Just like in my previous life, not long after, Chen Jianguo held a grand banquet to marry my mom.

　　Relatives from my grandmother's side attended, and they shared photos in our group chat, praising my mom for her ability to remarry so successfully.

　　Chen Siyue sent me a WeChat message: [Sister, even if I was poor in my past life, I never went to find you.

　　Don't bother me and let me live my life well!] I replied with a simple "okay." Why should I go find them? My good life is about to begin.

　　I devoted myself to studying.

　　Two years later, my life took a turning point, just like in my previous life.

　　I was in my second year of high school and had just turned 18 when Chen Jianguo said, "Why does a girl need to study so much? Come work at the construction site with me." Without hesitation, my mom withdrew me from school and told me to work with him.

　　Now here I am, still sitting in a bright classroom, enjoying my new life.

　　"Chuyi, have you heard? It seems like a transfer student is joining our class today, and he's from abroad." I made a sound of acknowledgement and shrugged indifferently.

　　When the homeroom teacher led in a tall boy with blond hair, my eyebrows furrowed.

　　Is it him? Chen Dongsheng, my stepbrother from my previous life, and later, my husband.

　　Chen Dongsheng was introducing himself confidently on stage when a voice came from the corridor outside: "Chen Siyue! What are you doing? You're assigned to another class!" Only then did I notice that Chen Siyue, whom I hadn't seen in a long time, had also transferred to this school.

　　At this moment, her eyes were bloodshot, and she looked at me as if I were her enemy.

　　She pointed at Chen Dongsheng, her mouth moving soundlessly, silently warning me about something.

　　I nonchalantly averted my gaze, lowered my head, and smiled slowly.

　　Chen Dongsheng came back, and it marked the end of Chen Siyue's good days.

　　During break time, Chen Siyue ran to my classroom and went crazy when she saw Chen Dongsheng and I were sitting together as classmates.

　　She exclaimed, "Lin Chuyi! Do you have no shame? Why are you sticking to my brother, Chen Dongsheng?" It was as if she was a righteous wife catching her husband in the act.

　　Chen Dongsheng, on the other hand, was casually holding a pen, sitting with his legs crossed, and watching the scene unfold.

　　This posture made Chen Siyue even more arrogant.

　　She swept my books off the table and stomped on them forcefully, saying, "You're so shameless, already thinking about men while studying.

　　What does he have to do with you? Ah! What are you trying to gain by getting closer to him?" I frowned as I looked at the books on the ground, feeling distressed.

　　Xiaomanqing, who sat in front of us, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Lin Siyue, you've gone too far! It's because your sister is good at studying that the teacher assigned the new student to sit with her!" She lived in the same neighborhood as me, so she knew our situation very well.

　　Chen Siyue coldly hummed, "Who asked you to interfere? Remember, call me Chen Siyue.

　　I've changed my last name a long time ago!" She walked over to Chen Dongsheng's side and held his arm, proudly declaring, "See, this is my brother.

　　Is Lin Chuyi qualified to be called sister?" She raised her head, asserting her authority, and said coquettishly to Chen Dongsheng, "Brother, Lin Chuyi is bad.

　　I have nothing to do with her anymore, so you don't need to pay attention to her." "Oh." Chen Dongsheng only lifted his eyelids lazily and glanced at me.

　　Chen Siyue, seeing that he wasn't interested in me, proudly led him away.

　　Xiaomanqing helped me pick up my books, cursing angrily, "How did she become like this? So materialistic! Only you can endure it!" "It's fine." I smiled faintly, brushing off the dust on the books.

　　Xiaomanqing called me a pushover.

　　A pushover? I never was one.

　　The teacher assigned Chen Dongsheng to be my desk mate, and I didn't object.

　　I silently endured Chen Siyue's provocation.

　　Everything I did was to avoid attracting Chen Dongsheng's attention and interest.

　　In my past life, he had a quirk: the more a woman resisted, showed stubbornness, and had a strong personality, the more he liked her.

　　I couldn't ask for more than Chen Siyue helping me divert Chen Dongsheng's attention.

　　Times had changed, and my battlefield was no longer in the Chen family.

　　I was in my second year of high school, and I had to devote myself fully to studying for the college entrance examination.

　　It was only during class that Chen Siyue sent Chen Dongsheng back to the classroom, acting like a protective mother hen.

　　In her past life, she was unwilling and thought that I could marry Chen Dongsheng because of the saying "the closer the water, the more radiant the moon." So in this life, she regarded Chen Dongsheng as her possession early on.

　　But she didn't know that the more she did this, the more dangerous her situation would become within the Chen family.