Quick Transmigration: Drama Queen's Daily Life Chapter 1638: The Villain's Foster Mother

Ye Qiu didn’t say why she suddenly came to this decision, and Ye Chuqing didn’t dare to ask. She was more worried about something else—did their family have the money to support her attending extracurricular classes?

“Mom, those classes are quite expensive. Maybe I shouldn’t sign up. Anyway, I’m already so old now, even if I learn it won’t be of much use. It might be better to focus on honing my acting skills.”

“Thinking of giving up before you’ve even started?” Ye Qiu glanced at her.

“That’s not what I meant.” Ye Chuqing hurriedly explained, “I just worry…”

“Worried I don’t have money?” Ye Qiu scoffed, “That’s not something you need to worry about. Your concern should be on learning well so I don’t waste this money. Time’s getting late, hurry to study. Don’t think that just because I’ve agreed to you applying to the film academy, you can slack off on your studies. If your entrance exam scores drop after school starts, then forget about entering the entertainment industry.”

Maybe Ye Qiu’s changes today were too drastic, as Ye Chuqing could only mumble in response: “I understand.”

Even when she returned to her room, she was still a bit taken aback. Her mom really agreed to her becoming an actress? Even going so far as not letting her do housework to maintain her hands and planning to enroll her in various tutoring classes?

Thinking this, Ye Chuqing couldn’t help but chuckle, and Ye Qiu outside the door coldly chastised: “Still studying or not? Making noise late at night? Have some decency as a girl!”

Ye Chuqing’s laughter halted abruptly, hurriedly jumping from the bed to study, not daring to slack off even a bit.

In the living room, Ye Qiu calculated the original body’s savings. All these years, working alone to support the expenses for the two of them, plus the considerable debt left after her late husband’s passing, although these debts were cleared now, there wasn’t much money left in savings.

Frugally saved tens of thousands of dollars is sufficient for enrolling Ye Chuqing in two classes, but it’s far from enough to support her entering the entertainment industry. Though in a few months, the Zhou Family would come to acknowledge their relationship, people’s hearts are inherently biased—a naturally excellent, dazzling daughter growing up by their side compared to an unfamiliar one raised elsewhere, with entirely different noble education, even though there’s guilt, there would still be favoritism.

If the Zhou Family really wholeheartedly cared for their daughter, Ye Chuqing wouldn’t have ended up with such a fate in her previous life.

Ye Chuqing initially at the Zhou Family, already quite anxious, especially with such an outstanding older sister to compare to. If they truly cared for her mentality, why would they let so many people speak in front of their daughter about how inferior she was and how excellent Zhou Linxia was? Their starting points were different, and such comparison was utterly unfair.

Moreover, after both sisters entered the entertainment industry, one was fully supported by surrounding friends, while the other could only secretly work hard herself. Even though Ye Chuqing said not to ask for Zhou Linxia’s help, did you Zhou Family really just ignore her?

Ye Qiu knows her daughter isn’t inherently a bad person; Ye Chuqing must have gradually changed after experiencing much. Of course, part of this is Ye Qiu’s own responsibility.

What Ye Qiu speculated was that finally escaping from her could start to pursue her dream, yet faced numerous hurdles instead—ridicule from those around, comparisons to Zhou Linxia, and indifference from her biological parents, all forcing her into an extreme state.

In such a situation, when Zhou Linxia offered resources to Ye Chuqing, was it really not charity? And why did the fact that they were siblings break out so coincidentally, prompting netizens to comment that Ye Chuqing was just a younger sister needing her older sister’s care, saying she was useless with even strong connections not making her famous?

Heaven knows the Zhou Family never gave her help. Father Zhou and Madam Zhou naturally assumed that since friends around were always taking care of Zhou Linxia, they would also take care of their other daughter, Ye Chuqing, but in reality, they didn’t. Even after returning to that wealthy home, Ye Chuqing still had to fight alone.

Of course, this ties to her being oppressed by Ye Qiu for long and not liking to seek help. But she was a hard-found biological daughter, unfamiliar to any relatives or friends of the Zhou Family, couldn’t you as family show a little more care?

So Ye Qiu felt that once Ye Chuqing entered the entertainment industry, seeking help from the Zhou Family was unlikely, and her goal was to have her daughter surpass Zhou Linxia—one was a naturally excellent, big daughter raised beside them, the other was raised outside not fitting their standards, the preference is obvious.

Ye Qiu wasn’t saying Father Zhou and Madam Zhou treated Ye Chuqing poorly; when Ye Chuqing first returned, the couple was fully committed to making amends. But they lived in the upper echelon long enough to inevitably have a generational gap with the separated younger daughter. People’s hearts are biased, and at least before Ye Chuqing did those things to Zhou Linxia, they still cared for Ye Chuqing to some extent.

But for her own daughter, Ye Qiu wants to provide the best. Since money isn’t enough, she’ll go earn it. Since Ye Chuqing can’t find resources after entering the entertainment industry, she’ll search for it herself.

Ye Qiu’s first thought for making money was cooking, and right next to them was a film city. She figured many celebrities must struggle with the pain of not being able to eat while dieting. What if her cooking was delicious and didn’t make people gain weight?

The next day, Ye Qiu and Ye Chuqing went out together to look at those tutoring classes. Ye Qiu thought learning piano, violin, and the like wouldn’t be instantly effective, better to learn something like the drums or guzheng, easier entry and not overlapping Zhou Linxia’s specialties.

Under the original body’s high pressure, Ye Chuqing always lacked initiative beside Ye Qiu, so she agreed to learn the drums. Besides, Ye Qiu thought that as an actress, maybe Ye Yao could sing, so she signed her up for a music class, then thinking back when Ye Chuqing returned to Zhou Family and was teased for her English accent, she violently hardened her heart to use the remaining savings to hire a one-on-one foreign teacher; of course, the money could only cover a month, she needed to hurry and earn more.

Watching her mom spend money like water for her without a change in expression for several days, Ye Chuqing went from initial shock to gradually experiencing a complex array of emotions.

She once thought her mom didn’t love her, growing up her mom wouldn’t allow her to participate in extracurricular school activities, she had to do housework at home, clothes and shoes were either cheap or second-hand from others, and when talking to her, always crushed her confidence, always said how much she sacrificed so she must repay her in the future.

Seeing classmates with happy families, Ye Chuqing until yesterday very much disliked her mom, but starting yesterday evening, her mom suddenly changed her perspective. Though still speaking harshly, she was willing to spend all her savings for her dreams. Was her mom really as unloving as she’d imagined? Ye Chuqing’s thoughts began to waver.