CHAPTER 101: CHAPTER 101: SLAPPING THE FAKE RICH GIRL 2

Just as Anning had expected, after Mrs. Liu got up, she took away the eggs and the better rice, leaving Anning with a bowl of thin porridge and some pickles.

Luckily, Anning had already eaten her fill earlier, otherwise, she truly wouldn’t have had the energy to deal with what was to come.

After everyone in the Liu Family had finished eating, Anning silently washed the dishes and then went to grab her school bag to go to school.

On her way out, she overheard Mrs. Liu and Mr. Liu discussing inside the house, talking about how Anning’s academic performance wasn’t so great, and that after finishing junior high, they wouldn’t let her study anymore. Instead, they wanted her to go out and work—to not only save on tuition but also to earn some money for the family.

Carrying her school bag and walking out, Anning thought to herself that the Liu Family’s sweet dream was probably going to be shattered this time.

Today, Anning was also very quiet at school.

Like usual, she shrugged her shoulders and hung her head low, shrinking timidly into a corner, ignoring the ridicule of others and, of course, not daring to stir up trouble.

Fortunately, the school was fairly quiet today, and no insensitive students bothered Anning.

The day quickly passed by, and Anning had gone through all the textbooks of the second year of junior high within the day, gaining a general understanding of the knowledge for that grade.

Of course, to Anning—a Da Niu who had been to countless worlds and worked in various industries—the knowledge of the second year of junior high was truly child’s play, as simple as asking an adult to calculate that one plus one equals two.

Still, Anning needed to familiarize herself with many pieces of knowledge again, such as the steps of solving math problems, as well as certain things in Chinese literature that needed to be memorized and understood—of course, what was most important was political science and history.

Every timespace has its own history, and Anning was not very familiar with this timespace, so naturally, she placed the greatest emphasis on the history textbooks.

After school, Anning returned to the Liu home and began to cook and clean, staying busy until past eight o’clock before she could rest.

Back in that storage room, she pulled out Zhao Anning’s textbooks to review.

Fortunately, Zhao Anning was a meticulous person, and also someone nostalgic; she hadn’t thrown away the books she no longer used, keeping them all well organized.

Anning found and reviewed the textbooks for the first year of junior high as well, truly getting to grips with them.

After reviewing the textbooks, Anning went to bed to rest.

Tomorrow, Mrs. Zhao would come to the Liu Family, and for Anning, this was an especially important act to play; she needed to be well-rested to cope.

The next morning, Anning woke up early and began to cook.

Breaking from her usual routine, Mrs. Liu also got up exceptionally early today. Seeing Anning cooking, she hurried over to stop her: "That’s enough, go back to your room and rest. I’ll cook the meal."

Anning gave Mrs. Liu an oddly curious glance.

Feeling guilty and somewhat frantic, Mrs. Liu snapped: "What’s the matter, can’t you rest even if I tell you? Do you just have to work, why be so self-degrading?"

Anning didn’t say anything more and turned to go inside.

Mrs. Liu kept muttering behind her: "Who are you showing that face to, like I owe you something? Had I known it would come to this, I would have never had you in the first place. I went through such hardships to give birth to you, raised you, and now look at you, always pulling a long face at your mother, acting like someone owes you a fortune."

Sitting on the bed, Anning held a book in her hands and read.

She turned a deaf ear to Mrs. Liu’s nagging, but internally, Anning was contemplating that once she had the capability, she needed to carefully investigate what really happened back then. Why were Liu Mingzhu and Zhao Anning switched at birth? Was it really a coincidence, or was there someone behind it?

After reading for a while, Anning heard Mrs. Liu call from the outside: "Dinner’s ready."

She put down the book and came out, only to see her so-called younger brother, Liu Chuan, gnawing on a chicken leg.

Seeing Anning, Liu Chuan glared at her defiantly, and then turned to Mrs. Liu and said: "Mom, save all the chicken legs for me, don’t let Anning have any."

If it were like any other day, Mrs. Liu would have readily agreed with a laugh.

But Mrs. Liu did not cater to Liu Chuan as usual today.

She snatched a chicken leg and stuffed it into Anning’s hand: "Eat quickly. Don’t just stand there."

Anning looked down, faking an expression of being moved, and silently gnawed on the chicken leg.

She sifted through her memories; there had been a similar scenario when Zhao Anning was in the Liu Family. Never treated well by the Liu Family, Zhao Anning was deeply moved when Mrs. Liu suddenly gave her a chicken leg, believing that Mrs. Liu still cared for her. Afterwards, she was manipulated by Mrs. Liu several times because of this incident. This intention had eventually led her to actively request to leave the Zhao Family, clearing the way for Liu Mingzhu.

While Anning was chewing the chicken leg, she was pondering how to deal with the Liu Family in the future.

After finishing the chicken leg, Anning returned to her room to grab her school bag: "Mom, I, I’m going to school."

Mrs. Liu grabbed Anning: "I’ve already called your teacher and asked for a day off for you. You’ll go out with Mom later."

Anning obediently nodded her head: "Okay."

Mrs. Liu didn’t bother to tidy up the house and simply took some money and went shopping with Anning after Liu Chuan went to school.

That day, Mrs. Liu took Anning to several clothing stores, bought her quite a few clothes, took her for a haircut, and after seeing Anning looking somewhat pale, even splurged on a beauty treatment for her.

Anning didn’t know how to react to all this.

When the mother and daughter returned, Anning found that the storage room she slept in had drastically changed.

The previously cluttered storage room had been organized, the bed was replaced, and new bedding and sheets were provided. The whole room was arranged quite nicely, at least looking like a young girl’s chamber.

She understood in her heart that the Zhao Family must be arriving soon.

The Liu Family must be scared that the Zhao Family would find out they had mistreated their daughter, so they hurriedly bought clothes for Anning and redecorated the room.

In Zhao Anning’s memory, it was because the Liu Family rectified things in time that when Mrs. Zhao came to pick up Anning, she found that Anning was doing well in the Liu Family and hadn’t been mistreated, which led her to later give the Liu Family five million.

Of course, this time, Anning didn’t want to let the Liu Family benefit for nothing. Those five million, Anning wouldn’t even want to throw them away, let alone give them to this trashy Liu Family.

Seeing that everything was set up, Mrs. Liu’s mood improved significantly. She patted Anning on the shoulder amicably: "Alright, you must be tired from the day out. Hurry back to your room and rest. I’ll call you when dinner is ready."

Anning looked at her nervously, and Mrs. Liu frowned, causing Anning to shrink back in fear before obediently returning to her room.

Outside, Mrs. Liu cursed: "A shallow-eyed thing, who are you trying to fool with that ghostly look..."

Then Mr. Liu chuckled and consoled her: "Alright, stop scolding her. It’s better for her to be timid so she won’t dare to spout nonsense. Even after she goes back, she is still under the control of our daughter."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu couldn’t help but snicker.

After Anning entered her room, her gaze turned gloomy.

She looked at the room that had been hastily arranged in a day, and then she laughed.

Because of the short time, the Liu Family had made it look presentable, but the room still had a smell.

Moreover, since they had nowhere to put all the junk and were reluctant to throw it away, it was actually all piled up in a corner of the room, covered with cloth and boards.

Anning didn’t rest for a moment, took off her new clothes, hid all the newly bought clothes, and put on the old clothes she had picked up at the Liu Family. She openly displayed the rest of the old clothes.

Then, she tore off the new sheets and replaced them with old and moldy ones. The sheets had patches on them; such things would be an eyesore even decades ago, not to mention the present day.

Anning wasn’t satisfied yet; she tore the fillings a bit, revealing the blackened cotton inside, and added some stains on the sheets as well.

Afterward, Anning moved the junk back out, making the room look cluttered everywhere.

As she deliberately wreaked havoc in the room, outside, the Liu Family couple were busily preparing delicious food in the kitchen.