Adored by Him: My Blissful Days as the Girl Next Door-Chapter 430 - 429 Got it.

Peng Hui looked up, ready to retort to her sister, but when her gaze met her swollen belly, her tone softened: "Sis, you’ve already divorced Sun Yingyu. Can you stop bothering with him now? You know what he’s like, aren’t you afraid he’ll come back to cause trouble again?"

"Plus, his parents are here taking care of you not for you, but for the child in your belly. Have you thought about what happens when the child is born, and they start fighting you for custody? What will you do then?"

Peng Rui frowned slightly, looking gloomy, her eyes flickered, "His parents have already talked to me. We’ve agreed that I’ll have custody of the child, they’ll just provide the living expenses and can visit the child anytime."

Peng Hui asked, "They said it, and you believed them?"

Peng Rui said, "Sun Yingyu has already stated he won’t acknowledge this child. His parents have never managed to control him..."

Peng Hui was incredulous: "...You believe that? What if one day he changes his mind, turns against you, or has another kid of his own? And then his whole family stops caring about you? Have you thought about what to do then? How can you be like this!"

Peng Rui: "What’s wrong with me?"

Peng Hui’s barely suppressed anger flared up immediately, beyond control, "What’s wrong with you? When you got pregnant, how did Mom and Dad persuade you? They almost begged you on their knees to abort the child, and you refused, insisted on giving birth. What did you say to Mom and Dad back then?...You said you couldn’t bear to lose the child."

"But, sis, is that really what you thought? You actually just want to use the child as a long-term meal ticket, didn’t you? You thought the child belongs to the Sun Family, they couldn’t possibly ignore it, and taking care of the child would mean supporting you too?"

Her words hit Peng Rui at her most hidden and painful spot.

Back then, did she insist on keeping the child really because she couldn’t bear to lose it?

She’s thought about it countless times herself.

Peng Rui lowered her eyes in silence for a long time: "I wasn’t thinking that way, and even if I were, I don’t need to explain anything to you."

"Why did I and Sun Yingyu end up getting divorced? Isn’t it because our family is poor, looked down upon? When I got married, because you were in high school preparing for exams, there was no money at home, and mom and dad could only give me twenty thousand yuan, which wasn’t even enough to hire a wedding convoy. My new house was bought by the Sun family, the wedding arranged by them, all the food, drink, and essentials covered by them. Why does Sun Yingyu look down on me? Why did he dare to find women outside? It’s all because our family is useless."

"And you, what right do you have to dictate in front of me? Half of your university expenses were borne by me! Without me, would you be able to live comfortably in the provincial capital? I’ve never mentioned these things before... How I deal with Sun Yingyu and his family is my business. When I married him, everyone was happy for me, and now that I’m divorced, you’re all accusing me."

Peng Hui’s face turned cold, an expression appeared in her eyes that Peng Rui had never seen.

Peng Hui said, "Sis, I never knew you thought this way all along. In your eyes, I’m just a burden, right? Mom and Dad rely on you to live as they do now, right? I’ve always been thinking, once I graduate and start making money, I’ll surely take good care of you. You’ve truly hurt my feelings. Brother Chao even helped you kindly when he got ambushed by Sun Yingyu and fell from the stairs, breaking his leg, I feel sorry for him. Sis, suit yourself, you go on living like this."

Peng Hui’s eyes turned red instantly: "Since your in-laws are taking care of you, it seems I’m not needed here. As for my university tuition, rest assured, I’ll gather the money soon to pay you back. The path you chose is yours to walk, and it has little to do with me. However my future turns out, it’s my own business. You may look down on mom and dad, but I don’t. You resent them, but I don’t. From now on, I’ll take care of mom and dad, you won’t need to worry."

After leaving the hospital that day, Peng Hui took a cab back to Peng Rui’s place, packed all her things, and moved to the dorm. Since that summer, she has been living at the school, never once visiting Peng Rui in the hospital.

Having completely broken off with Peng Rui, Peng Hui didn’t mention it to her parents, fearing they would worry, she took it all upon herself.

By the time Zhao Meimei found out, Peng Hui had already taken two tutoring jobs, helping elementary students with English.

School dormitories during holidays, the dorm caretaker would get lazy, opening the toilets only at certain times. One day, with stomach trouble, Peng Hui could only clutch toilet paper and squatted in the teachers’ building restroom for two hours before daring to return to the dorm.

Peng Hui called Zhao Meimei: "Meimei, I’ve actually improved my living standard, living in a twenty square meter place alone in our school’s area, isn’t that pretty awesome?"

Zhao Meimei laughed: "Absolutely awesome, it can count as a single studio apartment." 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Peng Hui joked: "Now that I have a studio, if you ever argue with your brother, just come to me. My door is always open for you."

The two of them laughed quietly on the phone, exchanging banter.

Peng Hui said: "Meimei, I’m sorry, I suddenly feel like crying, don’t make a sound, let me cry for a bit..."

Peng Hui sobbed into the phone, venting all her grievances and complaints.

Shi Yang came out of the study to see Zhao Meimei holding her phone, tears rolling down her red eyes.

Shi Yang hurried over and asked, "What’s going on?"

Zhao Meimei covered the phone, choked up, shook her head, continuing to listen, tears streaming down.

After crying enough, Peng Hui, with a hoarse voice, told Zhao Meimei: "I cry because suddenly it feels like there’s no hope for me, unlike you, you have your brother, your family, somewhere your heart always goes, and I have nothing."

Peng Hui sniffed, her voice hoarse after the outburst: "But now I’ve figured it out, I still have my mom and dad. My sister can’t be relied upon; she’s too selfish. I need to study hard and eventually take care of my parents."

Zhao Meimei took a deep breath, trying to steady her tone: "Really figured it out?"

Peng Hui, with a raspy voice, said: "Really, who am I kidding? Such trivial matters won’t beat me, and in less than a month we’ll be back to school. Third and fourth year, two years will fly by, and after graduation, I’ll find a job and become truly self-sufficient. Everything will fall into place."