Chapter 1426: Refusing to be Balanced (1)

"Shichu? Shichu?" A soft female voice sounded beside Shichu's ears. Shichu opened her eyes and saw a fair-skinned, pretty girl looking at her with a puzzled look on her face. "Shichu, what's wrong with you? Why didn't you pay attention to me when I was talking to you just now?"

As the girl finished speaking, Shi Chu regained her senses and replied apologetically, "Sorry, I just remembered that I had something to do and I got distracted. By the way, what do you want to talk to me about?"

After hearing what Shi Chu said, the girl blushed suddenly and said to Shi Chu with a shy smile: "It's my boyfriend. He said he wants to invite you to have dinner with us this weekend. He said thank you for taking care of me when I caught a cold last time..."

Shi Chu thought for a moment and said, "What time is it on the weekend? It's only Wednesday now, and I don't know if I'll be free on the weekend yet, so I can't agree to it yet."

The girl immediately nodded in understanding: "I understand. The time on the weekend depends on my boyfriend. You know, he manages such a large group, and he is very busy even on weekends. But he can still take a few hours to have dinner with me... Then I will tell you when my boyfriend decides on the time, okay?"

"That's fine." Shi Chu replied calmly.

"It's settled!" the girl said excitedly, "I won't chat with you anymore. I'm going to take a shower."

Shi Chu waved at her.

After the girl left, Shi Chu began to receive the memories of this body.

The original owner was called Tang Shichu. He was an orphan who had just entered his senior year of college. He relied on various sources of income such as part-time jobs, scholarships, grants, and social assistance to get into college. He was about to graduate and his future seemed bright.

Although she was born in an orphanage, the orphanage was well managed and the staff were very responsible. The country did not mistreat orphans like them, so even without the love from her parents and relatives, Tang Shichu grew up well. She had no problems with her personality and character, and she did not become inferior or depressed just because she was an orphan.

The girl who just spoke to her is the heroine Li Manyan in this world. She is not an orphan, but her family is not happy. Her father is a worker in a shoe factory. He is lazy and boastful. He has been a workshop worker for decades without getting promoted. He often drinks and fights, making the family restless. Her mother is a vegetable seller in the market. She gets up early every day to work, so she has a bad temper.

Her parents favored boys over girls. They doted on their son Li Feilong and gave him everything he wanted. However, they disliked their daughter Li Manyan in every way. They either beat or scolded her and only wanted to exploit her.

Li Manyan had to threaten to commit suicide and say that she could only go to university if she paid for her tuition and living expenses. However, Li's father and mother heard that college graduates could get higher dowries after getting married, so they wanted to sell their daughter for a good price, or simply marry her to a rich family so that their family could enjoy a good life. Only then did they reluctantly agree to let Li Manyan go to university. Otherwise, they would have let her drop out of school and go to work long ago.

So to speak, Li Manyan's life is actually worse than that of the original owner, Tang Shichu. At least Tang Shichu can feed the whole family with one person, while Li Manyan has to carry the whole family on her back.

If she was not the heroine, she would either be forced by her parents to become a brother-supporting demon, or she would cruelly cut off ties with her parents and brother and move away after awakening.

However, she is the heroine, so all the difficulties she suffered in the first half of her life will be solved after she meets the hero. These hardships are just the trials before she gets the love of the hero. It is these hardships that make her strong, kind, flexible, and never give up... these are the qualities that the hero likes.

Tang Shichu patted his head. Li Manyan was indeed a good girl. Her love with the male protagonist Lan Jigao was a sadistic love, and it only hurt themselves. In fact, it didn't hurt anyone else...

With her help, the original owner got together with Cheng Wu, Lan Jigao's senior assistant, and they got married and had children. Cheng Wu's career was on the rise, and the original owner became a good wife and mother behind him. She only needed to take care of the elderly and children and did not have to worry about financial problems. She was even able to follow Li Manyan, who had become Mrs. Lan at that time, into the upper-class circle to socialize. She was glamorous and everything seemed to be going well.

But what is the reality? As the boss's versatile assistant who is always available, Cheng Wu must be a workaholic. It is common for him to work overtime every day. Even after getting married, he does not spend more than ten hours at home a day. Sometimes he even eats and sleeps at the company when he is busy. After he gets a promotion and a raise and becomes independent, he travels all over the world and is not seen for ten days or half a month. Therefore, the original owner cannot rely on him for anything. She has to handle all the things at home by herself. This husband is like an invisible person.

It just so happens that Cheng Wu's parents are not easy to deal with. Before retirement, Cheng's mother was a middle school Chinese teacher and her health was not very good; and before retirement, Cheng's father was a person in the system with a little power. He loved to point fingers at others and was stubborn, arrogant and self-righteous.

It is conceivable what kind of life the original owner would have if she had met such a pair of troublesome in-laws.

Originally, Cheng's father and mother looked down on Tang Shichu because she was an orphan. They thought that their son was a top student who had studied abroad and was a senior executive in a large company like the Lan Group. He had a bright future and could marry any woman he wanted. Even a rich lady with a strong family background was not out of reach. But he chose an orphan like the original owner who had no family background and no talent to help his son. How could they not be angry and dissatisfied?

But their son insisted on marrying her, so Cheng's father and mother had no choice but to accept it. However, they were very picky about the original owner in daily life, saying that her eyes were not eyes and her nose was not a nose, and they tried every means to torment her.

The original owner was in great pain and had thought about divorcing Cheng Wu. However, when she told Li Manyan about it, she was persuaded back with soft words, saying that Cheng Wu was a rare young talent, successful in his career and dedicated, who was neither a philanderer nor a life of reveling in pleasure. It would be a pity to give up on him. And as for the old man, for Cheng Wu's sake, she should be more accommodating and think more positively.

So the original owner gave up the idea of ​​divorce and gave birth to a son. However, this son was taken over by Cheng's father and mother as soon as he was born. It was not the original owner's turn to intervene in the education of the son. The original owner could only watch her son being spoiled and becoming an arrogant, domineering, and uneducated child.

Although the original owner lived a rich life with no worries about food and drink, she was never happy. When Cheng's father and mother finally passed away and Cheng Wu retired, she thought she could finally live a relaxing life. However, she didn't expect that her son got into a fight with someone while having supper, causing injury to the other person and was sentenced to prison.

To make matters worse, after spending more time with Cheng Wu, she discovered that the person her husband truly loved was actually Li Manyan! He knew that he and Li Manyan would never be together, so he concealed his feelings, agreed to Li Manyan's matchmaking, and married her as a second choice.

(End of this chapter)