Meanwhile, Sera had no way of knowing that those people were once again scheming against her. That night, Sera spent her time staring at the ceiling.

She didn't know if it was because she was alone in the bed or… because she wanted him next to her! Wait… why does it sound the same?

Because of this, Sera decided to just go back to her office and focus on her unfinished job. This time she made sure to lock her office door until she felt like sleeping.

Slowly, time passed. The seconds turn into minutes and into hours. Right now, Sera was actually busy with something very important.

The Zhang Family.

Because of her conversation with her grandfather, Sera realized one thing.

There is a big possibility that Zhang Xin and maybe even Zhang Ying schemed against her. The conversation made her wonder if that is something that the mother and daughter would do.

At the end of the day, the answer would be… yes.

Zhang Xin never really treated her like a daughter and now that she thought about it, Zhang Ying always acted as if she was a rival. Sure, she was sweet and sounded so naïve but she also took the opportunity to tell Sera everything that her parents did to her—the thing that they never did to Sera.

It didn't take too long for Sera to build resentment against Zhang Ying.

Growing up, Sera was aware that she was beautiful but she was always the shorter one, the chubbier one. Maybe she was smarter than Zhang Ying but at that time she always thought that people would never see the brains of someone.

They would judge people by the way they dress and their height and their flawless skin.

Sera recalled being so insecure that she would always keep some extra clothes in her locker in case other girls in the school would have the same clothes as her. She always thought it would be an embarrassment.

Aside from her brain, Sera thought she had nothing else.

In her teens, Sera started dieting because she was so jealous of Zhang Ying's slender body. At five-seven, Zhang Ying looked like a model with her slim physique and perfectly curled waves that seemed to match her gentle smile.

Meanwhile, her five-foot-two self was just smart.

This jealousy intensified when she started liking, the man that practically grew up with them.

Edward Yu.

Oh, the dashing Edward Yu.

Smart.

Handsome.

Tall.

Rich.

He was everything that every woman wanted. Every woman… including her. At first, she always thought Edward Yu would become her fiancé. After all, she was the eldest, right?

Well, the hard truth struck her face like a huge concrete. The Yu Family and the Zhang Family didn't want to intervene in the marriage of the young ones. They would let Edward decide about his marriage.

Well… to Sera this news was really big. After all, she wasn't that pretty. At most, she was cute, like a poodle. Short and feisty.

Compared to her perfect younger sister, Sera looked like a wall.

She didn't even the wallflower because this time, she knew she looked like the wall. Plain, boring, and unnoticeable.

Once again, this made her do some rush things that cause a lot of trouble.

First was of course the stealing.

Sera was well… she thought buying more clothes would make her look more beautiful. She wasn't blaming anyone for this. She could only blame herself for being so shallow. For someone who thought they are smart, Sera was just… hopeless.

Then the framing and lying.

She thought she needed to get Edward's attention so she invited him into dates.

How shameless.

At first, she noticed that Edward wasn't really comfortable with her. So, she started inviting her sister. Obviously, she ended up becoming the third wheel.

This only fueled her rage. To be fair, she always thought that she loved Edward. In her teenage years, her standard wasn't really that good and Edward was just a prince in her eyes.

Just thinking about all the embarrassment that she caused to herself made her cringe. She even went as far as trying to seduce him!

Hell! The thought of it made her want to puke!

For years, Sera didn't have the time to even think about the past. After all, she was very aware that she was the evil one, the selfish one, or as Zhang Xin said, she was a sociopath.

She lacks emotional attachment and is just pure evil.

However, now that circumstances are different. The old man's words led her to believe that Zhang Xin orchestrated everything that she heard. Zhang Xin knew how insecure she was thus, she let her in on the secret that she was actually adopted.

She wasn't a Zhang.

All these years, she actually thought she wasn't a Zhang!

Even when they kicked her out and banned her from going back to the mansion. Even when they threw her clothes in the streets as she begged them to take her back, those people never mentioned anything about her being a Zhang!

From her grandfather's words, it was obvious that the old man was aware of the misdeeds that she did when she was a teen. He also said everything was reported by Zhang Xin and Zhang Ying as they asked him to forgive Sera for acting like that.

What the hell?

Sera wasn't even aware that the old man knew about her 'rebel phase!' And if the old man was indeed aware, why would the mother and daughter asked him to forgive Sera? Why didn't they just bring Sera with them?

That mother and daughter and plain weird.

After a few minutes of reading the news and some articles about the Zhang Family, Sera realized that the old man's words about her mother were actually true. She was beautiful—though, she wasn't that tall—she was smart and even graduated at the top of her class in a prestigious university abroad!

No wonder, she was the golden child.

After hacking into her mother's school, she realized that her mother wasn't only the top of her class but even the champion of Go, Chess, and painting?

Who would have thought that her mother was actually this talented?