บท 139: Seeding Resentment

"Mom." Su Ruowan weakly cried. "Tell Shen Xi to say yes and become Ms. Shu's student. It's such an honor, an honor I have no luck to." 

"It's not your fault." Li Jingran coldly scoffed. "It's nothing to do with you having no luck. That Shu person wouldn't know talent even if it hits her in the face." 

With their family's Wanwan brilliant in every way, how could she possibly pale in comparison to Shen Xi, that defiant b*tch?

Shu Baiyu was just grasping at straws, at wit's end because she could not find a successor. Hence, she was willing to take in any Tom, Dick, and Harry.

"Mom, it's not Ms. Shu. Shen Xi has a gift in dancing." Turning red in the eyes, Su Ruowan turned on the waterworks. "I'm the useless one. I disappointed you and more, now that my legs hurt when I dance." 

Li Jingran heartachingly held her. "I'm sorry. It was I who let you down. Had I not insisted on bringing that brat to our home, your legs would not have been broken."