Holy, dignified, mighty, and cold!
It made her fearful and awestruck. It made her even more… panicked.
How can this happen? How did this happen?
She was the most outstanding one. Ye Jian was obviously the worst one. She was the successful one. How did she become like this? How did she become like this…
A group of students marched past her. The white gloves on their hands flashed across Ye Ying’s eyes like stinging light. She couldn’t help but close her eyes. Her aura seemed to be carpeted with dust. It was cold, dark, and lifeless.
“Yingying, keep walking.” Sun Dongqing saw that her daughter didn’t move and urged her softly, “Everyone is looking at you. Move quickly.”
Ye Ying opened her eyes. Her eyeballs moved slightly. She asked weakly, “Mom, why am I worse than her? I’m more outstanding than her. How did I become like this?”
“What nonsense are you talking about?” Sun Dongqing, who always thought that her precious daughter was the best, turned cold. “How are you worse? You’re better than that wicked girl!”
“What’s so good about this place? Look, all the officials are standing at the top. Ye Jian is nothing. She’s just a cadet! How many cadets are there here? It’s not a big deal that she got in.”
Sun Dongqing would habitually console herself and find excuses for Ye Ying. She thought that it was all for Ye Ying’s sake. In fact, whenever Ye Ying wanted to reflect on herself, Sun Dongqing would immediately jump out and find excuses for Ye Ying. As time passed, Ye Ying became like her.
She developed a habit of finding excuses to escape from reality when she couldn’t recognize reality. She always felt that she was right. Everyone else was wrong. Everyone was useless. That was why she was so blind.
Sun Dongqing extinguished Ye Ying’s thoughts of self-reflection once again. She didn’t know how wrong she was. She continued consoling Ye Ying, “Let her enjoy her glory now. When you enter the capital city’s political regiment and interact with high-ranking officials in the military unit every day, Yingying, your days will be glorious!”
She might even get a son from a top brass family or a young and promising official as her boyfriend. Look, look, how good! How promising!
So what if the wicked girl had the support of the old thing? He was gone, no one would continue helping her for long!
Sun Dongqing, who had forgotten the pain after her wound was healed, resumed her old ways and belittled Ye Jian again. “Yingying, you must remember that you are always stronger than that wicked girl! No matter what, you still have your parents’ support. As for her, she has nothing!”
That’s right. No matter what, she still had her parents’ support. So what if Ye Jian was doing well now? She was just an ordinary military student. She was even standing here and burning under the sun. No one would notice her!
Every time a slogan was heard, the mother and daughter couldn’t help but shake their shoulders and whisper to each other. They glanced at the parade ground and then quickly retracted their gaze. They were careful and… afraid.
Ye Zhifan placed all his attention on the parade ground. He didn’t look back or hear what the mother and daughter were talking about. If he did, without Ye Jian coming out, he would have dragged the mother and daughter, who only knew how to console themselves and never knew the truth, away.
There were only teachers in military uniforms in the audience. When Ye Zhifan sat down, he couldn’t help but tidy his shirt to show his respect to the marching students.
