Fang Huan was furious at Tong Wenjie's words, but she really had no grounds to argue. The last time Old Master Fang wanted to get his granddaughter a passport, she'd assumed it was her sister-in-law's idea, so she'd called and given her sister-in-law a piece of her mind.
After all these years living abroad, she hadn't picked up any of the good things about life overseas, but she'd absorbed some of the worst of it. She couldn't stand having anyone interfere with her life.
But this time, her younger brother and sister-in-law had sent their daughter abroad without even telling her. That had torn away the last thin veil of pretense, leaving her unable to explain herself to their parents. Of course she was furious.
Besides, she rarely went back to China these days and only saw the negative news from home, so she still thought her younger brother and sister-in-law were as poor as they used to be. She hadn't imagined the two of them could quietly afford to send their daughter abroad all on their own.
Unable to save face with her brother and sister-in-law, and not daring to confront her parents, Fang Huan decided to go after her niece instead. Duoduo was not quite fifteen, she figured, so she'd be the easiest to handle.
What she hadn't expected was that Duoduo had come abroad precisely because she didn't want anyone controlling her anymore. She wanted to do what she wanted. As far as she was concerned, her top priority was writing, and school came second.
Besides, she remembered what Wang Yue had said: if she lived with her aunt, she'd have to pay her for room and board. Why spend money to make herself miserable when she could stay with Xiaoyu, where she'd be free to do