Returning to the village during the holiday, I witnessed the neighbor’s sister being brutally beaten by her parents, who intended to marry her off to an old bachelor in exchange for a 100,000 – yuan betrothal gift.
I kindly tried to stop it, but her parents pestered me.
“It’s all your fault for ruining my daughter’s good chance! Now no one wants her. You must marry her, and the betrothal gift is three hundred thousand yuan, not a penny less!”
The neighbor’s sister also rushed over and hugged my leg, crying.
“Brother, please marry me. I’ll be a slave for your family…”
When I refused, they spread rumors that I had defiled the neighbor’s sister and now didn’t want to take responsibility after having my way with her.
They even called the police and made a fuss at school.
When others asked the neighbor’s sister, she just cried and said, “Brother must have his reasons. I’m not worthy of him…”
Finally, the public opinion made it to the hot search, and her whole family went online to play the victim.
I was cyber – bullied and expelled from school.
My mother was so angry that she had a heart attack and passed away before reaching the hospital.
My father, unable to contain his anger, went to reason with them and was pushed to the ground, hitting the back of his head, and died on the spot.
My father was dead, and my mother was gone, but the villagers and keyboard warriors scolded me, saying it was retribution.
On the night of keeping vigil, the neighbor’s sister came over and taunted me with hatred:
“Think you’re so great just because you can go to college? Why do you look down on me? This is the consequence of you looking down on me!”
In despair, I buried my parents, then set a fire and perished with them.
When I opened my eyes again, I was reborn back to the day the neighbor’s sister was beaten.
This time, I chose to turn up the TV volume to the maximum.
1
“Help, help!” The cries outside the door grew louder and louder, but I chose to turn a deaf ear.
My mother came out of the kitchen. “What’s going on with the opposite door? A – xu, don’t just stare at the TV. Go out and see what’s happening.”
“No need to look. She won’t die.” I picked up a piece of honeydew melon that my mother had just cut for me.
With my parents alive and life being comfortable, these days are really nice.
The cries at the door didn’t stop. Instead, they became more intense, and they even started banging on my door.
“Hey? I’ll go out and have a look. What’s wrong with this family? Why are they beating the child to death?” My father rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the door.
“Don’t go.” I suddenly realized something was wrong.
The neighbors opposite weren’t on very good terms with my family. It was just a superficial acquaintance.
In my previous life, upon hearing the cries of Lin Ranran, the neighbor’s sister, I didn’t hesitate to step forward and stop her parents’ violence.
But instead of being grateful, she took advantage of the situation and clung to me, saying that she didn’t want to marry the old bachelor because she had fallen in love with me and wanted to marry me and live with me for the rest of her life.
Her parents fully approved, saying that as long as I paid three hundred thousand yuan in betrothal gifts, they could hold a wedding for us immediately.
Of course, I wouldn’t agree to such a ridiculous proposal.
They exaggerated the matter and posted it on some short – video platforms, saying that I had been in love with their daughter for many years, and now, in order to become a live – in son – in – law of a wealthy family, I unhesitatingly abandoned my girlfriend.
Their daughter was so depressed that she tried to commit suicide several times. They chose to expose this matter to prevent more girls from being deceived by me.
I tried to defend myself many times, but no one believed me.
Someone asked, “If you didn’t do something wrong to them first, why would they slander you? Why did you go out and stop them that day? You must have a guilty conscience!”
For a while, my family and I became the bugs that everyone shouted at on the Internet.
My mother died, and my father also died.
I was completely disheartened. At midnight, I went and set a fire, perishing with their family.
Now that I was reborn, I suddenly realized something was wrong.
The houses in the village were densely packed. There were not just our two families nearby.
The neighbors opposite were not familiar with my family. Why did she persistently knock on my door, and why didn’t her parents, who were beating her, stop her?
I stopped my father and peeked out through the cat – eye by the door.
This family was beating her while staring fixedly at my door.
They were waiting for me to go out! This was a pre – arranged scheme!
I sneered.
Wait. This time, not only will I not go out to save her, but I’ll also be the one to push them to hell.
2
The voices outside gradually weakened. Seeing that we didn’t open the door for a long time, the three of them started whispering.
I read their lips. They probably said, “Could they not be at home?”
Without me, the nosy spectator, their enthusiasm for acting waned.
The howling of Lin Ranran was no longer as loud and passionate as before.
Seeing that no one paid attention, they stopped acting and soon withdrew.
After about another quarter of an hour, Lin Ranran, the neighbor’s sister who had been beaten so that she could hardly stand up, knocked on my door again.
Sure enough, the previous miserable state was just an act.
I turned on the camera function of my phone, put the phone in front of my chest, and made sure the camera could clearly record her every move.
As soon as I opened the door, she pounced on me. “Brother, please, save me. My parents want to sell me to an old bachelor in the village for a 100,000 – yuan betrothal gift.”
I dodged her with a flash and then replied unhurriedly, “Then you should talk to your parents. What’s the use of telling me?”
“Brother, I know you’re a college student from a prestigious university. You’re kind – hearted and reasonable. You will persuade my parents for me, right? If you don’t help me, I’ll have no way out.”
I snorted coldly in my heart. Didn’t she think that as a college student, I had a sense of justice and was easy to manipulate, so she set up this trap for me?
“I can’t do anything. If you don’t want to marry, tell your family yourself. I’m not familiar with you, and I can’t help you.” I deliberately emphasized the words “not familiar”.
But she insisted that I go to her house to persuade them. “Brother, if you don’t help me, they’ll beat me to death.”
I comforted her softly, “Don’t worry. You know I’m a college student from a prestigious university. If you’re beaten to death, I’ll call the police for you, and the police will get you justice.”
Seeing that I refused to budge, she gradually lost patience and shouted at me, “How can you still claim to be a student from a prestigious university? You have no compassion at all. You see your neighbor’s sister about to die in front of you, and you don’t even frown!”
As she wished, I frowned. “Okay, now I’ve frowned. Are you satisfied?”
She left aggressively and went back to her own home.
Finally, watching her slam the door of her house, I smiled.
Slam it. Anyway, I don’t have to pay for it if it breaks.
3
But I still underestimated the shamelessness of the family opposite. They actually called the police.
They said that I had raped their daughter and claimed that the bruises they had beaten were caused by my violence during the rape.
The time they determined for the rape was exactly when the neighbor’s daughter came to knock on my door.
Therefore, when the police came, I immediately said that I had long suspected that this family was up to no good and had already kept evidence.
The police took my video and said they would check if there were any signs of editing. At the same time, they asked Lin Ranran to go to the hospital to collect evidence.
Lin Ranran, of course, wouldn’t agree.
She said she had taken a bath, then said I had worn a condom, and finally, she became so panicked that she started talking nonsense.
The police had experienced such things more than once and quickly guessed the truth. Their attitude towards me became more amiable.
After watching the video, they warned them that if they reported false alarms or harassed my family again, they would be held accountable, and then they left.
This made the Lin Ranran’s family extremely angry.
They had hoped that the police would take me away so that they could threaten my family.
But even after the police left, they still had the nerve to pick a fight.
“How can you ruin my daughter’s reputation like this? Are you even a man?”
Lin Ranran’s father pointed at me viciously.
“You framed me for rape, and now you blame me for ruining your daughter’s reputation? It’s you who ruined my reputation.”
“What are you talking about? You uneducated brute. I tell you, if you don’t take out the betrothal gift and marry Ranran home respectfully, this matter won’t end!”
“Are you out of your mind? You’re just randomly pestering me, right? Come on! Let’s see how you make it not end.”
“You still dare to talk back? I’ll kill you all!”
I wasn’t afraid at all and stepped forward. “Come on, let’s see how you want to kill us.”
The lessons from my previous life told me that this family was all tough – nuts who only yielded to force.
In my previous life, when I knelt in front of them and begged them to clarify, they laughed arrogantly.
They triumphantly said that I had to give three hundred thousand yuan in betrothal gifts, transfer all the houses and cars at home to their names, and our whole family had to be their slaves before they would consider clarifying.
So being weak is useless. Only by being tough can we make them have scruples.
“How do you talk to us? You uneducated little bastard. I tell you, if you don’t give us three hundred thousand yuan in betrothal gifts and kneel down to propose to our daughter, I’ll make your whole family suffer! Look at your sickly mother. If you don’t agree, I’ll scold her until she can’t catch her breath. I won’t care if she dies!”
Lin Ranran’s mother almost spat on my face.
I silently turned off the newly installed surveillance and kicked Lin Ranran’s mother in the stomach. “Get out now, or I can’t guarantee that I can still talk to you nicely!”
She thought she was just threatening, but I knew that what she said had come true in my previous life.
The face of my mother when she passed away appeared in front of me again, and the anger in my heart was burning.
The three of them were used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Seeing me so tough, they became timid and muttered as they quickly ran back home.
I knew this matter wouldn’t end like this.
According to what they did in my previous life, they wouldn’t give up so easily.
Without evidence, they would make things up and try every means to smear me.
4
Soon, Lin Ranran posted on the Internet, saying that she had been raped by her neighbor. After reporting to the police, the police perfunctorily refused to deal with it.
Her mother, out of love for her daughter, went to ask for an explanation but was kicked hard and was now lying in bed unable to get up.
There were two pictures attached. One showed her body with green and purple marks and some white liquid splashed on it, and the other showed a blue – black footprint on her mother’s stomach.
I had to say that this family was really desperate.
The daughter was willing to use her innocence as a bargaining chip, and the mother was also ruthless enough.
I knew exactly how much strength I used at that time. It was absolutely impossible to cause such serious injuries.
The only possibility was that they kicked the wound a few more times after going home to get such an injury.
I knew the truth, but other netizens knew nothing about it.
All they could see was a poor little girl who had no way to get justice from the police and was severely retaliated against when asking for an explanation.
For a while, everyone felt very sympathetic to Lin Ranran’s family.
At the same time, I became the target of everyone’s condemnation, and even the police were not spared. They were questioned for not safeguarding the interests of the people and accepting bribes from me to cover up my scandal.
However, I was not worried at all.
This time, the Lin Ranran’s family seemed to be in a panic because I didn’t act as they expected at every step.
In my previous life, they didn’t dare to drag the police into it.
But now, the Lin Ranran’s family still didn’t understand the consequences of slandering state functionaries.
They wholeheartedly believed that as long as the online public opinion was strong enough, the police would bow their heads and I would be arrested.
At that time, they could threaten my family as they liked.
As if they had already won, they came to my house with the arrogance of small – people who had achieved success. “You all know the current situation on the Internet. I tell you, now three or four hundred thousand yuan in betrothal gifts is not enough. You have to give us at least one million, no, at least two million yuan as our pension, and then we’ll consider giving you a chance to negotiate.”
“Let’s talk things over. How can my son live like this in the future?”
My mother panicked and respectfully brought tea to the three of them.
But they became even more complacent and waved their hands to knock over the teacup. The boiling hot water immediately spilled on my mother.
“I tell you, there’s nothing to talk about except money. If it weren’t for your son, our Ranran’s reputation wouldn’t have been so ruined. You must take responsibility.”
I got angry, got up, went to the kitchen, picked up a knife, and rushed towards them. “How dare you treat my mother like this! We might as well perish together!”
5
When they saw me coming out with a knife, they were scared. They got up in a hurry and fled, leaving a harsh word before leaving. “We won’t let you go. Just wait. I’ll make you lose everything and kneel on the ground crying and begging me for a chance!”
I stood at the door, holding the knife and pointing it at the opposite side in the distance. “Let’s see who won’t let who go. Under the bright sky, I don’t believe you can deceive everyone by making things up out of nothing!”
Lin Ranran, however, smiled triumphantly at me. “Let’s wait and see. After all, everyone knows that no girl would joke about her innocence.”
For two lifetimes, I still couldn’t figure out why she targeted me.
Why did she want to push me into the mud? What had I done to offend her?
Turning around, the Lin family uploaded the video of their demonstration at our house today. Of course, it was a cut – off version, deleting the key parts and only leaving the part where I threatened them with a knife.
At the end of the video, Lin Ranran appeared.
“I’m really sorry for my parents. I made them worry about me at their age and be insulted and threatened by the person who hurt me.”
The girl in simple clothes was crying pitifully, while the perpetrator not only showed no remorse but was now acting arrogantly and trying to hit people.
This aroused the sympathy of the whole network. They spared no effort to dig out my personal information. Not only me, but also my school was exposed and attacked.
Netizens flocked to the comment section of the school’s official blog, demanding that the school expel me.
The school stated that it was already investigating the matter and would definitely give an explanation to the public.
But the netizens didn’t buy it. They were aggressive and insisted that the school expel me immediately.
My counselor called me more than a dozen times a day, asking if I had done anything illegal. If not, I was asked to clarify as soon as possible.
But I couldn’t.
If you don’t kill a tiger, you’ll be harmed by it.
If I clarified now, the Lin Ranran’s family wouldn’t learn a deep enough lesson and wouldn’t feel the pain.
I wanted them to be lifted up high and then fall hard to the ground.
Only then could I avenge the destruction of my family in my previous life because of them.
Not only my school, but I knew my parents must also be under great pressure at their work units. They just chose to endure it and not tell me a word because they were afraid I would worry.
But just because they didn’t say anything, I couldn’t pretend not to know.
I roughly told them my plan and asked them to rest at home for a while.
My parents agreed with my proposal. They really couldn’t stand their colleagues pointing fingers at them.
This feeling of knowing you’re innocent but still being accused and scolded by everyone was really unbearable.
Even though I had experienced it once in my previous life, I still felt depressed now.
6
The public opinion storm didn’t stop.
Lin Ranran suddenly knocked on my door in the middle of the night. “Brother, let me in quickly. I have something to tell you. I’m not here to harm you. I promise.”
I didn’t hesitate and generously let her in.
I had installed surveillance cameras in every corner of the house. During her time in my house, she was recorded and videotaped without any blind spots. I wasn’t afraid of any tricks she might play.
After entering the house, she stared at me blankly, and after brewing for a long time, she finally burst into tears. “Brother, I didn’t mean to harm you on purpose. I know what I’m doing now is wrong, but I have no choice. It’s all my parents who forced me to do it.”
Seeing my expressionless face, she added fuel to the fire and got up to hit the wall. “I know I’ve done something wrong and there’s no way to make up for it. So it’s better if I just smash my head here. If I die, my parents won’t be able to use me as an excuse to force you to pay money.”
I was quick – witted and grabbed her. If she hit the wall, I’m afraid my parents sleeping upstairs would be awakened immediately.
My parents passed away one after another because of me in the previous life, and now they are suffering because of me again. How could I bear to make them not even sleep well?
This is what I thought in my heart, but I couldn’t say so.
I pretended to be very touched. “Ranran sister, I knew you were a kind – hearted girl. You’re different from your parents.”
“What kindness do I have?” Lin Ranran wiped her tears and was still acting hard. “If I were really kind, I wouldn’t have compromised because I was afraid of being abused by my parents, and I wouldn’t have cooperated with them to extort you.”
“Brother, it’s my fault. I’m sorry for you!”
I sighed and after a long time said, “It can’t all be blamed on you. So… you also had no choice.”
Suddenly, Lin Ranran rushed towards me with a moved face and hugged me, crying.
This time I stepped back, but it was too late to avoid her. Of course, I deliberately didn’t avoid –
A small bug had been stuffed into her pocket by me.
Then, I pushed her away.
“Brother, I’m so glad you can understand me. What can I do to make up for it now? Every day when I see people scolding you, I feel so heart – broken. I’m almost driven crazy by guilt! How about…”
Lin Ranran continued to cry, covering her face, and then suddenly changed the subject. “Let’s tell the public that we’re actually engaged.”
“I know what my parents said and did was too much. I’ll go back and talk to them -“
“The betrothal gift can be the original 300,000 yuan, okay?”
I sneered in my heart.
Finally, the true intention was revealed, right?
Seeing my silence, Lin Ranran quickly said,
“Brother, I know you’re angry now, but if you don’t agree, my parents will only be more excessive.”
“Brother, please agree. This is just a temporary measure.”
“When the heat is over, we can cancel the engagement, and I’ll persuade my parents to return the betrothal gift.”
“Brother… I know you’re a college student, and I know I’m not worthy of you. I just want to help you. Please believe me.”
So she came here in the middle of the night to make a discounted deal.
There was no such part in the previous life.
Presumably, at that time, my parents had been constantly seeking peace with them, and they thought they had my family in their hands, so they naturally wouldn’t lower the price.
I pretended to be hesitant. “If it’s a fake engagement… will the betrothal gift really be returned to me? Three hundred thousand yuan is not a small amount for my family.”
“Of course I know…” A hint of disdain flashed in her eyes, and she almost blurted out something, but quickly changed her words. “Of course I won’t lie to you.”
After a long time, I gritted my teeth.”Okay, then I’ll talk to my parents tomorrow and persuade them. But even if it’s a fake engagement… it makes you feel wronged.”
Lin Ranran lowered her eyes, as if trying to hide the joy bursting out in her eyes. “I’m not wronged. This matter was caused by me in the first place. I will definitely persuade my parents to clear your name.”
She excused herself by saying that she had sneaked out and was afraid of being discovered, so she had to go home immediately.
Then, she made an appointment with me to sneak out to find me again the next night to hear my final decision.
I expressed my understanding and sent her out.
As soon as she left, I didn’t hesitate to take off my clothes and throw them into the trash can, then rushed into the bathroom to wash my hands frantically.
She made me feel sick.
If it weren’t for the fact that after my parents died in the previous life, she came to me arrogantly and taunted me, saying that it was my deserved retribution for not marrying her, I might have believed a little that she really had a change of heart tonight.
But I had already seen her ugly side, so I wouldn’t be deceived by her anymore.
The time had come.
It was time to avenge all the misfortunes I had suffered in the previous life one by one.
Lin Ranran, just wait.
You won’t end well.
7
As expected, her parents were waiting for her to go back and report the results at home.
Before long, voices came from the bug.
“How is it? How is it? Did he give in?” Lin Ranran’s mother’s eager voice sounded first.
“Of course. He’s just a naive college boy who hasn’t been beaten by society. I fooled him with just a few words.”
“At first, he was still hesitant, but later I told him that I would return the betrothal gift. This fool immediately lit up and agreed without thinking.”
“What? Return the money to him? Then we’ve been working for nothing. Who allowed you to return it?”
The voice of Lin Ranran’s father, furious, came from the device.
“Dad, what are you thinking? How could the money we get be returned to him?”
“If he dares to ask for it, I’ll go online again and say that he’s going back on his word and wants to take back the money he compensated me. He’ll be cursed to death by netizens! Of course, I’m lying to him when I say I’ll return it.”
“Don’t you think he’ll record something?”
“Don’t worry, Dad. I deliberately hugged him and checked. His phone wasn’t recording. And I didn’t see any red camera in the room. Recently, we’ve been keeping an eye on it. Uncle Guanglin, who sells surveillance cameras, hasn’t done business with their family either. Don’t worry.”
Listening to Lin Ranran’s triumphant voice, I clenched my fists.
Sure enough, beasts can’t do anything good.
We actually thought of the same thing.
She hugged me to guard against me.
Unfortunately, she didn’t expect that I stuffed a bug into her.
She even less expected.
You can buy everything online.
Including pinhole cameras.
Since they started it, don’t blame me for following suit.
With the video in hand, I was already invincible.
The next night, Lin Ranran came to me as promised.
I said to her worriedly, “Ranran, my parents agreed to give us the money for the fake engagement.”
“Really? That’s great.”
“However, I still have something to tell you… I didn’t expect the situation at home to be like this…” I sighed and seemed to hesitate to speak.
“Brother, what’s wrong?” Lin Ranran looked confident.
“I asked my parents today and found out that my grandma was ill before. You know, it was cancer… When she was treated in a big city, all the family savings were used up, and it wasn’t enough. Later, my father had no choice but to borrow usury. Now, it’s almost the repayment date.”
Lin Ranran looked suspicious. “Brother, how could this be? How could your father risk everything for an old… old lady? I mean, how could he be willing to spend so much money and even borrow usury?”
I felt disgusted in my heart.
She was so unkind that she thought everyone in the world was as bad as her.
I sighed. “Yes, but the money was really spent.”
I showed her the bill of my grandma’s illness and the loan contract.
Half of the bill was real, and the other half was fake. I asked a friend to help me PS and print it overnight.
“The family is actually out of money. It just looks good on the surface.”
“But my father loves me and wants your parents to let me go. So, today… he went to borrow usury again.”
“My father said that with my current reputation, even if it’s clarified in the future, people may not believe it. So he wants… you to really marry me.”
“Ah? What do you mean, brother?”
Lin Ranran was stunned.
She probably didn’t expect that she wanted to fish for a big fish, but instead, she seemed to have become the real big fish.
I sighed. “I mean a real engagement. But I’m afraid I’ll implicate you…”
“Our family will definitely not be able to pay back the money in the future.”
“I’m afraid those loan sharks will come to your house to ask for money when they know you’re my fiancée.”
“Then I’ll be harming you. Those are real gangsters.”
“I’m not worried about your parents. I’m just worried about implicating you.”
“How could this happen?” She was a little flustered. “Don’t worry… Well… I, I, I’ll go home and discuss with my parents to see how to help you. Don’t tell anyone about our marriage for now. Hold on, brother. I’m sorry. I’m a little scared, but don’t worry, I’m definitely on your side.”
She didn’t have time to say more to me and ran out of the house in a hurry.
Unfortunately, the button – shaped bug I put in her pocket last night seemed to have gotten wet and there was no sound anymore.
I couldn’t hear what they were saying anymore.
But I could imagine that they must be thinking about how to get rid of me.
Selfish beasts. How could they be willing to get into big trouble for me?
8
Sure enough, the next day, Lin Ranran’s parents came to the door again.
But Lin Ranran didn’t come.
Lin Ranran’s mother still had that shameless look. “I’ve thought about it carefully. You’re weak and useless. You really don’t deserve my daughter. As long as you give us 200,000 yuan in mental compensation, this matter will be over.”
“How can that be? When my father went to borrow money, he told others that it was for marrying your daughter, Lin Ranran. Now that the money hasn’t arrived, and you say you won’t get married, aren’t you harming me?”
I pretended to be angry and firmly disagreed.
“Do you have any shame? A toad wants to eat swan meat. With your current bad reputation, you still deserve my daughter?”
“Anyway, you said on the Internet that she was raped by me. We’ve always lived opposite each other. Since this has happened, isn’t it good to get married?”
“Our daughter is already engaged to someone else. They’ll get married soon! They’ll be a legal couple. Do you understand the law? Can you compare? Anyway, we have nothing to do with you!” Lin Ranran’s mother said immediately.
Lin Ranran’s father immediately echoed, “Yes, yes, yes.”
I laughed. A group of law – illiterate people who spread rumors and framed others were now threatening people with the law.
However, this was exactly what I wanted.
I spread my hands. “Anyway, someone will come to urge me to pay back the loan in a few days. Let’s see where you can find a son – in – law with a marriage certificate in just two or three days.”
“The whole network knows about the matter between our two families. You can’t escape!”
These two days, I asked my mother to deliberately tell an old lady in the village about borrowing usury.
In less than half a day, the rumor had spread throughout the village.
After being exaggerated by the gossips, the rumor had evolved into the situation that my family would soon be burned down by the loan sharks.
Because of these rumors, Lin Ranran’s family was certain that the matter of my family borrowing usury was true.
Threatened by me like this, Lin Ranran’s father immediately said stubbornly, “We’ll go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get the marriage certificate tomorrow. Let’s see what you can do!”
“I tell you, before repaying the usury, you have to give us 200,000 yuan in mental compensation!”
The two left harsh words and ran away in a hurry.
The classmates I contacted also arrived. Dozens of them, pretending to be tough guys with big tattoos, big pompadours, flowery shirts, and sunglasses, wandered around outside the village.
In my previous life, these passionate classmates and friends believed in me and also cheered for me on the Internet.
Unfortunately, their strength was too weak.
Now, as soon as I asked, they didn’t hesitate and readily agreed to help me.
After I showed them the video of the truth, they were so angry that they almost rushed into the Lin family’s house to beat them up.
I stopped them.
I was already very grateful that they were willing to come and help.
I couldn’t really let them bear the legal risk.
The classmates wandered around nearby.
The Lin family panicked.
They announced that they would marry Lin Ranran off immediately.
But Lin Ranran’s reputation was already bad, and they wanted to marry her off in a hurry. How could they find a suitable person immediately?
Her parents soon turned their attention to an old bachelor in the neighboring village.
That old bachelor was hot – tempered and would fight with others at every disagreement. No one had ever dared to marry him.
His bad temper was well – known in the surrounding area. But he didn’t use the Internet, and no one was willing to contact him. Naturally, he didn’t know about Lin Ranran’s scandal – or perhaps, even if he knew, he wouldn’t care. He just wanted a wife to be his nanny and have children for him.
Hearing that the Lin family wanted to marry off their daughter and that the requirements for the other party were no restrictions on age or wealth, as long as the betrothal gift was enough.
The old bachelor offered to give 80,000 yuan in betrothal gifts and marry Lin Ranran.
Of course, Lin Ranran refused and threatened to commit suicide to make her family reject this absurd proposal.
But since her parents could use their daughter’s innocence to frame me, they naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity to get money and get rid of the usury problem.
They didn’t hesitate to accept the old bachelor’s betrothal gift and agreed that they would go to get the marriage certificate on the same day.
Lin Ranran still didn’t agree, but her parents beat her up without hesitation.
This beating was not the fake act in front of my house before, but a real beating with sticks.
In the afternoon, I saw with my own eyes that she was beaten so that she couldn’t stand up straight and was dragged out of the house by her parents and pushed into a shabby wedding car and sent to the old bachelor’s house in the neighboring village.
That day, they got married and entered the bridal chamber.
On the way back, Lin Ranran’s parents told everyone they met that their daughter had been in love with that old bachelor for a long time and finally got her wish. It was really a great happy event.
They wanted the villagers to be their witnesses to prove that their family had nothing to do with ours, in case they were entangled by the loan sharks.
I laughed.
There was no usury at all.
This family was so selfish that they would rather push their daughter into a den of wolves than take a little risk.
9
The day after Lin Ranran was forcefully married off, her parents came to the door again.
This time, Lin Ranran’s father was arrogant. “Hurry up and hand over the 200,000 – yuan mental compensation, or I won’t let you go!”
“If you don’t give the money, I’ll make trouble every day and make your lives miserable!”
Lin Ranran’s mother also wailed, “You made my daughter get married in such a hurry. Oh, my heart aches. It’s all because of your heartless family!”
Selfish people always shirk responsibility.
It was clearly they who were afraid of getting into trouble and were greedy for the old bachelor’s betrothal gift, so they married Lin Ranran off. But now they shifted all the blame to us.
“I didn’t do anything. Why should I give you money? Not a penny! Don’t even think about it!”
The surveillance was still working dutifully.
Lin Ranran’s father smiled triumphantly. “Does it matter if you did it or not? Those netizens who believe everything they hear think you did it, so you did it! If you don’t give the money, I’ll make Ranran go online and scold you again!”
“You’re framing people out of nothing!”
“So what if we are? I tell you, now we just want 200,000 yuan. If you procrastinate, you won’t even be able to live in your house!”
My mother, having learned from me these days, played her part more realistically. She cried with snot and tears, “You’re going too far. Our family is just an ordinary family. Where can we get 200,000 yuan?”
“I don’t care how you get the money. You can sell your kidneys or borrow usury. Anyway, you must give this money.”
My father also got into the act.
Why do you have to pester our family? After all, we’re opposite – door neighbors.
“Then you’re just unlucky!” Lin Ranran’s father laughed maniacally.
He thought our family was going to compromise and that he would soon get 200,000 yuan.
But what they didn’t know was that.
This scene just now.
Was broadcast live throughout the whole process.
Moreover, the police also publicly released the police – handling records and videos, indicating that it was them who firmly refused to cooperate with the police’s questioning. The so – called humiliation and cover – up were all baseless.
On the contrary, the Lin family refused to cooperate with the police in inspection and evidence – collection.
They just casually claimed that I was guilty.
The truth came to light. The trending searches exploded. Netizens flocked to get the scoop. They could see the indignation of the police when they first received the report, the helplessness when Lin Ranran refused to cooperate, and the disgust towards Lin Ranran after I provided the video to prove my innocence.
I also took the opportunity to release all the previously saved surveillance videos online, allowing netizens to see the ugly faces of this family. Suddenly, public opinion was in an uproar, and the trend completely reversed.
However, the Lin family knew nothing about this. They were still immersed in the joy of making a large sum of money. It was not until they received a court summons that they realized their dreams had shattered. They rushed to my house furiously and shouted, “You little bastard, what on earth did you do? How dare you sue us?”
“Afraid now? I tell you, this is just the beginning.”
“Aren’t you afraid that we’ll expose you online and make your whole family unable to live?”
I calmly took out my phone and read the netizens’ comments to them word by word.
“How could there be such people? They frame others out of nowhere. They’re truly beasts.”
“If there are more such scumbags, no one will believe real victims when they come forward in the future.”
“They really deserve to die. I hope the court will give them a severe sentence. It would be best if these three villains are locked up in prison for the rest of their lives and never come out.”
All the words that attacked me in my previous life were now directed at their family.
10
In my previous life, it was my mother who was so angered by them that she had a heart attack and died before reaching the hospital. This time, my mother was fine, but it was Lin Ranran’s mother who had an illness.
However, she was lucky. It was just a cerebral infarction, and she was sent to the hospital in time. She didn’t die on the way to the hospital like my mother. Although her life was saved, she was completely paralyzed in bed, with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes. It was difficult for her to speak, let alone shout and pester us at my house as before.
It was said that the doctor told the family that if she was taken care of well, there was still a possibility of recovery in the later stage. But who would be willing to take care of her? Lin Ranran’s father escaped from the hospital that night. He boasted to everyone he met, “I’m so smart. If I stayed in the hospital, that bitch would have cost me a fortune. Now that I’ve sneaked out, let’s see who they ask for money.”
Naturally, I didn’t miss such good material. I secretly filmed it and posted it online, letting everyone know that he was a scumbag who abandoned his wife and daughter.
Soon, it was time for the court session. Lin Ranran and her father stood in the defendant’s dock. Only then did I know why she didn’t notice the wrong online public opinion in time and failed to remind her parents. She was covered in green and purple bruises, and both sides of her cheeks were swollen high. Apparently, her life after marriage was not good.
When the lawyer read out their evil deeds, she immediately knelt down and begged, “Please, I admit everything. Please arrest me and put me in prison. I don’t want to be beaten anymore. Please lock me up.”
There was no such easy thing. I chose to forgive. I told the judge that everything she did was under the threat of her parents. Her father should bear the main responsibility. I decided not to pursue her responsibility.
The court adopted my statement. Because of spreading rumors, false information, extortion, and slandering state functionaries, Lin Ranran’s father was arrested and imprisoned. As for Lin Ranran’s mother, she had lost her ability to move and was not punished. And Lin Ranran, having been forgiven by me, was only sentenced to a public apology and had to compensate my family with a sum of mental damage compensation.
Lin Ranran firmly disagreed with this judgment. She roared hysterically, demanding to go to prison. But it was useless. The court pronounced the judgment in court, and she was forcibly taken away.
When I returned home, Lin Ranran came to my door, knelt down, and begged me, “Brother, please save me. That old bachelor is a beast. He beats me every day. I really can’t stand it anymore.”
“I’ve always wondered why you targeted me. Tell me, and I might consider helping you.” I looked down at her and asked the question that had puzzled me for a long time.
“Because…” Lin Ranran stammered for a long time. Finally, she raised her head, and the hatred in her eyes almost couldn’t be hidden. “I was jealous of you!”
“I was jealous that your parents treated you so well, while I was treated like dirt by my parents! Just because you’re a son and I’m a daughter? Why is the world so unfair? I’m not willing! I’m not willing!”
“So I wanted to marry you and live a good life. Or… if I couldn’t get it, I would destroy it!”
Was it really because of such a ridiculous reason? It was sad and laughable!
“My parents treat me well not because I’m a son, but because they are good people themselves. Your parents treat you badly just because they are not good people and don’t do good deeds.”
“To be fair, you were pitiful. But just because you were pitiful, why did you harm me? Am I not pitiful when I was harmed? From the moment you chose to harm me, you were no longer pitiful. You were hateful!”
Lin Ranran still didn’t wake up. She stuck her neck out and said, “I’ve told you. You have to save me.”
I shrugged. “Sorry, I lied. I can’t save you.” Even if I could, I wouldn’t. How could I save the enemy who pushed me into hell?
“You reap what you sow. You got what you deserved today. You can’t blame others.” I forcefully closed the door, leaving her crying and making a scene outside. Eventually, her current husband found her and dragged her away, cursing.
If she hadn’t been so malicious and tried to frame me, if her family hadn’t been so eager to marry her off to avoid trouble, she would have had a better destination and a better life. But now, it was all too late. She didn’t deserve to regret. She had to pay for what she had done. Just thinking about how she had taunted me arrogantly in front of me after my parents died in my previous life made me grind my teeth in hatred. How could I possibly sympathize with her or forgive her in this life? Impossible!
11
Because the Lin family had been delaying the payment of the compensation, the court finally enforced it. Not only were all the balances in their bank cards given to me, but their house was also auctioned off at a low price. The popularity that the Lin family had painstakingly hyped up ended up benefiting me. The whole network knew about my being framed and then successfully fighting back.
I held a live – stream to tell the story. During the live – stream, I refused donations. I also became a UP host on a certain website. I resumed my studies, but I would post a video every few days. I taught netizens knowledge in my major and also told them how to protect themselves when in danger.
Now, I’m completely different from who I was in my previous life. My parents are still alive and well, and I have a happy and harmonious family. I also have the opportunity to help others with my professional knowledge and live a good life. I became an outstanding graduate of the school, instead of being expelled from school in disgrace as in my previous life.
Now, my enemies are either in the hospital or in prison, and Lin Ranran has also received her due punishment. One day when I got home, my mother told me that the old bachelor Lin Ranran married took advantage of the fact that her parents couldn’t speak for her and knew about her past scandals. He threw all the dirty and tiring work at home to her, and if she didn’t do it well, he would beat her.
If it were someone else being treated like this, I would definitely help without hesitation. But for Lin Ranran, no matter how bad her life was, it was what she deserved. I could only be happy about it.
I took the piece of watermelon my mother handed me and ate it happily. “Thank you, Mom. We’ll all be well in the future!”
My mother nodded. “Yes, we’ll all be well.”
– End –
