Eldest Daughter was Reborn

Chapter 49: Hostility

Zhang Huan took the whole family to visit Zhang Yansheng’s grandmother on the weekend.

The Zhang family takes their children to visit their grandmother at least once a month, and Zhang Yansheng’s uncle will also go there with his family, so they can have a family gathering at once.

This time, Zhang Huan proudly showed off to his own mother: “Your granddaughter has been admitted to the preparatory class.”

Zhang Yansheng was expressionless, and she really didn’t think there was anything to show off about being admitted to the preparatory class. For herself, it was indeed a big surprise to be admitted to this class. But to the outside world, it’s not that she has been admitted to the top class, so it’s embarrassing to show it off.

In particular, there are her older female and male cousins, who are outstanding students, in front of her.

Sure enough, her cousin Zhang Lin smiled and said, “Preparatory class… then you have to continue to work hard.”

Zhang Lin is one year older than her and is in his second year in high school. Although he attended a private school, he was in an elite class.

Her older female cousin, Zhang Qi, shoved her younger brother and said: “Being able to enter the preparatory class at least shows that Yanyan has worked hard and deserves to be praised.”

This older female cousin is three years older than her, and is now a freshman at a university. Her cousin, Zhang Qi, has been excellent since she was a child. She was in the top classes both in middle and high school. This year she was admitted to K University, which is located in K City, so it’s convenient for her to go to school.

Zhang Huan was just so happy. Zhang Yansheng hadn’t had anything to show off for him for several years. Then suddenly, she made such a big improvement, so he couldn’t help but talk about it.

It’s just that in front of his outstanding niece and nephew, it really seems that there is nothing to show off.

Zhang Huan reacted and his face couldn’t help but burn a little bit.

Liang Yingying wanted to laugh into the sky, but she didn’t dare to, so she endured it with all her might.

Zhang Yansheng’s aunt showed a subtle smile. It was a smile that wanted to be polite but couldn’t hide her inner pride.

Her aunt also said to her two children: “You two have more experiences, so you should communicate with Yanyan more often, you must be like an older sister and brother.”

Zhang Heling could not recognize a meaningful glance yet. She was eager to let everyone know how Zhang Yansheng studied hard during this summer. For the first time, she took the initiative to approach her grandmother and said loudly: “Grandma, you don’t know, my sister hasn’t been traveling all summer, and she hasn’t been anywhere. She studies in the room every day, working very hard!”

Judging from Zhang Yansheng’s mediocre grades in middle school for three years, this description is obviously a typical example of ‘clasping the Buddha’s feet’¹抱佛脚 – lit. to clasp the Buddha’s feet (without ever having burned incense) (idiom); fig. to profess devotion only when in trouble / panic measures in place of timely preparation

Zhang Lin sneered.

Zhang Yansheng later ran all the way to the ‘bad girl’ side, wild and rebellious on the surface, and didn’t care about anything. In fact, in her heart, she felt very inferior to this pair of excellent cousins. Because the two of them are what her mother once wanted her to be.

Zhang Yansheng’s face was also a little burned when her cousin laughed like this. She wanted to tell Zhang Heling not to talk too much, but this silly girl’s eyes were shining and her mouth was upturned, and she was clearly proud of her sister.