The original owner, Gu Qingcheng, had parents who were ordinary people from the lower class.

My father runs a small restaurant. My mother would go to help him during meal times, and at other times she would do housework and take care of the elderly at home.

The family lives in a village in the city.

In fact, the Gu family’s conditions are not too bad. At least this house is their own.

They are not migrant workers, but local residents.

Unfortunately, he didn't make it in time for the demolition. Grandpa Gu was timid and didn't dare to show off, let alone borrow money.

When everyone in the village was building additional houses, he only built two floors.

The neighbors around here all have five or six-story self-built buildings, and they can collect 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in rent every month.

When Grandpa Gu regretted his decision and wanted to add to his house, the neighborhood committee no longer allowed it.

I can only sigh at the sight of the building.

A huge urban village with a row of high-rise buildings.

Only the Gu family has only three floors.

The first floor is used to run a small restaurant, the second floor is used for living, and the third floor is rented out.

There are four tenants, and the rent is less than two thousand yuan per month, which is not enough to cover the family's monthly expenses.

In addition to their daughter Gu Qingcheng, Gu's parents also have a son, Gu Sinian.

Gu Qingcheng is a sophomore at a university in this city, and Gu Sinian is a senior this year and is about to take the college entrance examination.

The tuition, miscellaneous fees, living expenses and other expenses for two children cost more than 100,000 yuan a year.

Above them, there are two elderly people, Grandpa Gu and Grandma Gu.

Gu's mother's family was also in a mess. Her parents favored boys over girls and left their property to their son. However, when they got old, they did not rely on their son but needed their married daughter to take care of them.

The elderly on both sides are old and have various geriatric diseases and underlying diseases.

Medical expenses alone are a huge expense every month.

Taking care of my parents has elderly parents and young children to take care of, and both require money and cannot be saved - which one can bargain with, the hospital or the school?

Therefore, the Gu family lived in extreme poverty.

In order to collect more rent, Gu's father had to reduce his family's living space and squeezed out two rental rooms on the second floor.

Gu Qingcheng was a girl, so it was better for her because she had a separate small room.

My younger brother Gu Sinian simply slept on the sofa in the living room.

Fortunately, he can live in a boarding school and only comes back on weekends.

Otherwise, this family of six would not be able to fit into three and a half rooms!

Even so, Gu Qingcheng, who owns half of the house, always feels suffocated.

Her room was separated from the original living room.

This was originally a balcony. When Mr. Gu was trying to compress the space, he felt sorry for his daughter, so he separated some space from the living room, opened up the balcony, and created a small single room.

There is a street outside the window, with people and cars coming and going, very noisy.

At three o'clock in the morning, there were still people eating skewers and barbecue outside.

The dazzling lights of the cheap signboards, the brainwashing song "You love me, I love you" from the milk tea shop, and the sounds of scolding children, beating wives, scolding husbands, and mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law arguing, as if only separated by a wall...

People say that urban villages are very lively and seem to be full of life.

But only when you live in it will you know that urban villages mean noise and chaos.

There are many tenants, and their composition is complex.

Outsiders who have just moved into the city, small vendors, migrant workers and clerks, or newly graduated college students, and even some petty thieves and young ladies from foot massage shops!

Having lived in such an environment since childhood, Gu Qingcheng hated it very much.

She is beautiful and good at studying. She has been the child of other people's families since kindergarten.

When he grew up, he was admitted to the best university in the province with the second highest score in the city, which brought great honor to his parents.

As a woman with beauty and talent, Gu Qingcheng has every reason to be proud.

She is like a noble little princess, always holding her head high like a swan.

However, the poverty of her original family tortured Gu Qingcheng.

Especially after going to college and entering a small society, Gu Qingcheng began to feel the gap between the rich and the poor.

My roommates always talk about wintersweets and poplar forests.

Before she went to college, she had never even worn makeup and didn't know about so many international brands.

There are also classmates in the next dormitory who are dressed in branded clothes from head to toe.

Gu Qingcheng couldn't imagine that just an ordinary T-shirt would cost hundreds of dollars.

He wasn't showing off his wealth intentionally, but the casual attitude of not treating money as money stimulated Gu Qingcheng even more.

"Why? I'm obviously prettier and better at studying, but I'm still not as good as them!"

You really can’t blame Gu Qingcheng for being vain. In fact, human nature is vain.

At best, some people can control their desires, while others become slaves to their desires.

Gu Qingcheng is the latter.

She is proud of her beauty and intelligence, but feels inferior because of her family's financial difficulties.

She longs for a better life, but reality always pours cold water on her.

The node that Gu Qingcheng came from was pretty good. The original owner just felt the magic of money and had some small thoughts.

But her values ​​and bottom line remain.

When faced with the pursuit of some boys, she would not rely on her looks to engage in ambiguous relationships.

She doesn't accept gifts and doesn't easily agree to boys' invitations. Less than two years after entering college, she has become a campus goddess who is self-disciplined, cold and noble.

If the original owner could maintain this personality, perhaps she could achieve her wish—marry into a wealthy family! Achieving a class leap through marriage!

Unfortunately, the original owner was destined not to achieve this wish.

Because Gu Qingcheng learned from the memories of the original owner that the original owner had begun to surrender to material enjoyment.

She is obsessed with brand names and her vanity is growing.

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