Chu Baiyi curled up in a corner of the moldy sofa in her rented room, her fingernails unconsciously picking at the dried red wine stains on her silk nightgown. This nightgown was one of the few valuable items she had brought from the mansion, and now the shoulder straps were torn and the lace trim was curled and yellowed.

My phone screen lit up with another message from an unknown number: "[Five thousand a night, wanna do it?]"

Chu Baiyi slammed her phone against the wall. All she wanted was to make money, but all she was getting were these ridiculous messages!

Madam Chu emerged from the bathroom with swollen eyes; she had been crying for an unknown amount of time, and her eyes were swollen from crying.

"Yiyi, Mom has cooked porridge..."

Madam Chu's voice sounded like it had been sanded, and her once well-maintained hands were now covered with cracks from aging.

"I'm not hungry."

Chu Baiyi buried her face in her knees, her throat churning with acid.

How could things turn out like this after being reborn? Is she going to live the same way she did in her previous life, struggling to make ends meet, always short of money, and ultimately having to marry a useless man just to settle down in the city?

The sound of students playing and laughing came from next door, and Chu Baiyi's body stiffened slightly.

Two weeks have passed since the college entrance examination results were released, and she couldn't bear to look at her score of less than 200.

The internet is full of high-definition, uncensored photos of the Chu family heiress from S City allegedly sleeping with clients.

"Mom, how much money do we have left?"

Chu Baiyi suddenly looked up. She couldn't live like this anymore; she had to go abroad!

Chu's mother was stirring the thin, watery porridge in the pot with a spoon when she heard this, and her eyes darkened.

"There's still a little over six hundred left in my bank card."

Six hundred yuan wasn't even enough for Chu's mother to play a game of mahjong before, but Chu's mother felt relieved, knowing that she would soon have money.

Madam Chu wiped her hands haphazardly on her apron and placed the porridge on the table.

"Yiyi, don't be like this. You didn't eat anything all day yesterday. Eat something first. Mommy has found a job. Mommy will take you back to the apartment tomorrow, okay?"

"Really?! I really don't have to live in the urban village anymore?? Mom, you'll take care of me, right?"

"I don't want to stay here anymore, I want to go abroad!!"

Chu Baiyi suddenly stood up, her nightgown strap slipping down to reveal a large expanse of pale skin.

Madam Chu nodded, indicating that she should eat first, and everything else could be discussed after the meal.

Looking at her mother's graying hair and loose neck, Chu Baiyi suddenly felt a pang of guilt. She immediately picked up her rice bowl and began to drink the porridge. The moment the bowl was empty, Chu Baiyi fainted.

"You're really willing to do this? Are you sure you want to?"

"Although it's a newbie, things are tense right now, 500,000 is the absolute maximum..."

The man in the floral shirt behind her, carrying a bag, typed in a number on a calculator and handed it to Chu's mother.

"I need 500,000 yuan in cash and a plane ticket to an overseas destination. I need it tonight."

Chu's mother interrupted him, her expression showing not a trace of remorse.

"Okay, okay, this is a debt agreement, it's completely legal. Your daughter is an adult, and as her guardian, you can sign it on her behalf..."

"Don't worry, Mr. Sun's son isn't very bright, but he's a big shot in the village, nobody dares to mess with him! If it weren't for the urgent need to carry on the family line, this kind of good thing wouldn't have fallen into the hands of your daughter with such a bad reputation..."

The man in the floral shirt grinned, revealing his gold teeth, and pulled a stack of documents from his briefcase. After Chu's mother signed them, he happily put the documents away.