Chapter 10 Slapping the Fake Innocent, Mother and Daughter Team Up

In the kitchen, Bai Zhixi was busy attentively preparing dinner. Her daughter's only good friend had come over to play, so she needed to host them well.

Zhuo Yao was a good girl. When Chuchu had a temper and ran away from home, it was Zhuo Yao who helped find Chuchu and bring her back. Moreover, Zhuo Yao had a cheerful and generous personality and did well in school. If Chuchu spent more time with Zhuo Yao, perhaps she would be positively influenced.

She thought generously that she should cook all the meat she had bought a few days ago, letting Zhuo Yao and Chuchu have a good meal, and then she turned to open the fridge.

Turning her head, she saw Chuchu and Zhuo Yao in the utility room, meeting Wan Chuchu's gaze.

Wan Chuchu nodded slightly to her mother, then disdainfully glanced at Zhuo Yao, who had her back to the window. Then, the gray curtain slowly drew shut once again.

Bai Zhixi was stunned. Why were Chuchu and Zhuo Yao talking in the utility room? That room was thick with dust and people rarely went in there. And what did Chuchu's look mean just now?

After mulling over it for a few seconds, Bai Zhixi softly walked over to the window, carefully pulling out a piece of paper stuffed there to reveal a small hole. Inside, Zhuo Yao's voice came through clearly.

"Chuchu, didn't I tell you before, there are many of Liu Li's group, you can't possibly beat them. It's best not to confront them directly, otherwise, you'll only get beaten more. Once they've vented their anger enough, they'll leave you alone. Look at you today, so badly injured."

"You mean to let them hit me without hitting back, to let them beat me as they please?" Wan Chuchu asked flatly.

Zhuo Yao snapped at her eye, "Didn't I tell you about Han Xin enduring humiliation beneath someone's legs?"

Standing in the kitchen, Bai Zhixi frowned.

In the utility room, Zhuo Yao continued her heartfelt persuasion, while Wan Chuchu, having heard a faint noise from the window, had a momentary flicker in her eyes. Bai Zhixi was no fool, and that was for the best.

Seeing Wan Chuchu lower her head, Zhuo Yao continued, "If you honestly can't stand Liu Li, do as I say, sleep during class, don't study after class, so you'll completely lack knowledge of the course material. Naturally, your grades will drop. If you can't do it, how could you answer the test correctly? Surely you'd write the homework wrong too. Do this a few times, and Liu Li will no longer have you take tests or do homework for her.

Make her fall from the pinnacle of being a model student to an ordinary one, and become a failure that the teachers and classmates dislike. No punishment is more severe than this. At that time, we can just wait and watch Liu Li's downfall. Once she loses her spotlight, no one will follow her anymore, and you won't be bullied anymore. We will have had our revenge."

Oh, so this is when she started failing her studies, thought Wan Chuchu sarcastically as she bowed her head. Such blatantly toxic advice, how foolish she was to have swallowed it without hesitation.

No wonder Zhuo Yao led her step by step into a pit of no return. What grudge or hatred did Zhuo Yao have against her?

In the kitchen, Bai Zhixi clenched her fists, her face turning livid. She hadn't realized Chuchu was bullied at school like this, even doing others' homework and taking their tests.

But how could Zhuo Yao come up with such an idea! These two children were too irrational; the knowledge they learned was their own, no matter how much others wanted it, they couldn't take it away.

At this moment, Bai Zhixi still didn't suspect Zhuo Yao. She only thought the two little girls had an incorrect mindset, and she planned to correct their naive ideas.

Just then, she heard her daughter's voice.

Wan Chuchu lifted her head, softly chuckled, and asked, "If I don't study well, will you accompany me?"

Zhuo Yao was taken aback, "Huh?"

Wan Chuchu, growing impatient, said directly, "If I sleep in class, you sleep too. If I don't do homework after class, neither do you. Next time Liu Li hits me, I hope you stand in front of me and take the beating with me."

Zhuo Yao, on the opposite side, was astonished, "Chuchu, how can you say this? Aren't we good friends?"

"A good friend should share burdens and joys together, right?" Wan Chuchu said coldly. Her heart gradually turned icy, the facts reminding her once again of how foolish she'd been in the past, an unpleasant realization that made her uncomfortable.

At this point, Zhuo Yao finally sensed something was off with Wan Chuchu. She looked carefully at Wan Chuchu, only to see Wan Chuchu filled with disgust, and her heart chilled.

"Chuchu, are you upset because of what happened with Liu Li today? Maybe I should come see you in a few days..."

But Wan Chuchu, unwilling to waste breath on this phony person, asked directly, "I'll just ask you one thing, are you going to stick with me through thick and thin?"

"Chuchu, what's wrong with you? You weren't..." Zhuo Yao tried to continue, but was cut off by Wan Chuchu's merciless wave of her hand.

Zhuo Yao's composure began to crumble, her face showing grievance, "Chuchu, you know my dream is to get into university in Beijing..."

"Heh, Zhuo Yao, you're really vicious! You want to go to university yourself but want me to be ignorant," Wan Chuchu said sharply and accurately.

Bai Zhixi, in the kitchen, and Zhuo Yao, opposite to her, were both shocked for a moment.

It was as if Bai Zhixi had been doused with cold water, suddenly realizing Zhuo Yao's words were deliberate! It wasn't just a child's ignorance, but unkind intentions toward Chuchu.

Recalling the past years of Chuchu's rebellion and growing distance, Bai Zhixi remembered all the times she tried to have Zhuo Yao persuade Chuchu, feeling a chill to the bone, as if she fell into an icy cave.

Zhuo Yao must have persuaded Chuchu like this in the past, and she had only aided the wave and brought a wolf into her home! She had destroyed her own biological daughter!

Bai Zhixi's fingernails dug deeply into her palm, and with tremendous effort, she steadied herself to see how Chuchu would handle this. At the same time, she smiled bitterly, grateful that Chuchu had exposed Zhuo Yao, this black-hearted girl.

In the utility room, Zhuo Yao's face turned pale, and she blurted out, "Wan Chuchu, how can you say this about me? I come see you right after school, wasting my time, and it's all for you!" She couldn't accept that Wan Chuchu openly called her malicious.

Without thinking, Wan Chuchu replied mercilessly, "Zhuo Yao, from now on, whatever becomes of me, Wan Chuchu, has nothing to do with you. I must have been blind to think of you as a friend, as this black-hearted fake innocent. In the future, please don't appear in front of me again; it would make me sick! Now, please get out of my house, our home doesn't welcome malicious people like you!"

Wan Chuchu picked the words that would hurt the most, feeling slightly pleased as Zhuo Yao appeared stunned and on the verge of collapse. She thought inwardly: Zhuo Yao, there's still the future, and if you can't handle it now, you'll need to brace yourself for what's to come.

No matter how well Zhuo Yao could pretend, she was just a seventeen-year-old girl who couldn't endure Wan Chuchu's sharp words. She stood suddenly and rushed out.

As she dashed out of the living room, Zhuo Yao saw Bai Zhixi's calm face and couldn't help but sob, "Aunt, Chuchu really..." She wanted to sow discord with Bai Zhixi against Wan Chuchu here, but Bai Zhixi didn't respond at all; instead, she said:

"Zhuo Yao, Chuchu is right. Our home will never welcome you again, and please stay away from Chuchu in the future! Don't disgust her."

Zhuo Yao's eyes widened, wishing she could disappear on the spot. She burst into tears, covered her mouth, and fled from the Wan family.