Chapter 70 Do You Live By The Sea? Why Are You So Nosy?
"I thought he was her little brother, but turns out he's her stepson?"
"No wonder she was playing with that kid so happily just now. She's trying to get on the child's good side, sucking up to the kid's dad, isn't she?"
"She's so young, why doesn't she do something proper? She's got two hands and two feet. She could find a job and live decently. Instead, she's putting all her energy into this. So young and already going down the wrong path... Liangliang, let's go! We'll play something else. We're not playing with people like this!"
"Baby, let's go!"
The adults' faces were full of disgust, as if Rebecca had done something shameful.
The children all looked confused, not understanding why they suddenly couldn't play together when everything was going fine.
Some were willing to leave, but naturally others weren't.
The adults' urging and scolding voices.
The children's wailing cries.
The noise gradually faded away, leaving only a group of young people on the ice.
Azalea looked smug.
They were all girls from wealthy families in Empire City, so there should have been some connection between them.
But Azalea hated Rebecca the most.
They were about the same age, but from childhood on, Rebecca had always been the more outstanding one.
When they were little, everyone hired tutors to learn various skills.
When she was struggling through piano exams, Rebecca was already performing piano solos at concerts abroad.
When she was in tears doing leg stretches for dance, Rebecca was already wearing a snow-white ballet dress performing as the white swan.
When she was thinking about which country with beautiful scenery to study abroad in, Rebecca got an acceptance letter from Empire University and happily hugged her parents' arms, saying she wouldn't go anywhere and wanted to be their daughter forever by their side.
For the past 20 years, ever since Azalea could remember, Rebecca had been that excellent comparison.
Compared to Rebecca, she seemed so disobedient that it was as if she hadn't been born to her parents but had popped out of a rock.
Every time she heard her parents' frustration, Azalea knew the next sentence would definitely be "look at Rebecca."
She even had to stab Rebecca's pictures in books with a pen to feel better.
She thought she'd never escape being compared to Rebecca for the rest of her life, but then the Getty family went bankrupt.
This month, Azalea hadn't heard her parents mention Rebecca at home, and her ears finally felt clear.
She didn't expect to run into her at the ski resort, what a coincidence.
Just seeing Rebecca's pale face made Azalea feel especially pleased. She spoke as harshly as possible, "Rebecca, I'm not trying to be mean, but you're an Empire University graduate after all. After graduation, even if you can't make a million dollars a year, earning thirty to fifty thousand dollars a month is possible if you work hard. How can you be so willing to degrade yourself by being someone's stepmother?"
She looked at Alex, who was cowering behind Rebecca and hadn't said a word from start to finish.
She went through her mind - he didn't seem to be a child from any wealthy family in Empire City.
"Rebecca..."
Azalea stared at Rebecca's pure and beautiful face, full of malice, "You're clinging to the kid's dad's leg, not the kid's grandpa's, right?"
With that one sentence, Alex desperately tried to rush forward again.
Rebecca held Alex's hand tightly, afraid he would rush out and bite Azalea like Frederick had said.
After all, she was a rich young lady from the Gray family. Although the Gray family wasn't even on Frederick's radar, Rebecca felt it was better to avoid trouble.
"It's not worth getting angry with people you barely know. Not worth it!"
After rubbing Alex's head to calm him down, Rebecca looked up at Azalea, "Do you live by the sea or something, why do you care so much? Who I cling to has nothing to do with you! You've got too much time on your hands!"
With that, Rebecca turned to leave.
When the men and women around Azalea surrounded them, Rebecca's heart sank.