Tengyun Street Chronicles [Nineties]

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Blurb:

The youngest child is the apple of his parents' eye. Liu Guangjin was the youngest son, and he was doted on from the day he was born. When he got married, he was given the largest two-bedroom apartment in the whole building.

Back when other people were still living in houses with cement floors, he sweet-talked Grandma Liu into paying to renovate the place and tile the floors.

When his daughter needed to go to school in the county seat, he made a fuss about splitting up the family and secretly built a house there!

Liu's Mother was strong-willed and fashionable, and she cared deeply about appearances.

Whenever she heard Father Zhou bragging across the street, she'd beat Liu Qianwen until she wailed, her hair standing on end like an explosion from the rage her daughter had caused!

Whenever things didn't go her way, Liu Qianwen threw tantrums. She was the boss of the kindergarten and Grandma Liu's darling at home.

Malt milk, giant chicken drumsticks, White Rabbit candy, and Pupu Stars all went to Liu Qianwen! Her cousins would drool with envy, and her aunt would be green-eyed with jealousy!

Liu Qianwen, who had been used to getting everything she wanted since she was little, met the first real rival of her life after moving to the county seat: Zhou Jialang!

Zhou Jialang was the kid all the other parents talked about, and the one all the children on Tengyun Street looked up to. P.S. Liu Qianwen was the exception.

A scene:

Ever since they moved to Tengyun Street, the person Liu Qianwen hated most was Zhou Jialang, who lived in the building across from hers. He was the class monitor, and he got perfect scores on every exam.

Whenever Father Zhou's voice rang out from across the street, praising his son, it was followed by Liu Qianwen's howls as Huang Qiuju beat her!

Before the final exams, Zhou Jialang found a note in his desk: Get another perfect score and I'll have someone beat you up!

Zhou Jialang fell silent...

Liu Qianwen watched Zhou Jialang's