With these doubts in mind, Su Qiao, who was already upset over Little Four, felt even worse. She closed her eyes and began quickly sorting through her memories.
The original Su Qiao had come from a well-off family. Her parents had loved her dearly, and the family of three had lived in perfect harmony. She herself had been exceptionally talented—not only did she excel academically, but she also had remarkable gifts for instruments such as the piano and violin.
Her dream had been to become a pianist. But when she was fifteen and entered high school, something entirely unexpected happened. It completely changed her life—and her personality.
That year, her parents brought home a girl two months younger than her. The girl was named Su Xiyan. She was Su Qiao's biological daughter, but had been kidnapped when she was a little over three years old.
As for Su Qiao, she was merely an orphan they had adopted from the Orphanage.
The happy family she had believed in, and her parents' love, had all been nothing but an illusion. She was merely a substitute—a substitute for the daughter they had lost, in whom they had placed their grief.
At that moment, her world was turned upside down. It was especially painful to watch her parents carefully care for and protect their biological daughter while neglecting her. And when Su Xiyan, her so-called younger sister, mocked her in secret and repeatedly caused their parents to misunderstand her, Su Qiao's life became no different from falling straight from heaven into hell.
From then on, innocence and naivety gradually drifted away from her. She no longer foolishly regarded becoming a pianist as her dream. Cruel reality taught her that survival came first.
She began working even harder, searching for a path of her own—a