Invitation

2 years later~

"Hua Hua, Ning Ning, we need to go!" Grandma Qiao called the two sisters. Hearing their grandma calling, both of them immediately went down the stairs. The first one to come down was Qiao Hua, her appearance changed after two years. Now she's 13 years old, turning 14 this year and her body matured a lot compared to other 13 years old teenagers. Her skin became smoother and whiter than before and it made her look delicate.

"Grandma! I'm so excited for the party!" She said excitedly while embracing her grandma's arm.

Looking at how excited she was, Grandma Qiao smiled dotedly on her. After the incident of Qiao Hua falling off the stairs, Grandma Qiao changed her attitude to her a little bit because Grandma Qiao believed that Qiao Ning Xi pushed Qiao Hua and was disappointed.

Even though Grandma Qiao became nicer to her, it wasn't enough. Qiao Hua made sure to top every exam and rank the top. She also entered different competition and won most of them to win Grandma Qiao's affection and it worked. What old women likes to do most is boasting about their family members' achievement and Qiao Hua became her pride. Many old women are envious of her for having a granddaughter like Qiao Hua.

While Qiao Hua tried many things to attract people's attention to her, Qiao Ning Xi made sure that everything about her are normal or average so Qiao Hua will lower her guard. Even though she avoid the attentions of others, she learned and achieved many things behind the scene.

Using her 7 months of allowance during her coma she managed to own a milk tea shop which is very popular in H city, the city where she is living, and the surrounding cities. It is popular because of it's ingredients that was popular and common in 2021 in her previous life.

Qiao Ning Xi also owned a salon using the profits from the milk tea shop and her allowance. The salon was in a brink of closing down because of debts. At first she was interested and hesitated but when she saw the owner she decided to help her and now she owned the salon's 80% shares. The owner originally wanted to give Qiao Ning Xi all the shares but she declined and gave the owner 20% shares because she knew she wouldn't be able to manage the salon so she left it on the owner.

"Where's your sister?" Grandma Qiao asked getting a little bit impatient. While Grandma Qiao's treatment to Qiao Hua improved, she distance herself to Qiao Ning Xi because of her average achievemend and also because of Qiao Hua talking bad about Qiao Ning Xi. Telling her that Qiao Ning Xi was closed to two students but she was too close with them.

Before Qiao Hua could answer, a sweet voice was heard. "Grandma, I'm here." Qiao Ning Xi came down the stairs, her beautiful long and straight hair fluttered. The dark and thin girl before, now turned into little beauty. Her dark skin was now white as snow and flawless as a jade. After gaining weight and taking vitamins, her body highlight her facial features. Her eyes are big and clear like a water. She looks innocent but when you look at her perfectly shaped jaw and nose then at her red and plump lips, it looked lustrous. Her body was not developed like Qiao Hua and also below average but with only her face, it can attract anybody.

"We should go now. Your mother is already waiting in the botique." Grandma Qiao said looking at Qiao Ning Xi. She was disappointed at Qiao Ning Xi' average achievements but everytime she saw Qiao Ning Xi, she was pleased with Qiao Ning Xi's beauty. Even though she's not as amazing as Qiao Hua, her beauty was enough.

They rode the car and went to a botique in the commercial area. Venus Botique, is where they were going to get their dresses for the party that the Qiao Family throw.

Yes, it is the same party where Qiao Hua and Gui Han incident take place.

When they got there Mrs. Qiao was already there. She is the one organizing and planning the party. "Which style do you girls prefer?" Mrs. Qiao asked while showing them the catalog. All the dresses except the costumized clothes were listed there.

Seeing the stunning clothes, Qiao Hua's eyes shine.

"Mom, it's so hard to pick, right sister?" She said then looked at Qiao Ning Xi. Qiao Ning Xi nodded giving an astonished look. Qiao Hua saw Qiao Ning Xi's reaction then smirked thinking that Qiao Ning Xi looked a country bumpkin compare to her.

"Since it's like that then let's try these dresses first."

The whole morning, they spent it in picking their dress, accessories and shoes. 11 am they are already finished and decided to eat in a restaurant. After they eat, Qiao Ning Xi went to school while Qiao Hua went back home.

Qiao Hua is a 1st year junior high school in No.1 High School in A city which is outstanding. A city and H city are far from each other, you need 10-16 hours to get there. Athens High School is the most well-known high school in A city. The exams are a lot harder compared to ordinary high schools and most students are considered genius. After some alumni graduated in this school, some became well-known. Athens High School is divided by three schools, No. 1 High School and No. 2 High School which is in A City while the No. 3 High School is in B city.

People looked up and adorned Qiao Hua. In Qiao Ning Xi's previous life, she also adorned Qiao Hua and Qiao Hua helped Qiao Ning Xi to get in the school by telling her the lessons that might appear in the exam. Qiao Hua helped her because she wanted to see Qiao Ning Xi disappoint everyone and to see everyone be suspicious of her.

In Qiao Ning Xi's previous life, everybody suspected that Qiao Ning Xi cheated because in the entrance exam, she ranked third but when she became a 1st year junior high school, her grades went to the third tlp to the third bottom of the class. The suspicion continued and only stopped when Qiao Ning Xi managed to skipped a grade and became a 3rd year junior high school.

When Qiao Ning Xi got there half of the classes for the day was already done. When she opened the class' door, she wasn't surprised at what she saw.

"Are you guys fighting again?" She said then sighed.

Hearing her voice, Leng Shaoming and Cai Zhenghao stopped at fighting and looked at her. While the other students were thankful to her. In the past two years, the students attitude to her changed. Some still dislike her because of envy of her beauty but they don't hate her and some neither dislike nor like her. The misunderstanding about her was cleared.

"Of course not." Cai Zhenghao denied instantly remembering the time when the three of them started to get along and he teased Leng Shaoming but he got angry at him and they fought. While fighting, Qiao Ning Xi tried to stop them but they accidentally elbowed her face. They immediately went to the infirmary with her. After that Leng Shaoming and Cai Zhenghao swore to themselves that they won't fight whenever Qiao Ning Xi is present.

"Qiao Ning Xi, I thought you were sick. Why didn't you attend the morning classes?" Leng Shaoming asked when she saw Qiao Ning Xi entering the class. Qiao Ning Xi sat on her desk and Leng Shaoming and Cai Zhenghao went to her.

Qiao Ning Xi didn't answer him but took out two invitation. "On Saturday we're gonna have a party, I hope you guys can come. It's okay if you don't but something interesting might happen." She smiled meaningfully and handed the two cards.

Leng Shaoming and Cai Zhenghao stared at each other and grinned. During the past 2 years they started to know and understand Qiao Ning Xi. She wasn't naive as they thought and they knew she is smart, strong and sometimes cunning instead. They also know that she intended to act weak and naive to others but they never asked her why because by letting them see her true self means that she trusted them and that was enough for them.

"Of course! Why not? If you say it's interesting then it must be more than interesting." Leng Shaoming snatched the card and said. Cai Zhenghao agreed. They also know that she and Qiao Hua were both the adopted daughter of the Qiao Family.

"I guess SHE's involved, right?"

Cai Zhenghao stared at Qiao Ning Xi. He was talking about Qiao Hua, he knew that Qiao Ning Xi doesn't like Qiao Hua, No she hated her and Qiao Hua spread rumors about her. Qiao Ning Xi smiled then just shrugged her shoulder.