The Fox and the Hedgehog

Song Qingyun had spent over twenty years living in poverty in a cramped apartment building in an urban village. One day, she went to a temple to pray. "I must be the long-lost daughter of a wealthy family, right? Mom, Dad, when are you coming to take me home?"

Less than a week later, several luxury cars pulled up beneath her building. Black-clad bodyguards lined up on both sides. "Welcome home, Miss!"

The car window slowly rolled down, revealing a stunningly beautiful face with a pointed chin and foxlike eyes. Her unconcealed disdain was plain to see. The fake heiress had come in person to collect her.

Ye Shuyu clapped her hands. "Congratulations. You're really going to rise to the top now."

Song Qingyun cupped her hands in return. "Likewise, likewise."

*

The Ye family had found the biological daughter they had accidentally switched at birth more than twenty years ago. They had raised the fake heiress from childhood and were deeply attached to her, so they couldn't bear to cast her aside. In the end, the Ye family simply brought the two of them home to live together.

Song Qingyun knew very well that blood ties didn't mean anything. After arriving at the Ye family home, she spent every day currying favor, acting servile and ingratiating, humble to the very core.

Ye Shuyu couldn't stand Song Qingyun's small-minded air. She had finally climbed to a lofty branch, yet spent all day trembling with fear, as if the slightest gust might blow her right back down.

On the surface, Song Qingyun was deferential. In her heart, she despised Ye Shuyu just as much. You're nothing but a fake, yet you stick a scallion up your nose and pretend it's an elephant's trunk. Who are you trying to fool?

*

At a banquet, Ye Shuyu deliberately stepped on the hem of Song Qingyun's strapless gown. In the dressing room, Song Qingyun's arms were twisted behind her back as she was pinned against the vanity. The person behind her breathed against her neck. Humiliated and furious, she snapped, "You despicable hypocrite!"

Song Qingyun's fingertip stroked the small mole at the back of her neck. "You're shameless, and you don't even know it."

In a secluded corner, their straight hair tangled around a pearl necklace.

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one important thing.

#Matched rivals who wish they had met sooner

#Imperfect characters with deeply questionable morals

Theme: Treat others sincerely. This benefits not only them, but you as well