After Rebirth, the Celebrity Daughter is the Medical Expert!-Chapter 333 - 249: Second Update

"After going through these two things, I no longer have such a strong desire to buy name brands. Compared to that, I think doing my job well is more important. How the people around me perceive me is no longer as important."

Quietly listening to Jiang Wei’s self-analysis, Ning Youguang felt a deep sense of joy rising in her heart.

She thought of a sentence she once read in a book: "When a person is extremely honest, she is already invincible."

"I’m really glad you are willing to share these things with me." Her smile was bright.

Jiang Wei also felt very relaxed.

At the same time, an embarrassed expression appeared on her face, "I’m sorry, back then I also thought Professor Yu was biased towards you, allowing you to stay at the school against the rules. I envied you for quite a while, thinking she was so unfair!"

After a long while, she then let go, saying, "Actually, being able to become your roommate, I should have felt lucky. After all, during college, my family’s situation was really difficult. Without your help, I don’t know if I could have completed college peacefully, and wouldn’t be where I am now."

She said, "I’ve never told anyone about my family’s situation because I was very afraid of being looked down upon. My dad was very poor when he was young and couldn’t find a wife. It wasn’t until he was nearly 40 that he married my mom, and after marriage, they had us two sisters.

My mom is disabled, but my grandmother’s family is quite well off.

However, she and their whole family have always looked down on my mom, so they also look down on our family.

In memory, we rarely visited my grandmother’s house.

Occasionally, when we went, my sister and I would timidly hide in the corner, watching well-dressed cousins play.

They would curiously ask my grandmother who these two kids were.

You’ll hardly believe it when I say, once when visiting my grandmother’s house, my sister and I had salted vegetables and rice, and my understanding sister took the bowls back to the cupboard.

Later, on the way home, she told me the cupboard at my grandmother’s house was full of plenty of meat dishes.

Also when I was around four years old, taking my sister to grandmother’s house, grandmother was somewhat merciful that day, she gave each of us a mangosteen.

My sister and I had never eaten mangosteen before and didn’t know how to eat them.

Grandma watched our clueless expressions and laughed loudly, saying these two little fools didn’t even know how to eat mangosteen.

That mocking manner made me and my sister feel extremely uncomfortable even now when we think about it.

We grew up with such difficulty and humiliation.

Being looked down upon since childhood, I vowed to become successful and earn a lot of money.

So, I studied desperately, to get into a good university, to become successful, and to make grandmother’s family regret looking down on my mom and us.

My sister didn’t do well in her studies and dropped out early to work, to support the family and help me with my schooling.

When I got into college, the tuition and living expenses increased, despite my dad and sister working hard, they couldn’t afford it.

In my freshman year, my dad was working on a construction site and fell from a high scaffolding, breaking his leg; he needed treatment and couldn’t work.

My mom is blind, she had to care for him and cook. Once, while cooking, as she couldn’t see, she burned down our kitchen.

At that time, our family was really tragic, my dad didn’t even have enough money for treatment, let alone for my schooling.

But the school was pushing for fees. I was anxious and helpless, often crying under the covers."

After roughly describing her family situation, Jiang Wei asked, "Did you, at that time, notice I couldn’t afford the tuition?"

Ning Youguang said, "I heard you crying several times, later I accidentally overheard you talking to the homeroom teacher about your family’s financial difficulties, and then I knew."

Jiang Wei said, "At that time, I was very afraid of others knowing I was too poor to afford tuition, only dared cry under the covers at night."

She gently sighed, "Fortunately, everything has passed."

Ning Youguang said, "Everyone has a very tough time, once it’s passed, it’s okay. When it’s hard to get past, it is very tough."

Jiang Wei said, "Yes, before, when I encountered so many difficulties, it felt like the sky was falling, now thinking back, it seems not so big of a deal." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Ning Youguang said with a smile, "That’s because you’ve become stronger."

Jiang Wei’s face showed pride, "Yes, over these years, every time I return home for New Year, I drive my sister and her boyfriend around. Whenever we run into uncle’s family driving back to grandma’s house, they would surround me, asking all sorts of questions, like how’s life in Beijing, need money for a house? If you’re low on money, just take some from our house! My sister’s boyfriend would say your relatives are really nice, and my sister and I would exchange a knowing smile."

"At night when we are back home we talk about it and say, who wants their money, back then when our family was in such difficulty they wouldn’t lend us a cent, now seeing us doing well they pretend to offer money, who are they kidding."

This kind of frustration and inferiority about money, Ning Youguang did not have.

She could only think: "She must have had a difficult time then, I’m glad she was there."

"How’s your sister now?" she asked.

"She’s good, my sister works on crafts, has her own shop online, last year she bought a house herself, has been with her boyfriend for several years now, relationship is stable, planning to marry this year." Jiang Wei expressed with satisfaction.

"Congratulations, congratulations." Ning Youguang was genuinely happy for the sisters.

Seeing her full of joy, Jiang Wei added with emotion, "I actually really like you, and envy you because you possess everything I wished to have. During school, many envied me, saying I was lucky to be your only roommate for four years in college. But what they didn’t know was, most of the time I dared not approach you, coming close would uncontrollably make me feel inferior, it was hard not to be jealous of you."

—— She self-deprecated, "Because, I know, in this life I can never become you."

Jiang Wei somewhat dazedly looked at Ning Youguang opposite her, a face without makeup still unchanged from college, still so beautiful, beautiful to an extent not even many actresses she had seen could compare.

Yet her demeanor gives an extremely serene, graceful, and poised feeling.

Before she couldn’t understand, just knowing her family had money.

Now she understands, this is a face never worried by life, it’s a kind of elegant air evident only in girls born into wealthy and well-educated families.

Most rare is——with so many prideful attributes, she remains calm and as gentle as the wind.

Consistently sincere in her dealings with people.

Fate isn’t fair at all.

Some people spare no effort just to take a single glance at Rome.

Some people are born in Rome.

"Why after I distanced from you in junior year, did you still want to be close to me?" she asked with a hint of bitterness.

"Because I allow misunderstanding, acceptance, and dislike within my life." Ning Youguang gave a gentle smile, "Also, thank you for telling me that you admire me."1314