"Come, Shanshan, call her Auntie."
Shanshan stood where she was, blinked her eyes, and looked at the woman with the excessively bright smile before slowly walking over.
"Hello, Auntie."
Fang Jianing's lips curved into a very gentle smile.
"So, you're Shanshan?"
She crouched down to meet the little girl's gaze.
"You're so pretty! I brought you a little gift. Take a look and see if you like it."
As she spoke, she took a square cardboard box from the pink gift bag she was carrying.
It was exquisitely wrapped and tied with a silk ribbon bow.
'Actually, she'd already found out everything about this girl.'
'Just a little girl they were keeping around for amusement.'
'Once I officially marry into the family and become the mistress of this mansion…'
'I'll just find some school to ship her off to. Out of sight, out of mind, and she won't be such an eyesore.'
She never, ever expected Shanshan to tear open the gift right in front of everyone.
