She went through all kinds of hardships, compromising to achieve a fairly decent life.
Yet, ironically, Qiao Mo effortlessly obtained everything!
Qiao Mo would never play in the mud or climb trees with them. Every day, she'd tidy herself up, wearing two beautiful pigtails.
She wouldn't fight with them for a bowl of food with meat, nor would she flatter or curry favor with the dean and teachers.
She would just stand quietly to the side watching them, often for the whole day. Later, she seemed bored and moved a small stool under the tree, resting her chin as if lost in thought.
Yet, the orphans all liked her. The most capable boy would give her the chicken leg that the dean had painstakingly rewarded him with, and a skinny little girl would share an apple she somehow acquired with her. Even every mealtime, since she initially stood at the end of the line without receiving anything, the teacher started setting aside a portion just for her.
