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Chapter 38: The extravagant Ong family

Crystal's POV
"Excuse me young lady?" My mother snapped as I walked down the stairs. "I did not cancel your sister's tuition classes to have you dressed like this for a party."

"I may be company leader, but I'm not going to conform to your demands and dress in my full uniform," I replied rudely. "It's my honour and the guide uniform is worn to serve people, not to impress people like a fashion show. Formal attire is enough."

"Ok whatever. Chloe, just stop looking at your phone for once and let's go. I did not change your tuition date for you to chat with aliens on Discord."
Crystal's aunt's house
"Congrats on becoming company leader!" Everyone chorused as confetti was thrown on me. The room was scattered with canned food on the counters and random noodle packets. On the dining tables were a bunch frayed cloth and many sewing kits. I'm talking about the real deal; the good old needle and thread. Three Jerry Cans were lined up at the balcony of the function room. All were with water.

It took me a while to unpack what I had seen. When I finally realised it was just my family's way of celebrating my achievements. Thanking them, I headed in and started to play host. Handing out the sewing kits to my relatives, I watched them worked on their needlework, walking around to help them master the ways of needlework whilst my parents tried their hands at a toned down version of outdoor cooking. And then the comparisons started, while I was teaching my cousin how to sew.

The comparison was on leadership.

"Chloe is only the subject rep for Physics, while Crystal is the company leader. Her only after school activities are drawing for random idiots online or editing for random idiots online. "

"Chloe only has 2 groups of friends but Crystal has 3. And Chloe's friend group has people from her old one and new one."

"Come Chloe, sit at the middle of the table. We're going to chase the weeb away." Chloe conformed and everyone took the socks they were sewing and flung it upside down. I flushed and fumed at that moment, deciding to do a special dance.

"Comparisons, comparisons go away!" I chanted, doing what I thought was a traditional Chinese dance. After all, I don't know much about dance apart from street dance. I was jumping around like a little silly bunny, hoping people would notice. And then I broke into song while dancing.

Chloe then joined me in my performance to chase the comparisons away. We sang the song like two idiots hoping that'll give them a good breather from the comparisons they were having fun with. Apparently, it didn't work.

"Crystal is much more in tune with her singing. Her moves are also bouncier and more proficient. Chloe is just one moving piece of cloth in the washing machine."

"Don't say say. She just auditioned for her school's talent show and has an equal chance of getting in as her sister. It's a group item but who cares?"

"It's just a group item. It's not her full effort! Seriously, when will Chloe stop stalking the fuck out of Crystal? Isn't she sick of it?"

"Come on guys, let's not focus on the comparisons. We've got some girl guide activities to complete!" Crystal declared. "Let's look at the bags. What girl guides activity do you want to try next?"
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A/N: for those wondering how do Chloe's parents know of her online activities, Chloe used to do badly in sec 1 so at the end of her first year they did a spot check of her phone and that's how they found the art account and editing account. She was pretty closely monitored the following year which explains why she takes triple science (the requirements for that are really high) but reverted to her old activity when she finished her end of years.