Let's Squander A Billion First!
Chapter 1687: Born in Solitude (Part 1)
[Thank-You Card synthesis in progress...]
[Thank-You Card synthesis successful, current progress 28%.]
Chuzheng was startled by this progress; is Princess Changhuan’s Thank-You Card really that useful?
[...] Feels like the young lady is thinking about something dangerous.
[Young lady, prepare for the next dimension.]
Chuzheng hadn’t finished pondering before the King’s Account began transmitting.
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"It’s just a piece of clothing, what’s the big deal? I apologized to her, why make such a fuss, who is she showing this to?"
"Alright, alright, let’s stop arguing, especially during New Year."
"Quickly go check on Xiao Chu."
Chuzheng heard faint voices, then she heard someone pushing the door open.
In front of her was darkness, she must have been nestled in the quilt.
"Xiao Chu?"
Chuzheng felt herself being nudged, the woman’s helpless voice sounded.
"Xiao Chu, alright, how about mommy buys you a new one tomorrow?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
"Come out and let mommy check the bruise you got earlier."
Maybe reminded by the words, Chuzheng suddenly felt a bit of pain on her forehead. She touched it with her hand, which hurt so much that she grimaced.
"Xiao Chu, can you come out first?" The woman coaxed her.
"I’m fine." Chuzheng, knowing nothing, dared not go out, directly lying inside pretending to be dead.
"How can you be fine..."
"I’m fine." Chuzheng coldly insisted.
"..."
The woman persuaded for nearly a few minutes, but Chuzheng didn’t pull open the quilt, so she had to give up.
"Then mommy will bring the medicine inside for you to apply yourself."
"Oh..."
The woman sighed, followed by the sound of footsteps leaving, not long after, footsteps sounded again.
Chuzheng waited for the door to close before opening the quilt.
What greeted her was a row of shelves, many figures were placed on them, looking like a display cabinet in a mall at first glance.
The room was quite spacious, with the wardrobe and desk complete, the room style was mainly blue tone, a refreshing girlish vibe.
A tube of red-packaged ointment was placed beside the bed.
Chuzheng swiftly got off the bed and leaned in front of the mirror to look at her current face.
The girl in the mirror had bright eyes and beautiful features, a budding beauty.
Except for the large swelling on her forehead, ruining the aesthetics.
The key is that when she slightly moved her facial features, the pain was sharp, making the whole head seem to ache.
Chuzheng exhaled.
Calm down, it doesn’t hurt.
After calming down for a while, Chuzheng sat back on the bed and accepted the memories.
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The original character was named Lu Chuzheng, with a good family background and kind mother, gentle father.
Mother Lu married down, Father Lu’s family wasn’t doing well back then, and his job wasn’t good either.
Disregarding her family’s opposition, Mother Lu married Father Lu, resulting in her family rarely interacting with them.
After marrying Father Lu, Father Lu became very ambitious.
The two worked hard together, and their days soon improved significantly.
Later, they had the original character, to provide a better life for her, Father Lu worked even harder, so now Mother Lu didn’t even need to work, Father Lu could support the family alone.
This should have been a happy and content family.
However...
Father Lu had an older and a younger brother, these relatives were the best of the worst.
Father Lu was the only one in the family who went to university, it was the uncle who paid for his tuition.
Because of this, Father Lu was tied down afterward.
When the original character’s uncle got married, he asked Father Lu to give money for the wedding.
At the time, economic conditions weren’t good, Father Lu helped in various ways.
The youngest uncle wasn’t married but would visit frequently, impossible to evict, leaving the house in chaos.
Whenever there was any company benefit from Father Lu and Mother Lu’s workplace, those items were basically taken away by these people.
The original character’s parents weren’t particularly assertive, soft-hearted and easily bullied, so these people treated them like sheep to be fleeced.
When the original character was in high school, the uncle’s daughter, Lu Qian, wanted to transfer to a nearby school, so the uncle directly let Lu Qian live in the original character’s home.
The original character’s family situation wasn’t bad now, but the house was an old one, being a school district house, they never changed houses.
But the house wasn’t big, just enough for a family of three.
With one additional person, where would she stay?
In the end, Lu Qian had to share a room with the original character, it was initially her own room, suddenly having an additional person, as expected, the original character’s mood was quite bad.
If Lu Qian was decent, the original character probably wouldn’t be so unhappy.
This Lu Qian was like her uncle’s family, always taking advantage and enjoyed lying.
Without permission, she directly touched her figurines, clothes, computer, etc.
She was also unhygienic, often the original character had just cleaned up, gone out for a while, and the whole room was messy again.
The original character complained to her parents, they had a look of difficulty, saying they were relatives, asking her to bear with it.
The original character was full of anger, nowhere to vent.
Originally thought enduring until after high school would be better, unexpectedly, even at university, Lu Qian was like a ghost spirit.
The original character’s mother, unwilling to let her study alone in another place, applied for job relocation to accompany her.
Lu Qian also got into a school in the same city as the original character, directly moving in again.
Lu Qian not only competed for the original character’s belongings, but also for her boyfriend.
This matter finally infuriated Mother Lu.
Mother Lu went to confront the uncle’s family, with her combat ability, one can imagine the outcome.
Unexpectedly, the uncle used Father Lu’s identity to borrow a lot of money, Father Lu didn’t find out until the debt collectors came knocking.
The other party had complete contracts, even if Father Lu sued them, he might not win.
Father Lu went to confront the uncle’s family, but they shamelessly denied, even reversing the blame, a confrontation ensued.
Over the years, Father Lu was quite exhausted, his health had issues long before, and this agitation caused him to collapse, almost beyond saving.
Even so, Father Lu’s follow-up treatment required a lot of money, almost never leaving the hospital.
Mother Lu had no choice but to sell everything that could be sold at home.
However, once the money was in hand, debt collectors came knocking.
The debt collectors even found the original character’s school, making it impossible for her to continue studying there.
The original character dropped out to take care of Father Lu and found a part-time job.
Mother Lu tried to persuade the original character, but she didn’t listen, eventually running out of options.
Mother Lu didn’t give up, thinking of ways to make money.
One day, the original character received a call from the police while at the hospital, telling her to come over.
Mother Lu overwhelmed by fatigue, had a car accident crossing the street.
Mother Lu’s case wasn’t resolved yet, the hospital informed that Father Lu’s condition deteriorated.
In that moment, the original character felt like the entire world collapsed, exhaustion, anger, despair enveloped her in a bizarre loop.
In the end, Father Lu didn’t make it.
The uncle’s family who ruined the original character’s family, lived well, while Lu Qian walked past, clinging to the boy the original character liked.
The original character handled their funerals alone, calmly packed up, and went to her uncle’s home.
Three days later, someone called the police about a foul smell coming from a neighborhood.
Police broke in, finding a scene of tragedy inside.
The original character killed the uncle’s family, then committed suicide.