Qin Xue’s lips curled up into a smile as she sized up Su Nan from head to toe. A few seconds later, she said, “Su Nan, if I remember correctly, your name shouldn’t be on your class’s welcoming program.”


  Qin Xue’s words clearly carried a tone of disdain for Su Nan. If she slandered her, no matter how unpleasant it was, Qin Ran could ignore her. However, she definitely would not let her friend be criticized.

  “What does our class’s matter have to do with you?” Qin Ran stood up from the piano and walked to Su Nan’s side. She placed a hand on her shoulder, looking like she wanted to support her best friend.

  The moment Qin Ran spoke, Qin Xue was rendered speechless. She had almost forgotten that her main purpose for coming here today was to show off.

  She took out an invitation with a red cover from her backpack, and her face returned to her generous and proper appearance. She said softly, “Sister, I came specially to deliver the invitation to you today. My birthday is the day after tomorrow. You must come.”


  They were in the same major, even if Qin Ran didn’t know Qin Xue, she would still hear that she was going to celebrate her birthday in the next two days. This was because most of the students in the class next door were preparing birthday gifts for her, especially the few straight men who were willing to be Qin Xue’s lapdogs. The gifts they prepared were each more expensive than the other.

  “I’m not free!” Qin Ran really admired Qin Xue’s courage. Last time, she sent her an invitation to the college entrance examination celebration party, but in the end, the Qin family was shamed in front of many business partners. She actually didn’t remember the lesson and even dared to send her an invitation now.

  “It’s my fault for not thinking it through. I know that you are married, so you naturally can’t take time to participate in the family matters.” Qin Xue’s hands were still in the posture of handing over the invitation.

  Qin Ran couldn’t help but snort coldly. “Family? What family?” Was the shamelessness of the Qin family contagious? How many times had she said that she had severed ties with the Qin family? However, the Qin family acted as if they didn’t hear her at all.

  “If Sister is unwilling, then I’ll call the Qin family from now on. However, you must come to my birthday party. When the time comes, I’ll give you half of all the gifts I receive. By the way, you don’t know yet, right? Second Brother bought a set of jewelry that has been passed down for generations. Third Brother gave me…”


  Just listening to these words made Qin Ran feel nauseous, so she directly interrupted Qin Xue, “Alright, alright. Don’t be so sarcastic and disgusting. Do you think I don’t know what kind of person you are? There are no outsiders here, so there’s no need for you to pretend!” She knew Qin Xue too well. Although she said that she would give her gifts, she just wanted her to see how much the Qin family doted on her.

  Qin Xue had always felt that taking away all the kinship and love that should have belonged to Qin Ran was the best blow to her. The reason why she came here today was also to use this opportunity to hurt Qin Ran again. Therefore, no matter how the other party counterattacked, she still had to say everything she wanted to say.

  “I don’t blame you for being angry. It’s all because my family is too biased towards me. They don’t even let me mention your name now. They said that you had married an old man and it’s really a disgrace to the Qin family. Mom even said that she regretted giving birth to you. If she had known that you were so shameless, she would have strangled you to death when you were still an infant.”


  Qin Ran knew that the other party was trying to anger her. However, these words were really not lethal to her at all now. “Then, when Xing Li says this again next time, remind her that if I’m strangled to death by her the moment I’m born, then you wouldn’t have come along. After all, you’re just a substitute for me. Even the birthday that you’re happily preparing now is just my birthday that I don’t want.”


  Wasn’t it just scolding people? It wasn’t that Qin Ran didn’t know how to do it, but she was unwilling to speak in the past.

  Qin Xue’s face turned red and purple from Qin Ran’s words. Then, she took back her invitation and turned around to slam the door.

  “Is she here to be funny?” Su Nan looked at Qin Xue’s departing figure and couldn’t help but laugh.

  “Who knows?” Qin Ran shrugged and sat back down at the piano, unwilling to think about what had just happened.

  “However, Qingwing, your birthday is coming soon. I will definitely prepare a huge surprise for you as your best friend!” Su Nan said happily.

  “No need. I don’t want to celebrate this birthday either.” Ever since Qin Ran could remember, her birthday was on the day her adoptive parents picked her up. Although she had returned to the city, she no longer had anything to do with the Qin family. Naturally, she didn’t want to celebrate her original birthday.