In the previous life, my sister fell in love with Huang Haiyang, a rapper who made a living by singing on the street.
For his sake, she not only squandered a lot of money but also ran away from home many times.
However, that man who boasted of being a rising star in the music industry was actually just a good-for-nothing freeloader.
I couldn’t bear to see my sister sinking deeper and deeper, so I told our parents.
The next day, they immediately sent my sister to study in Germany.
Unexpectedly, she hated us to the bone because of this and secretly poisoned the water, causing us to bleed from our seven orifices and die.
Fortunately, God had mercy. When I opened my eyes again, I found that I had been reborn.
This time, I wouldn’t persuade her even if she wanted to marry a paramecium across species.
1
“Brother, this is my boyfriend Huang Haiyang. He’s a famous rapper in our city! A future big star!”
Someone patted me on the shoulder and said to me with pride in their tone.
I turned my head and saw that it was my sister, Fu Miao.
Could it be that I had been reborn?
It wasn’t until my nails dug deeply into the flesh of my palm and I clearly felt a sharp pain that I was sure that I had indeed been reborn, back to the day when Fu Miao brought Huang Haiyang home to celebrate Mom’s birthday in the previous life.
But even if it happened again, looking at this so-called rapper in front of me who was less than 1.7 meters tall and had dyed yellow hair, I still couldn’t help frowning.
Huang Haiyang ignored my somewhat ugly face, grinned crookedly, and then greeted me familiarly, “Hey, yo! Brother! You can from now on call me Haiyang or Tony!”
After saying that, he stuck out half of his tongue and winked at me playfully, thinking he was cute.
Ugh!
This guy was even more greasy than some middle-aged uncles at such a young age!
But I still managed to force a smile and said to him, “Hello.”
The next second, Shen Miao, my cousin who was studying at the same university as Fu Miao, suddenly stood up and said straightforwardly, “Aren’t you the guy who sings near our school every day?”
Immediately, the relatives looked at each other in dismay. They might all be thinking that as a college student, why did Miao Miao choose an unemployed person as her boyfriend.
My mother’s face had already become extremely ugly, but due to the large number of people present, she could only hold back her anger for the time being.
It was my father who spoke first and asked, “Xiao Huang, you didn’t go to college at your age. Do you plan to make a living by singing all the time in the future?”
Huang Haiyang, however, grinned crookedly, thinking he was handsome, and said, “So what? I started singing after graduating from junior high school. I think it’s pretty good. At least I’m free.
Especially for us rappers, we can’t stand being restricted the most. Because we need to seize inspiration and create at any time.
Well, forget it. What’s the point of talking about these with you laymen? You don’t understand anything.”
When my mother learned that her daughter’s boyfriend only had a junior high school education, she was so surprised that she accidentally knocked over the teacup beside her.
Fu Miao, seeing this, didn’t worry about whether Mom was scalded by the hot water. Instead, she said to Mom with a dissatisfied look, “Mom, so what if Haiyang only graduated from junior high school? Do you have to be like this? Times are different now. Education doesn’t represent everything!
Don’t look at the fact that Haiyang isn’t famous yet, but with his strength, I believe it won’t be long before he soars to great heights and becomes famous all over the country!
I brought him here today, hoping to get your recognition and blessings. But I didn’t expect that all of you are giving him dirty looks here. It’s really too much…”
My father couldn’t bear to listen any longer. He slammed the table and shouted at Fu Miao, “Shut up!”
Fu Miao was startled and still wanted to continue arguing, but Huang Haiyang stepped forward, pulled her arm, and then said with a wronged expression as if he was the one who had been wronged but still had to consider the overall situation, “Miao Miao, don’t get angry with your family because of me. It’s not worth it. My family is penniless. It’s no wonder your family looks down on me. Better a quick death than a lingering one. I think we’d better break up.”
After saying that, Huang Haiyang’s eyes turned red, and he turned around and was about to walk out of the private room.
Fu Miao saw him like this and felt extremely distressed. She quickly grabbed him and said, “Haiyang, what are you talking about! I won’t break up with you!”
“Actually, you don’t have to care about what they think of you. Anyway, I’ve already decided that I’ll marry no one but you in this life.”
When my mother heard that her precious daughter said she wanted to marry a loafer, she was so angry that she blacked out and fainted on the spot.
Fortunately, I was quick-witted and caught her in time. Otherwise, she would surely have bumped into the corner of the table and bled profusely like in the previous life.
“Honey!” My father was extremely worried when he saw this. While helping Mom catch her breath, he quickly dialed 120.
Fortunately, after being sent to the hospital, the doctor said that she was fine.
My wife, Gu Man, saw that my face was still solemn and walked over to pat me on the back, comforting me gently, “Asen, don’t worry too much. The doctor just said that Mom was just so angry that it affected her heart for a moment. She’s already recovered now.”
I nodded and thought to myself, what should I do in this life to protect my family from being hurt by Fu Miao, that ungrateful wretch?
2
That night, my father insisted on staying in the hospital to take care of Mom and asked Gu Man and me to go home and rest first and come to replace him the next morning.
I was still in a daze, so I didn’t insist on staying with Mom in the hospital.
However, as soon as Gu Man and I got home, we bumped into Fu Miao who was dragging a suitcase and about to go out.
Gu Man quickly walked up, grabbed her arm, and asked, “Miao Miao, where are you going so late?”
Fu Miao shook off her hand and said, “None of your business!
The way you treated Haiyang today was clearly to embarrass him on purpose. Now, he said he wants to break up with me. Are you satisfied?”
Gu Man hurriedly explained, “Miao Miao, we just think that person isn’t suitable for you…”
But before Gu Man could finish her sentence, Fu Miao interrupted her sharply, “Sister-in-law, only I know whether it’s suitable or not. I’m not like you who only likes rich people like my brother.”
I couldn’t hold back the anger that had accumulated in my heart for two lifetimes anymore. I rushed over and slapped Fu Miao directly.
“You self-deprecating woman, you don’t deserve to compare with your sister-in-law here at all! If you want to leave, just leave quickly. Don’t think that running away from home can threaten anyone!”
Fu Miao was stunned by my slap. She covered her face and looked at me in disbelief. When she opened her mouth again, her voice even changed its tone.
“Brother, you actually hit me?”
In the previous life, facing this sister who was ten years younger than me, I had always been doting on her. I had never said a harsh word to her, let alone laid a finger on her.
But now, I wished I could cut this ungrateful wretch into pieces right away.
“Yes, I hit you, this ungrateful wretch. Mom was so angry that she was hospitalized because of you, but you didn’t even go to visit her. Instead, you’re here making a fuss about running away from home.
Is there nothing else in your mind except that man?”
Gu Man saw that I was so angry that my eyes were red. She quickly walked to my side and pulled my sleeve, saying, “Miao Miao is still young. She needs to be taught slowly.”
I couldn’t help but laugh at myself when I heard her say that. “She’s still young? She’ll be twenty years old after the New Year. We’ve always treated her like a child in the past, that’s why she’s so willful now.”
Fu Miao was so angry when she heard me say that about her that she stamped her feet. “Brother, why don’t you accept that I’m with Haiyang? Are you also a snob like them who despises the poor and fawns on the rich?”
At this moment, I realized that people really would laugh when they were speechless.
“Haha, we’re all snobs? You’re so noble, you’re so amazing. Since that’s the case, don’t spend the family’s money anymore from now on!”
Fu Miao immediately raised her head, stiffened her neck, and said, “Hmph, I won’t spend it then. Who cares!”
After saying that, she dragged her luggage and ran out of the house.
Gu Man wanted to chase after her, but I stopped her. “Don’t bother with her. I’ll cancel her credit card in a while. I’m sure she’ll come back obediently in a few days.”
Gu Man looked astonished. “Isn’t it a bit too much for you to suddenly cancel her card like this?”
I curled my lips and said indifferently, “I’d like to see if she and Huang Haiyang can really live a happy life without the family’s financial support.”
3
Sure enough, less than half a month after she ran away from home, I received a call from Shen Miao.
“Brother, Miao Miao came to ask me to borrow money this afternoon.”
I asked her, “How much did Fu Miao ask to borrow?”
Shen Miao said with sympathy in her tone, “One hundred thousand. She recently sold several of her favorite limited-edition bags on the second-hand platform. She must be really short of money… Should I still lend it to her?”
After what happened in the previous life, how could I still feel any pity for Fu Miao? So I seriously said to Shen Miao, “Didn’t I already tell everyone in the family before? Don’t lend her money! Since she has chosen to break with the family, she should bear the consequences of her choice.”
Shen Miao sighed on the other end of the phone and said, “Miao Miao has really been having a hard time recently. She’s been running around everywhere for Huang Haiyang’s rap career and has been handling various things. She hasn’t come to school for a long time.
I also heard that some time ago, she gave many expensive gifts to a music producer, preparing to pay for Huang Haiyang to release a single on her own. But unfortunately, the producer she found was a professional scammer. As a result, Miao Miao’s money was all cheated away, but there’s still no sign of the single.”
I couldn’t help but feel a sense of schadenfreude when I heard that. I sneered and spat out two words, “Serves her right!”
Shen Miao thought I was still angry, so she didn’t continue talking.
Unexpectedly, just after I hung up Shen Miao’s call, I received a message from Fu Miao.
“Brother, if you immediately restore my credit card, I’ll consider forgiving you. Otherwise, I’ll never come home again.”
I read the message but didn’t reply. I just ignored her. Let’s see how long she can keep being so stubborn.
4
However, I never expected that just one day later, she couldn’t hold it in anymore and actually took the initiative to call me.
“Brother, quickly restore my credit card. I’m in the Gucci store now, preparing to buy a leather jacket for Haiyang. He needs to wear it for an interview tomorrow.”
Hearing her talking to me in a commanding tone, I couldn’t help but want to laugh. “Fu Miao, didn’t you say you wouldn’t use the family’s money anymore? How come you’ve forgotten it in just a few days?”
Fu Miao didn’t expect that I would reject her. After a moment of silence, she suddenly started playing the victim. “Brother, I’m your own sister! Do you really have the heart to see me suffer outside? I’m so poor now that I have to take the subway every day and can’t even afford to take a taxi.”
She thought that by saying this, I would feel sorry for her and give her financial support, but she was wrong this time. “Didn’t you say that love is enough to live on? It seems that you still don’t love him enough. Otherwise, why are you complaining so much?”
Fu Miao heard the sarcasm in my words and immediately became angry out of embarrassment. “Fu Sen, there’s no need for you to be so sarcastic with me. Our Haiyang will definitely become the brightest big star in the future. You’re investing in him by spending money to help him release a single now. When he becomes famous, he’ll naturally repay you double!”
I just sneered and said, “Then should I thank you for giving me this rare opportunity?”
Fu Miao replied without hesitation, “Of course.”
At this moment, I just felt that I was blind in the previous life! Otherwise, why didn’t I see earlier that my sister was out of her mind!
“You’re already an adult. The family has no obligation to keep spending money on you, let alone on your boyfriend. If you’re really so proud, don’t bother me and Mom and Dad anymore.”
After saying that, regardless of Fu Miao’s screaming in anger on the other end, I directly hung up the phone.
I thought that from then on, I could really have nothing to do with this ungrateful wretch. But unexpectedly, when I got home from work that evening, I saw Fu Miao kneeling in front of Mom and Dad in the living room, crying bitterly and saying, “Dad, Mom, I know I’m wrong. I’ve already obediently listened to you and broken up with Huang Haiyang…”
I was surprised at how her attitude had changed so much. Could there be some conspiracy waiting for us?
But Mom didn’t have the memories of the previous life. When she saw Fu Miao crying so sadly, she immediately softened her heart. “Miao Miao, it’s good that you know you’re wrong.”
“Actually, Mom doesn’t despise the poor and fawn on the rich. It’s just that that Huang kid doesn’t look like a decent person at first glance, so I didn’t agree for you to continue dating him. Now that you know you’re wrong, come back. This will always be your home.”
Fu Miao immediately wiped away her tears and said, “Mom, I know you’re also for my good. Before, I was so blind that I made you so angry that you were hospitalized for a man like that. I’m really unfilial.”
My father saw that she seemed to really know she was wrong, so he slowly said, “I’ll go to handle your suspension from school tomorrow. After the New Year, you obediently go to study in Germany.”
Fu Miao was slightly startled, and a complex look flashed in her eyes, but soon she put on a smile and nodded, saying, “Okay.”
And I just felt that the tragedy of the previous life was going to repeat itself in this life.
But now, I couldn’t tell Mom and Dad, “Don’t care about Fu Miao, this ungrateful wretch anymore! Because in the previous life, she poisoned us to death.”
What should I do? What exactly should I do?
And just then, Fu Miao suddenly said to me sincerely, “Brother, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have talked to you like that yesterday. You were also for my good. I understand that.”
Before I could respond, Mom had already smiled and smoothed things over, saying, “Miao Miao, your brother has loved you so much since you were a child. How could he really be angry with you? Go back to your room and wash your face. You look like a little cat with tears all over your face.”
Fu Miao then broke into a smile and got up to go upstairs.
But I definitely didn’t believe that such a love-struck fool could suddenly come to her senses overnight. There must be some conspiracy waiting for us. However, I had no evidence at present.
So I had to lie to my parents, saying that I had to go on a business trip to Beijing temporarily. Then I went upstairs to pack a few clothes and left home. On the way, I called Gu Man, who had gone to England to attend a classmate’s wedding. I told her to stay in England and play for a few days and that I would pick her up after I finished my work at hand. She didn’t suspect anything and happily agreed. And I checked into a hotel near my home.
I planned to follow Fu Miao from the next day to see what tricks this ungrateful wretch would play in this life.
5
In order to get a good rest and gather strength, I went to bed early that night.
The next day, just as the sky was getting light, I put on a mask and a hat and went to rent a BYD car.
Then I drove the car and waited not far from the entrance of the community.
It was almost noon when I finally saw Fu Miao driving her pink Bentley out of the community. I immediately drove to follow her and trailed her all the way to the underground garage of an old community.
After waiting for about less than five minutes, Huang Haiyang showed up. It seemed that Fu Miao had come here specifically to pick him up.
As soon as Huang Haiyang got into Fu Miao’s car, the two of them hugged each other and kissed passionately.
Sure enough, all that talk about breaking up was just a lie to deceive my parents.
In fact, the reason why my parents objected to their relationship wasn’t because they despised the poor and fawned on the rich.
It was because Huang Haiyang was really not a good match at all.
In the previous life, I had even sent people to investigate him.
I learned that his father was involved in two of the three vices – gambling and drugs. Since he was laid off from the factory more than ten years ago, he had been gambling all day long. In recent years, because he owed debts everywhere and didn’t dare to go home, his whereabouts were still unknown. Nobody knew whether he was dead or alive.
And Huang Haiyang’s mother, Qin Guihua, was a famous shrew in their village. She was the kind of strange person who would stir up trouble even when she was in the wrong.
With such a family background, who would dare to become in-laws with them?
But this Fu Miao was really out of her mind. She not only spent a lot of money but also wanted to drop out of school and accompany him to break into the entertainment industry.
In the previous life, I had even asked her, “You and that Huang Haiyang are completely different in terms of hobbies and growing environments. Why on earth did you fall in love with him?”
Unexpectedly, she seriously said to me, “Brother, you don’t understand! Usually, the young lady and the poor boy are a perfect match. Those who are equally matched are just settling.”
I saw that she was already so obsessed that I had no choice but to tell my parents about her relationship with Huang Haiyang.
After learning about it, my parents almost packed her bags overnight and sent her to study in Germany.
Unexpectedly, in the third year after she went abroad, Huang Haiyang participated in a rap competition and won the championship.
Since then, he had been flooded with endorsement deals and business invitations, and his fashion resources were comparable to those of top stars.
Even Fu Miao, who was far away in Germany, learned that he had become famous overnight and flew back to China overnight, wanting to rekindle their old relationship.
But as soon as the plane she took landed, she heard the news that Huang Haiyang had married his agent, Xiao Mei.
She was so heartbroken that when she got home, she locked herself in the room and didn’t eat or drink for a whole day.
I couldn’t bear to see her torturing herself, so I took a bowl of bird’s nest porridge and went to her room, wanting to have a good talk with her about what Huang Haiyang had done in those three years.
But she suddenly changed her attitude and said to me casually, “Brother, if you want to talk to me about Huang Haiyang, then there’s no need. Since he’s already married, I should also completely let go and look forward.”
That made the words that were already on the tip of my tongue be swallowed back by me.
In fact, Huang Haiyang’s championship didn’t come with honor. He got it by sacrificing himself to a wealthy female patron and constantly groveling.
He suddenly announced his marriage to his agent because the scandal that he was kept by a wealthy woman was discovered by paparazzi.
He and his patron were afraid that the truth would be exposed, so they came up with the idea of having him marry his agent to divert attention.
Moreover, the wealthy female patron behind Huang Haiyang was someone Fu Miao also knew. She was Zhao Jinhua, a coal boss who used to live in the same villa area as us.
In my memory, she was 1.5 meters tall and weighed as much as 200 kilograms. In winter, she always liked to wear a mink coat. At first glance, she looked as burly as a black bear.
It was rumored that her husband had long disliked her. But he was reluctant to divorce her and let her take half of his property, so he kept flirting around outside and had countless lovers.
Zhao Jinhua had cried and made a fuss, but it was all in vain.
Finally, she just let it go.
However, the nights were long, and she would also feel lonely.
So she found herself a plaything for entertainment, and that was Huang Haiyang.
In the previous life, Fu Miao didn’t know the truth.
She always thought that if we hadn’t sent her to study in Germany back then, she could have always stayed by Huang Haiyang’s side.
Then the woman who married Huang Haiyang in the end would be her.
To take revenge on us, she poisoned us secretly. Even my three-year-old daughter didn’t escape her poison.
Thinking of this, I couldn’t help clenching my fists tightly.
“Beep, beep, beep…”
It wasn’t until the car behind me honked its horn to signal that I was occupying its parking space that I suddenly snapped out of my memories of the previous life.
Fortunately, at this time, Fu Miao also started the car and was ready to leave. So I followed her and left the underground garage together.
6
In the morning, I first followed them to an imported supermarket, and then I followed them to a roadside hardware store.
I found that they actually bought a bundle of hemp ropes and a roll of black tape.
What? Were they going to play some kind of bondage game?
But later I realized that I had underestimated them.
After coming out of the hardware store, they drove to an abandoned warehouse far away from the urban area.
I was wondering what they were doing here when I received a call from my father.
“Fu Sen, come back quickly. Something has happened to Miao Miao.”
I asked casually, “What could happen to her?”
Only to hear my father’s anxious voice on the other end of the phone, “Your sister has been kidnapped. The kidnappers just called and said that they would release her only if we paid 100 million yuan as ransom. But where can our family get so much cash now…”
Before my father could finish speaking, I heard my mother’s heart-wrenching cry on the other end of the phone, “Even if we have to borrow money, I must save Miao Miao…”
I was so furious when I heard this!
This ungrateful wretch actually wanted to team up with Huang Haiyang to cheat my parents out of 100 million yuan.
But how could I let her succeed?
“Dad, Mom, Fu Miao wasn’t kidnapped at all.”
After saying that, I got out of the car and walked towards the warehouse.
As soon as I walked to the door, I heard Fu Miao’s voice inside.
“Tie me up a bit tighter. If it’s not realistic enough, my family will see through it.”
Huang Haiyang pinched her face and pretended to be distressed and said, “But if it’s too tight, I’m afraid it will hurt you.”
Fu Miao shook her head and said, “As long as we get the money, we can release an album for you. So what’s a little pain?”
“When you take the video later, remember to slap me hard twice. Then I can take the opportunity to bite the blood bag in my mouth and perform a scene of spitting blood. My parents will definitely transfer the money immediately when they see it. They love me the most and can’t bear to see me get hurt at all.”
Hearing Fu Miao calculating my parents like this, I wished I could rush in and beat her up right away.
But my reason told me that I couldn’t do that yet.
I had to collect evidence first so that my parents could see Fu Miao’s true face clearly.
So as to prevent my parents from forgiving her again because of their soft hearts in the future.
I took out my phone and quietly took pictures of the scene where they were faking the kidnapping, and then sent them to my parents one step ahead of them.
After doing all this, I drove back home.
As soon as I entered the door, my father greeted me with a livid face, “Is she crazy? She actually played such a trick to deceive us for a man.”
And my mother was still worried about Fu Miao’s safety at this time. She grabbed me and kept asking,
“Are you sure Miao Miao wasn’t really kidnapped?”
I helped her sit down and told her,
“Fu Miao teamed up with Huang Haiyang to play this trick just to blackmail the family for money.”
Only then did my mother breathe a sigh of relief.
On the one hand, she was glad that Fu Miao wasn’t really kidnapped. On the other hand, she was angry that her own daughter had teamed up with an outsider to try to cheat the family out of money.
All of a sudden, the complicated emotions made her blood pressure soar, and she fainted again.
My father and I were extremely worried and immediately drove her to the hospital.
After the doctor’s diagnosis, my mother had a mild cerebral infarction caused by emotional agitation.
Although she was out of danger for now, she needed to be extra careful in the future.
If it recurred, it might endanger her life.
And just when my mother hadn’t regained consciousness yet, a strange phone number sent a video to my father again.
My father clicked on it and saw the picture of Fu Miao tied to a stool with tape over her mouth.
And my father didn’t even bother to watch the whole video. He directly replied with three words,
“Tear up the ticket!”
After sending the message, Fu Miao and Huang Haiyang couldn’t sit still anymore. They actually called me again, still not giving up.
“Brother, come and save me! 100 million yuan is nothing to our family. Why don’t you want to give it? Is my life not as important as that 100 million yuan to you?”
She sounded so urgent. I don’t know if she was too into her act, but she really sounded like she was about to cry.
But I just coldly replied with three words, “Stop pretending.” Then I hung up the phone.
I guessed that Fu Miao must be racking her brains trying to figure out which part of the carefully designed scheme went wrong.
7
The next morning, my mother woke up, and the first thing she said was that she wanted to go home.
The doctor, out of caution, gave her a series of examinations.
Since the results were all normal, he agreed to let her leave the hospital.
But as soon as we got home, we were greeted by two uninvited guests – Fu Miao and Huang Haiyang.
“Dad, Mom, brother, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have lied to you that I was kidnapped, but I had no choice!”
“I’m already pregnant with Haiyang’s child. I know you look down on Haiyang and will definitely not agree to let me marry him. I really had no choice but to resort to this last resort.”
After saying that, Fu Miao knelt down straight in front of us.
Huang Haiyang also seemed to have triggered some switch and knelt down beside her with a “plop”.
“Uncle, Auntie, I know I have nothing and don’t deserve Miao Miao, but I will definitely work hard to make money in the future and let Miao Miao live a worry-free life. Please, for the sake of the child in her belly, just let us be together.”
After saying that, Huang Haiyang even started kowtowing “bang bang”.
My father, however, was completely unmoved. He just stared straight at Fu Miao and said sternly,
“Fu Miao, I’ll give you one last chance. If you are willing to abort the child and break off all ties with this Huang Haiyang, then you will still be our daughter of the Fu family. Otherwise, your mother and I will pretend that we never gave birth to you!”
Fu Miao panicked. She helplessly turned her head to look at me, with tears in her eyes, and said,
“Brother, Haiyang has always been an unappreciated talent and is so pitiful! I’m the only light in his dark life. If I leave him now, he’ll die. Please help me beg Dad and Mom to let me marry Haiyang.”
Hearing these stupid words of Fu Miao, I couldn’t help rolling my eyes.
This crazy woman must have read too many redemption novels when she was young. Otherwise, why couldn’t she take a liking to any of the eligible young men of the same social status around her but was so obsessed with this flashy freeloader?
Anyway, she didn’t deserve my sympathy at all. “Fu Miao, you and an outsider designed to blackmail our parents’ money. We didn’t call the police, which is already being kind enough to you. Don’t push your luck anymore!”
Fu Miao, however, was so stubborn that she even opened her mouth to argue,
“If you had agreed to help Haiyang’s rap career from the beginning, we wouldn’t have had to resort to such a desperate measure. You forced me to do this!”
Even now, she was still so obsessed that she didn’t realize her own mistakes at all. At this moment, I was even more certain that she was a real ungrateful wretch.
I turned my head and said to the servant,
“Aunt Wang, see the guests out! And don’t let her in again in the future.”
Huang Haiyang saw that he couldn’t rely on her to live a comfortable life anymore, so he didn’t bother to pretend anymore.
He stood up, pointed at my parents, and shouted arrogantly,
“You two old fools, you’re just a bunch of snobs! You’ll regret it when I become successful!”
The next second, I raised my hand and slapped Huang Haiyang hard across the face. “This is the Fu family. It’s not your place to act wild!”
Fu Miao knew that I had been practicing taekwondo since I was a child and had already become a black belt when I graduated from high school.
Seeing that I had made a move, she was afraid that Huang Haiyang would be at a disadvantage, so she immediately dragged Huang Haiyang and left in a hurry.
My parents watched Fu Miao’s leaving figure, and their eyes were full of sadness and disappointment.
But I was secretly happy in my heart. Finally, this ungrateful wretch was gone.
The next day, in order to make my parents feel less sad, I customized a five-year global travel plan for them.
That way, Fu Miao wouldn’t be able to pester my parents anymore.
8
In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
It seemed that Fu Miao had really disappeared from our lives completely.
And Gu Man, just like in the previous life, found out that she was pregnant on the day of the Beginning of Summer.
In the past two months, she had been suffering from severe morning sickness.
She vomited whatever she ate every day, but she only liked to eat romaine lettuce. So I wanted to rent a piece of vegetable field in the suburbs and plant romaine lettuce for her so that she could eat the most reassuring organic vegetables.
This weekend, I declined all social engagements and drove to the suburbs alone to choose a piece of land. Unexpectedly, I saw Fu Miao by the roadside in Phoenix Village.
The little princess who used to be held in the palms of our whole family was now standing under the sun with a big pregnant belly, sweating profusely while grilling beef kebabs.
My car was parked not too close to her, but I could clearly hear her shouts,
“Don’t miss it if you pass by! Just-grilled beef kebabs, three yuan for one, five yuan for two!”
Behind her, a gray-haired woman was stringing beef kebabs while scolding her,
“Look at Aunt Wang’s daughter-in-law next door. Her first child was a son, and the second one is also a son. She’s really capable. But you, you only gave birth to a girl. If this child you’re carrying isn’t a son, I’ll make Haiyang divorce you!”
Fu Miao didn’t say a word. She continued to grill the beef kebabs with a numb expression on her face, as if she had long been used to her mother-in-law’s scolding.
I was wondering. Logically speaking, Huang Haiyang won the championship in the rap competition last year and should have earned a lot of money. Why did he still let his old mother and wife sell beef kebabs on the roadside?
While I was puzzled, a red Porsche 911 sped over and stopped in front of Fu Miao’s stall.
The next second, a young man got out of the car. Wearing Dior sunglasses and a Givenchy show-style suit, he looked completely out of place in this environment.
As soon as Fu Miao saw him, she rushed over excitedly, almost wanting to cling to him.
But the man pushed her away as if she were something dirty that he couldn’t get rid of once it stuck to him.
Just when Fu Miao was at a loss, the old woman squatting on the ground stringing beef kebabs had already rushed up to greet him.
She held the man’s hand and smiled from ear to ear, “Haiyang, my dear, you’re finally back. Mom missed you so much!”
It seemed that after Huang Haiyang became famous, he seldom came back to see them. Otherwise, why would they be so excited to see him?
Wait, why did the Porsche 911 he drove look so familiar?
I took a closer look at the license plate: ZJ520.
Oh, wasn’t this Zhao Jinhua’s car?
It seemed that whether in the previous life or this life, Huang Haiyang had managed to break into the entertainment industry by relying on Zhao Jinhua.
Damn it! This guy was really born to be a freeloader. He just couldn’t change his nature!
Unfortunately, I wouldn’t let him have an easy time enjoying this kind of freeloading life in this life.
9
That night, I contacted the most expensive and reputable private detective in China.
I asked him to help me collect solid evidence of Huang Haiyang’s secret marriage, having children, and having affairs with married women.
And that private detective really lived up to his reputation.
Less than three days later, he gave me a stack of scandalous photos that were enough to ruin Huang Haiyang’s reputation completely.
There were not only photos of Huang Haiyang in bed with Zhao Jinhua but also pictures of him checking into hotels with several other wealthy women.
One of the photos showed Huang Haiyang kneeling on the hotel carpet, licking the withered and yellow big toe of an old lady opposite him.
And that old lady who was nearly seventy years old had a fierce look on her face, raising a whip and was about to whip it on Huang Haiyang’s back.
I looked at these photos and came up with an interesting idea in my mind.
Instead of sending these photos directly to entertainment magazines, I might as well send them to Zhao Jinhua first.
I believed that as a businesswoman who started her career by developing coal mines, when she learned that Huang Haiyang had found so many women behind her back, she would surely have plenty of means and strength to make Huang Haiyang pay a heavy price.
Of course, I didn’t forget to send a copy to my love-struck sister.
So that she could clearly see what kind of person the man she was willing to betray the whole world for was.
10
The next morning, after I sent the photos out by myself, I rushed to Beijing to participate in the opening ribbon-cutting ceremony of a branch company.
Unexpectedly, just after I got off the plane, I received a call from an unknown number.
As soon as I answered it, I heard Fu Miao’s shrill questioning voice on the other end,
“Fu Sen, were those photos sent by you? What on earth do you want to do? Don’t think that you can easily destroy our relationship by photoshopping a few such pictures! I will never believe that Haiyang would cheat on me!”
Now that the facts were right in front of her eyes, Fu Miao still stupidly believed that Huang Haiyang hadn’t cheated.
I really didn’t understand whether Huang Haiyang had cast some kind of spell on her. Otherwise, I couldn’t figure out how Fu Miao could be so stupid.
“Don’t think that I don’t know. You just can’t stand seeing Haiyang become famous now, so you came up with this mean trick to harm him. I’m telling you, if you dare to continue smearing him, I’ll fight you to the death.”
After saying that, without waiting for me to say anything, she hung up the phone directly.
Fine, very well!
Even up to now, Fu Miao still chose to blindly trust Huang Haiyang.
Then I’d like to see how she would be completely deceived by this freeloader in the end.
Although Fu Miao chose to blindly trust Huang Haiyang, Zhao Jinhua, who had been in the business world for many years, was naturally not as stupid as her.
After getting the photos, she mosaiced the faces of the women and then had the paparazzi spread the photos.
That night, the news that Huang Haiyang had a secret marriage, children, and affairs with multiple women quickly climbed to the top of the trending list on Weibo like a rocket.
All of a sudden, it caused a huge stir.
A week later, when I returned from Germany, I heard Gu Man say that a seventy-two-year-old wealthy woman was so angry when she learned that she wasn’t Huang Haiyang’s only lover that she had a sudden heart attack and was hospitalized.
After narrowly escaping death, she threatened to break Huang Haiyang’s legs!
But Huang Haiyang had already disappeared without a trace when the scandal broke out.
Currently, Zhao Jinhua and his other “lovers” were all looking for him everywhere.
Huang Haiyang’s good days of freeloading were finally over.
11
I just didn’t expect that Fu Miao, who should have hated him the most, would still come to beg me for his sake.
That night, I worked overtime until almost twelve o’clock. As soon as I walked out of the company, I saw a woman in white with disheveled hair standing at the entrance of my company.
As soon as she saw me come out, she rushed over and blocked my way, “Brother, I beg you to save Haiyang! Now someone said they would take his life…”
At that time, looking at this haggard woman with a sallow complexion and a messy appearance in front of me, I could hardly recognize that she was my once-arrogant and ungrateful sister Fu Miao.
“Brother, Haiyang is now burdened with a huge amount of liquidated damages and has no way to repay it. He can only go abroad to avoid the limelight. Could you please lend us one million yuan as travel expenses…”
But before she could finish speaking, I interrupted her, “Don’t call me brother. I’m no longer your brother.”
She immediately had her eyes turn red and choked with sobs,
“Brother, I know you’re still angry that I didn’t listen to you back then, but he’s the father of my child! I can’t just watch him die! I beg you, please be merciful and save him.”
And I just said to Fu Miao indifferently,
“One million yuan isn’t much, but I’d rather throw it into the river and hear a splash than lend it to you.”
The next second, Fu Miao knelt down in front of me with a “plop”, hugged my thigh, crying and saying,
“Brother, save Haiyang! I don’t know how I could live if something happened to him!”
Good heavens! Was Fu Miao’s head full of water?
Otherwise, how could she still be so devoted to Huang Haiyang even after he had cheated on her?
This love-struck fool was really hopeless.
“If you can’t live, then don’t live.” After saying that, without caring about her entanglement, I just walked away.
Fu Miao wanted to chase after me, but she was stopped by the security guard on duty at the company.
Since she didn’t borrow money from me, Huang Haiyang naturally couldn’t escape abroad.
I heard from the paparazzi that he was beaten and had his legs broken in Yuncheng last week and was now half disabled.
However, Fu Miao was still running around asking for help for him these days.
But those businessmen were not soft-hearted at all. They clearly stated that if he didn’t pay the liquidated damages, they would make him stay in prison for a long time.
Fu Miao thought it over and over again and could only go back to persuade Huang Haiyang’s mother to sell their old house in their hometown. She thought that even if they could pay back a little, it would be better than nothing.
However, that old woman was stubborn and refused to sell her house to pay the debt for her son.
Whenever Fu Miao mentioned selling the house, she would raise her voice and start scolding,
“You’re a jinx! Don’t even think about laying your hands on my house. My son has become like this because of you!
“You’re a good-for-nothing without any dowry. I feel unlucky just looking at you. Take your worthless daughter and get out of my house!”
While scolding, the old woman pulled her granddaughter who was sleeping soundly out of bed and stuffed her into Fu Miao’s arms.
The child was caught off guard and started crying loudly in fright.
The old woman seemed to have a heart of stone. She picked up the broom beside her and started hitting Fu Miao and her granddaughter.
The child blocked in front of Fu Miao and was hit on the forehead, and a big bump immediately swelled up.
Fu Miao was pregnant and couldn’t fight against the old woman.
So she had to hold the child and leave.
When she walked to the roadside and was about to take a taxi to take the child to the hospital, she was hit and sent flying by a speeding sports car.
I don’t know how long it had been. A passer-by who happened to pass by saw them and quickly dialed 120.
But when the ambulance arrived, Fu Miao’s daughter had already lost her vital signs.
Fu Miao herself was also on the verge of death.
Her uterus was severely ruptured. Not only did she lose the child in her belly, but she also had a massive hemorrhage during the operation.
The doctor had no choice but to remove her uterus to barely save her life.
12
In the middle of the night, I was sleeping soundly when my cell phone kept ringing. I answered it in a daze.
Only to hear the other side say, “Hello, I’m a nurse from the Central Hospital.”
“We have a patient named Fu Miao here. She’s currently in critical condition, but she keeps murmuring that she wants to see you. Your mobile phone number was also told to us by her…”
I hesitated for a long time and finally decided to go and see her.
It could also be regarded as putting an end to the grudges between us in two lifetimes.
When I rushed to the hospital and just walked into Fu Miao’s ward, I heard her crying out heartbreakingly towards me,
“Why didn’t you stop me from being with Huang Haiyang this time?
“If it weren’t for marrying this good-for-nothing freeloader, my life wouldn’t have become like this!”
I knew that she must have regained the memories of the previous life at this time, because the remorse in her eyes was so real.
So I walked to her bedside and sneered,
“Haha, stop you? Wasn’t I afraid of being poisoned by you again?”
Only then did Fu Miao realize that I had also been reborn. She was so shocked that her eyes widened and she was left speechless.
After a long while, she choked with sobs and spoke again,
“No wonder… that’s why you treated me like this in this life. Brother, I’m sorry. In the previous life, I was blind and made a big mistake. In this life, I’ve already received my punishment…”
But not all “sorry” in the world can necessarily be exchanged for “it’s okay”.
Fu Miao saw that I still had a cold expression. She struggled to reach out her hand, trying to grab the corner of my clothes.
But I took a step back and avoided her hand.
The next second, her outstretched hand dropped limply.
At the same time, the ventilator beside her bed sent out a sharp alarm sound.
Soon, a group of medical staff rushed in and started to rescue her.
I don’t know how long it took. Finally, a female doctor came over and said to me,
“I’m sorry. We’ve already done our best.”
And I just stood there in a daze, watching them cover Fu Miao with a white cloth in the end.
I couldn’t tell what kind of mood I was in at that moment. I just felt a dull pain in my chest.
It wasn’t until her body was pushed to the morgue that I took out my cell phone and called my father to tell him the news of Fu Miao’s death.
He was surprisingly calm. After a long silence, he told me that he had had a dream a few days ago.
In the dream, Fu Miao poisoned the whole family to death because she hated us for breaking up her and Huang Haiyang.
Everything in the dream was so real, as if it had really happened.
Finally, he asked me in a trembling voice,
“Asen, the reason why you suddenly became indifferent to Miao Miao and repeatedly told us not to care about her anymore, is it also because you…”
I interrupted his further questioning and just comforted him,
“Everything has passed.”
But he understood everything from my tone of surviving a disaster.
“Yes, everything has passed.”
On the day of Fu Miao’s funeral, my parents didn’t rush back from abroad.
Instead, Huang Haiyang, who had disappeared for a long time, showed up.
Now he was leaning on a crutch, with a scruffy beard, looking like a homeless beggar.
There was no trace of his once high-spirited appearance left.
As soon as he saw me, he hobbled towards me with difficulty on his crutch, “Brother-in-law, although Miao Miao is dead, we’re still relatives after all.”
“Look, I’m in trouble now. Could you please lend me 200 million yuan to deal with the emergency? When I make a comeback in the future, I’ll pay you back double, no, triple!”
I sneered and looked at him as if I were looking at a clown making his final desperate struggle,
“Don’t think about making a comeback for now. Saving your life is more important at present.”
Huang Haiyang looked puzzled.
I pointed behind him and said,
“Look who that is.”
Huang Haiyang immediately turned his head to look.
Just one look and he was so scared that he shivered all over.
13
Because the person behind him was none other than Zhao Jinhua, his former biggest patron.
“Huang Haiyang, you scumbag! I’ll make you pay the price for betraying me!” Zhao Jinhua rushed over, grabbed Huang Haiyang by the back of his neck with one hand and slapped him hard across the face with the other.
Huang Haiyang lost his balance and fell to the ground because of the slap, but he still didn’t forget to beg for mercy, “Sister Zhao, no, Sister Jinhua, no, the sexiest little kitten in the world… I know I’m wrong. But those women were just flings. You’re the only one I truly love!
“Please be magnanimous and let me go! I’m willing to be your dog from now on.”
Zhao Jinhua just looked down at him coldly and spat out two words, “Dream on.”
As soon as Zhao Jinhua’s words fell, the bodyguards in black behind her walked over, picked up Huang Haiyang like he was a little chicken and stuffed him into a unlicensed van by the roadside.
It was said that that night, Zhao Jinhua sent Huang Haiyang to northern Myanmar, and she even put it nicely, “I have a lot of money. I’ll send him there to treat his legs. Maybe the medical technology in northern Myanmar is so advanced that it can really make him stand up again.”
But later, even when his mother was forced to jump off a building by the people sent by the creditors, he couldn’t come back to collect her body.
I guess he might have already reunited with Fu Miao underground.
