After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!
Chapter 70: Do you live by the sea that you mind so much?

Chapter 70: Chapter 70: Do you live by the sea that you mind so much?

"I thought it was her brother, but it turns out to be her stepson?"

"No wonder she was having so much fun playing with that child just now, turns out she’s trying to ingratiate herself with the child’s father, huh?"

"So young and capable, why not find a decent job? With able hands and feet, she could live well enough, yet she’s scheming for this. Such a young age, and not learning good things... Liangliang, let’s go, let’s play something else. We won’t play with these kinds of people!"

"Duoduo, let’s go!"

...

The adults’ faces were full of disgust, as if Ye Li had done something shameful.

The children were bewildered, not understanding why they suddenly couldn’t play anymore.

Some were willing to leave, naturally, there were also those who weren’t.

The adults’ urging and scolding.

The children’s wailing cries.

The noise gradually faded away, leaving only a group of young people on the ice.

Xu Moran looked smug.

All girls from the Imperial Capital’s rich families, one would expect at least a superficial bond of sisterhood.

But Xu Moran hated Ye Li the most.

They were about the same age, but from childhood, Ye Li was always the child from another family.

When they were young, both had tutors for their skills.

While she was bitterly going through piano grades, Ye Li was already performing piano solos at music concerts abroad.

While she was tearfully practicing dance splits, Ye Li was already dressed in a white ballet skirt, playing the Swan Queen.

While she was pondering which scenic country to study abroad in, Ye Li had received an admission notice from Imperial University, joyfully clinging to her parents’ arms, declaring she’d stay by their side forever as their doting little padding.

Over the past 20 years, ever since Xu Moran could remember, Ye Li was that exemplary child from another family.

In comparison to Ye Li, she seemed as if she wasn’t born from her parents, but rather sprung from a crack in the rocks.

Every time she heard her parents express their disappointment, Xu Moran knew the next line would inevitably be "Look at Ye Li."

So much so that when she saw the characters for Ye and Li in books, Xu Moran felt like stabbing them with a pen to vent her frustration.

She thought she would never escape being compared to Ye Li, but unexpectedly, what goes around comes around; the Ye Family went bankrupt.

This month, Xu Moran never heard her parents mention Ye Li at home again, suddenly feeling blissfully unbothered.

Unexpectedly, they ran into each other at the ski resort.

Just seeing Ye Li’s pale face made Xu Moran feel exceptionally pleased, and she said spitefully, "Ye Li, no offense, but you’re a graduate of Imperial University. Even if you can’t earn a million a year, earning thirty to fifty thousand a month isn’t impossible with some effort. Why degrade yourself by becoming someone’s stepmother?"

Then she glanced at Xiao Bao, who had been cowering behind Ye Li the entire time without saying a word.

It seemed he wasn’t a child from any of the families of the Imperial Capital’s rich.

"Ye Li..."

Xu Moran stared at Ye Li’s innocently beautiful face, filled with malice, "You’re clinging to the child’s father’s coattails, not his grandfather’s, right?"

At her words, Xiao Bao desperately wanted to rush forward.

Ye Li tightly gripped Xiao Bao’s hand, fearful he might do as Fu Yanci had said and bite Xu Moran.

After all, she was the young lady of the Xu Family, even though the Xu Family didn’t catch Fu Yanci’s eye, but Ye Li thought it’s better to avoid trouble.

"There’s no need to get angry with strangers, it’s not worth it!"

She patted Xiao Bao’s head to comfort him, then Ye Li looked up at Xu Moran, "Do you live by the sea to be so nosy? Who I cling to is none of your business; you’re just too full of it!"

With that, Ye Li walked away.

When the crowd of men and women gathered around Xu Moran, Ye Li felt a sinking feeling in her heart.