The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits-Chapter 53 - The Ordinary Girl Brought Down by Vanity

Chapter 53 -53: The Ordinary Girl Brought Down by Vanity (Part 3)

Chapter 53 -53: The Ordinary Girl Brought Down by Vanity (Part 3)

“I’m not nearsighted, so why should I wear glasses?”

Su Li fished a finger in her ear, furrowed her brow, and patted her little heart that was startled by Su Mo’s sharp voice, saying, “I don’t like wearing these things.”

As she spoke, a faint smile played on the corners of Su Li’s mouth.

“No, you put on those glasses right now!” Su Mo commanded loudly, quite dissatisfied with Su Li’s fresh and clean attire.

How could she…

Su Li should be low to the dust, trampled underfoot in the mud where she belonged.

Su Mo didn’t think there was anything wrong with treating her sister like this. The center of everyone’s attention should be her alone.

Yet, Su Li’s sudden change had sparked a sense of crisis in her; this kind of change shouldn’t be happening.

But the usually obedient and meek Su Li did not do as Su Mo had expected. Instead, she smiled resolutely, flicking the black-framed glasses she was holding in her hand, accidentally tossing them to the ground.

Su Li: “I said, I don’t want to wear them…”

Su Li enunciated each word clearly.

“You…” Su Mo was trembling with anger at the attitude of her sister at that moment.

It was as if a high and mighty king had been offended by a groveling servant at his feet.

“What are you doing? Didn’t you hear what your sister said?” Ma Li’s face turned very ugly, her words increasingly sharp and mean, “Putting on airs like this, are you trying to emulate Lin Qing from the Lin family across the street, flaunting and affecting manners without propriety?”

That could be called an insult, and had it been the original person, she would probably have been so humiliated by these words that her face turned red, wishing she could just crawl into a hole and hide.

The Lin Qing from across the street was a character well known in the gossip of neighbors, still the subject of ridicule and laughter.

At a young age, she didn’t learn good behaviors, spending her days arm-in-arm with a group of ruffians; everyone said she was just like her own mother, a naturally promiscuous harlot.

Su Li’s smiling lips slowly tightened, quite puzzled. She had merely dressed a bit more clean and fresh, but this behavior seemed to have touched a sensitive nerve in the other two women in the household.

So much so that her own mother would speak such demeaning words about her daughter.

Su Sheng witnessed the atmosphere in the home becoming so tense it was ready to snap, especially the look on his precious daughter’s face contorted with anger.

Accordingly, his gaze towards Su Li became dissatisfied, his entire face pulling taut.

Carrying the authority of the family patriarch, Su Sheng said, “Su Li, at your young age, don’t always think about superficial things.”

“What’s the point of ruining a perfectly good piece of clothing like this?”

“Nowadays many girls are unrestrained, not well-behaved; don’t be like them… A good student should wear glasses and focus their efforts on studying.”

Su Li pulled a sarcastic smile, humming softly. Slowly, her gaze swept over each person before her, finally resting on the envious eyes of Su Mo.

“Both daughters of the same family, why can Su Mo wear makeup and dress up, but I can’t?”

Su Li directly pointed at the delicate makeup carefully applied on Su Mo’s face and asked faintly.

Faced with such an audacious question from the usually compliant and timid second daughter, Su Sheng’s first reaction was disbelief. Then, following Su Li’s pointed finger to look at his eldest daughter, the words of reprimand he had ready to deliver were stuck in his throat.

The two daughters were only a year apart in age, but standing side by side, the contrast between them was stark.

In Su Sheng’s habitual thinking, he had become used to being harsh on Su Li, without ever considering that the elder daughter they’d always been so proud of and worked hard to cultivate was the very antithesis of the values they professed to instill in the younger daughter.

They told Su Li that as a student, she must look the part, not dress up, not be vain, and not make comparisons.

Yet Su Mo was wearing delicate, light makeup, dressed in beautiful branded clothes, with shiny, not inexpensive high heels on her feet—the epitome of a wealthy and beautiful young woman.

No wonder the original Su Li couldn’t understand…

Why was it that when her sister did the same thing, it was perfectly justified, but when it happened to her, she was considered wayward and frivolous?

By nature, like any girl, the original Su Li liked shiny jewelry and beautiful clothes and wanted to dress up prettily and cutely.

Only, she was considerate of her family’s circumstances and never made unreasonable demands.

The most expensive piece of clothing she owned was the ninety-nine yuan T-shirt she was currently wearing, which Su Mo had casually tossed to her after disliking it.

When Su Sheng was momentarily at a loss for words, Ma Li reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her fur standing on end.

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She exclaimed sharply, “And what gives you the right to compare yourself to my Su Mo?”

Su Li was shocked by her mother’s attitude, and deeply hurt, she lowered her head and asked softly, “If sister is your daughter, am I not as well?”

“Mom, why would you say that about me?”

Ma Li too realized she had overreacted, but she didn’t offer an explanation. Instead, with a stern face, she said, “The words of your mother, would I harm you? Just do as I say.”

“The way you’re dressed is inappropriate. Straighten yourself up and keep your glasses on. Don’t think about causing trouble all the time.”

After finishing her lecture, the gloomy expression on Ma Li’s face instantly changed when looking at Su Mo, affecting the demeanor of a loving mother.

Ma Li: “Little Mo, I’ve made the soup dumplings you like. Hurry and eat them while they’re hot.”

With her head held high in smugness, Su Mo gave Su Li a contemptuous glance and said, “Didn’t you hear what mom and dad said… with your looks, no matter how you dress up, it’s still like an ugly duckling mimicking a swan – just making people laugh.”

If Su Mo’s eyes hadn’t flashed with jealousy for just a moment, her words would have been more convincing.

Up until today, Su Mo, who focused on her appearance and attire, had just realized that her sister actually wasn’t bad-looking; if she were dressed up carefully…

This made her recall the time when they were very young, and Su Li had also once been praised for being pretty and cute.

What an unpleasant memory that was…

“Little Mo, why aren’t you eating? Mom made these with her own hands…”

“Honey, this dough… how much alkali did you actually put in it?”

The other three members of the Su family were seated around the dining table as if they were the only family, completely forgetting Su Li standing to the side.

Fortunately, Su Li was not the original person; otherwise, such habitually disproportionate treatment would have still plunged her into sorrow for quite some time.

Su Li quietly watched the people before her as a slow realization began to form in her heart…

“Mom, this tastes awful, I’m not eating it…”

Su Mo took a bite of the dumpling and the next second spat it out with a “Ptui!” The bitterness in her mouth made her exceptionally irritated. She slammed down her bowl and chopsticks, picked up her backpack from the shelf, and stormed out, “I’m going to buy something to eat outside.”