Change from the past
Lijuan quickly went to shower after taking a hot comfortable bath she came down to have dinner. Hua Mulan had already asked the maids to prepare the table. She was in no mood to cook for dinner so she had already instructed the kitchen staff to prepare everything. Seeing Lijuan coming down, Hua Mulan showed a loving smile,
"You have come down early today. Not waiting for other to call you!".
"Yes mom, I am so hungry today. I should eat lot of food".
"Yes, my darling. You seem to have lost weight. You should eat more and gain some weight."
"Ok mom, I will eat well and exercise well to keep my body fit".
"Look who is talking about exercise! Are you sure you want to do it? Remember the day when your father asked you to jog with him and you cried whole day due to body pain and leg pain", Hua Mulan laughed remembering the past events.
Lijuan was embarrassed. She also knew that she was very weak and if she is planning to grow strong then she should be physically strong too so that her body can support her in doing the things according to her planning. "Don't talk about my dark history mom. I am going to change my habits. You just see!", Lijuan said with puffed cheeks.
Lee Jianguo also came down to have dinner and heard what his daughter said. He couldn't stop laughing, "Today my little princess is promising so many things. You sure want to do as you promised?"
"Yes dad, you just wait and see. I will show you all the results", said Lijuan happily. She had a plan in her mind and she is going do everything step by step. It might bring a lot of surprises to her parents.
When the family was happily talking, Lu Meirong also joined them for dinner. No one talked about the events happened in the evening. Everyone peacefully had their dinner and went back to sleep.
The only person who had a peaceful sleep was Lijuan and for the others it was meant to be a sleepless night. Hua Mulan and Lee Jianguo were thinking about how to talk to Lijuan about sending Lu Meirong away while Lu Meirong was thinking about how to utilise the limited time to make Lijuan her puppet.
Lijuan woke up at 5 in the morning and got ready to go for a jog. It was a new day and new beginning for her life. She was going to change every single habit she had in her past life. She wore her jogging shoes and left the house. They live in the Chengdu district which is the richest district in the capital. Most of the rich people in the capital stay in this neighborhood. Chengdu Park sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood. It's the largest park and one of the quietest places for running in central capital. Lijuan has to walk for 15 mins from her house to reach the park. Lijuan walked in a normal pace to reach the park and started jogging slowly after reaching the park. With her hoody covering her head and calm music playing in her headphone she started to jog slowly. Since her stamina is not good yet. She will start with a slow pace and run as far as she can.
Lijuan was not a morning person and used sleep till 10 or 11 am in the morning on holidays. Only during the school days her mom used to wake her up by 7:30 am and she will get ready fast and leave to school. The school location was not far from her house. They live the east side of the city centre and school was located in the west side; it was just 20 to 25 mins travel from home. So, she was lazy to wake up early. She was also weak due to no exercise to the body and spending most of her time in watching TV, playing in phone and eating junk food. Compared to her, Lu Meirong was a morning person. She is used to wake up early and go to gym in their house. The gym was prepared in the third floor for Lijuan but it was useful only for Lu Meirong. In the third floor for their house, there is not only gym, but also music room and game room. Lijuan has used only the game room, and the other music room and gym was basically for Lu Meirong. She will work out in gym for an hour the take bath and go to music room to practice her piano skills for about 30 mins to an hour. Then she will get ready to school. By the time Lijuan wakes up, Lu Meirong would have completed her morning routine. She cares more about how she looks and presents herself Infront of other people in school. She is a goddess for those rich kids in her school. Since her school values talent, Lu Meirong show-offs all her good points, she is good in studies, physically fit, and knows how to play piano. She has participated in many competitions, though she has not won much prizes, she gets good feedbacks from the mentors for her handwork. Lu Meirong had planned a very good future for herself.
However, she would always encourage Lijuan to play games and spend time on reading story books. Lijuan was born with high IQ so she didn't need to spend all day with her books to get top scores. She was a above average student without putting much efforts. She was always praised by Lu Meirong for being a smart and her parents were also satisfied with her results, they never asked her to become topper which also made Lijuan to get arrogant and careless in her studies. Since no one cared about her grades, she also stopped putting much efforts into it. She took it very lightly. She was so into her games and love stories, that she hardly communicated with people around her, she was basically a dull student, and even the teachers didn't care about her. Even though she was a beauty her dull character made her a dull person and a person without talent was nothing in their prestigious school. There are no bullying or direct fights in her school. However, it's a school with talented and rick kids, where there are rich kids, discrimination among the kids is common. There is no direct threat, but they will just isolate the person whom they don't like. And Lijuan was such a person whom no one liked because of her arrogant character, since she was unapproachable people though she was arrogant. But everyone was very warm towards Lu Meirong because she was a bright and cheerful person, she was friendly to everyone. A typical social butterfly. Moreover, she was in the toppers list and valued by teachers. So, obviously everyone's attitude towards her couldn't be compared to Lijuan. Whether directly or indirectly, Lu Meirong was also the reason for other students out casting Lijuan. She would drop the hint every now and then about how Lijuan is at home, how she gets everything she wants by throwing tantrums, and how she has to give in Lijuan every time. It's a convincing act and everyone would believe her. What a great school life she had.