards Zhou Yining.

“It’s not embarrassing. I don’t think it’s embarrassing, so what are you afraid of?” Zhou Yining didn’t take the money and sat very smugly on a stone stool at the entrance of the neighborhood.

In Zhou Jiaming’s shocked gaze, Zhou Yining shouted loudly, “Uncles and aunts, please give me some money!”

Zhou Jiaming wanted to cry.

He rushed over immediately, “Why on earth are you doing this? You wanted money, and we gave it to you, didn’t we?”

Zhou Yining looked at Zhou Jiaming, “Only fifty, it’s too little.”

Zhou Jiaming saw that people were looking at them. He wanted to cry.

He saw Zhou Yining was about to shout again and quickly stopped her, “Don’t, don’t shout. I have another fifty on me. I’ll give it all to you.”

As he said that, he gritted his teeth and took out another fifty yuan from his pocket, smoothing the two fifty yuan bills and handing them to Zhou Yining.

Zhou Yining reached out and took the money and also stuffed the bowl into Zhou Jiaming’s arms, “If you had been this sensible earlier, none of this would have happened. It’s so tiring.”

Zhou Yining took the money and walked to school in a good mood, leaving Zhou Jiaming looking at the bowl in his arms, his face twitching.

He murmured, “She’s crazy, she’s really crazy.”

Although he had hated Zhou Yining before, the previous Zhou Yining was very good to him, being tolerant and accommodating in every way, always putting him first.

But what about the current Zhou Yining?

It was as if she had eaten gunpowder, ready to explode at any moment, and even wanted to blow up the whole family.

He looked at the bowl in his hand, his teeth chattering.

His fifty yuan allowance had also been swindled away by Zhou Yining!

Zhou Jiaming returned home dejectedly.

Zhao Xiuna had already comforted Zhou Yuanfei.

When she saw that only Zhou Jiaming had returned, Zhao Xiuna quickly asked, “Jiaming, how is your sister?”

Zhou Jiaming put the bowl on the table and said dejectedly, “When I went out, she had already found a place, and it looked like she really wanted to beg for food. And she even shouted. I really had no choice but to give her the money. Also, she said fifty was too little, so I had to give her my own fifty yuan too.”

“Outrageous, how did I get such a daughter?” Zhou Yuanfei was about to be angered to death.

He didn’t expect his daughter, who didn’t even dare to speak loudly before, to become so flamboyant and domineering.

No, he had to find a way to deal with her.

“Forget it, maybe she’s too stressed from her studies. Let’s not argue anymore. The past few days, this house doesn’t even feel like a home anymore,” Zhao Xiuna said, her eyes turning red as she spoke.

Her daughter was now even contradicting her.

“What pressure could she have? I don’t believe there’s no way to make her bow her head,” Zhou Yuanfei said angrily.