Lin Chu's expression went blank for a moment.

　　"What did you say?" I smiled.

　　"Didn't you think it was an insult for me to support you? Since we're classmates, how could I possibly insult you? Since it's like this, let's forget it.

　　You should continue working." Lin Chu's family situation was similar to Zhou Kebai's.

　　Her father ran away with debts, and her mother worked to support her education while also sffering from illness, now bedridden.

　　Maybe because of their similar circumstances, she had always had a good relationship with Zhou Kebai, always sticking close to him.

　　She would always ask to join us when Zhou Kebai and I went out to play.

　　Sometimes, I didn't want to, and she would hide behind him pitifully asking me, "Nanzhi sister, do you think I'm poor and don't want to be friends with me?" Before I could say anything, Zhou Kebai would protect her and say sternly, "If you think we're not worthy, then don't come." I had no choice but to bring her along.

　　She was there during meals.

　　She would tilt her head and look at the lobsters on the plate, saying, "Do you eat such good food every day?" Then she would sound desolate and envious, saying, "We're really not from the same world." There were several occasions where Zhou Kebai and I were having a good conversation, but when she suddenly said something like that, Zhou Kebai's expression would lose its smile, and he would no longer talk to me.

　　At first, I thought she was just careless.

　　Until one time, when Zhou Kebai and I were walking together and I turned around to say something to him, I caught her gaze.

　　Lin Chu had no expression on her face, her eyes filled only with malice and resentment.

　　Seeing me turn around, she was caught off guard and quickly forced a smile.

　　But I felt a chill down my spine.

　　It was only then that I realized.

　　She despised me.

　　Or rather, she hated me.

　　Actually, when Zhou Kebai and I had just gotten married, we had a short period of harmony.

　　His company was on the right track, and he got his first contract.

　　After the celebration banquet, he drunkenly hugged me and said with a smile, "Wife, tell me what you like, and I'll buy it for you."

　　"I feel sorry for the hard-earned money he makes and hold him satisfied.

　　"No need, I'm happy as long as you have this intention." But he persists stubbornly, with his neck stiffened: "Husbands earn money to spend on their wives.

　　I'll buy you a bag, what kind of bag do you like?!" Even when he falls asleep, he mumbles in his mouth.

　　"Nanzhi, I have money now.

　　"You don't have to suffer with me anymore." True to his word, he bought me a bag the next day.

　　Just before I could speak, Lin Chu followed right behind.

　　She looked at the bag in my hand, her expression suddenly peculiar.

　　Then she grabbed the bag from my hand, smiling at Zhou Kebai: "Ah, I remember Nanzhi used to have this bag when she was in college.

　　It was gifted by a boy who liked her back then.

　　She even thought it was too cheap to carry around." Actually, I had long forgotten about this incident.

　　However, Zhou Kebai's expression suddenly turned ugly.

　　He then took the bag without any expression and left.

　　After that, he started becoming cold towards me.

　　And when the bag was seen again, it was already being carried by Lin Chu.

　　She had a smile on her face and pretended not to care as she said: "Nanzhi, Ke Bai gave me this bag.

　　You're not angry, right?" Naturally, I refused and asked her to give the bag back to me.

　　Panic and confusion appeared on her face as she asked me tearfully: "Since you have so many bags already, why do you have to snatch this one with me? You have so many, and I only have this one!" Zhou Kebai pulled me away with a dark face.

　　"Let go! Since you don't care about it, why do you have to compete with her? Or is it that you just like fighting over things?" At that time, I was arrogant and couldn't tolerate such humiliation, so we had a big fight and parted unhappily.

　　Later, I understood.

　　Lin Chu wasn't talking about the bag.

　　She was clearly talking about Zhou Kebai.

　　She thought that I had taken him away, which was why she hated me like this.