She flipped to the last date, and the densely packed words on it filled Li Wenxiang with anticipation.

[April 202x: I have two months left before the college entrance examination. I have already chosen my subjects and have a goal to strive for. I think I will leave Li Wenxiang in the future, so I sorted out all the expenses she has given me over the years, which amounted to 21,121.3 yuan. This does not include the 20 yuan living expenses she gives me every month.]

I didn't spend a single penny of those twenty yuan; I put them all under my pillow on the balcony. She gave me fourteen months' worth for a year, totaling two hundred and eighty yuan, which is a lot.

My teacher knows how hard I've lived all these years. If it weren't for her, I might not be who I am today. Back then, when Li Wenxiang falsely accused me of stealing money and took away my wages, I really couldn't go on living. I'm very grateful to her. Every time my grades came out, she and I were very happy.

I've decided to go live in the dormitory. At school, I don't have to do housework or sleep on the balcony. School is even better than home.

I am now somewhat grateful to Qiao Nianxi. Back then, she cried and said that her name wasn't on the household registration book, which made her very sad. So I am no longer on this family's household registration book. I have my own household registration book and ID card. I might have been very sad before, but now I am very happy and grateful to her.

Where should I go to work after the college entrance exam?

Qiao Zaoyao's diary ended there, and Li Wenxiang's heart began to tremble. She hadn't expected that her daughter would hate her so much.

Suddenly, a piece of paper fell out of the diary.

I used to think the name Qiao Zaoyao was beautiful; I was sure my parents had chosen it carefully. But today I learned that "Zaoyao" means "early death," and my mother hopes I die soon. I hate the name Zaoyao.

The handwriting on this paper is childish and even a bit faded.

[Oh my god, this diary is suffocating to read. What kind of family is this?]

If you don't like her, you can abandon her. You can give her away to someone else, or send her to an orphanage. Perhaps that would be better for her.

[If she dies young and goes to university, she'll find there's no real hardship outside; all the hardships she's faced were brought about by her parents.]

[My God, the living expenses I worked so hard to earn were falsely accused of theft and then given to my adopted daughter. If it were me, none of us would survive. The fact that she persevered... I can't even pronounce the name Qiao Zaoyao. Girl, you've made it this far; you'll succeed no matter what you do in the future.]

Lin Zhiluo looked at Li Wenxiang, whose expression was unnatural: "As I said before, your adopted daughter has been in contact with her mother for a long time. Your adopted daughter even resents your adoption for preventing her from being with her mother. However, she has prepared a big gift for you. It is in her dressing room. You can go and see for yourself if you don't believe me."

Hearing about the generous gift her adopted daughter had prepared, Li Wenxiang felt a warm glow in her heart and immediately got up to go: "I knew Nianxi was so good. She even knew to prepare a gift. She's a hundred times better than Qiao Zaoyao, who has no conscience."

【Seriously, lady? You want to compete in this too?】

[What are you expecting your own daughter to use to prepare a gift? You should at least give her pocket money, twenty yuan a month, that's a lot of money!]

There's a sense of helplessness, like a slap that can't reach the other side of the screen. If I had that girl's grades, my parents would be overjoyed, and by the way, I wouldn't know how to pronounce those three words either.

Li Wenxiang found two documents in Qiao Nianxi's room. She thought they were gifts, but when she opened them, she found that they were accident insurance policies for two people. The policyholders were her and her husband, and the beneficiaries were Qiao Nianxi and Li Xuemei.

"Li Xuemei! Didn't she run away?" Li Wenxiang was completely stunned; she hadn't expected this.

"When did Old Joe and I sign up for accident insurance?"

Wow, I have a bold idea. Could this mother and daughter be trying to kill these two?

[Family members, this is a huge accidental death insurance policy, and it was purchased two years ago. Two years ago, I should have been in my first year of high school.]

[This is chilling to think about.]

"If you don't believe me, you can check her computer. As a mother who cares about her adopted daughter, you must know her computer password, right?"

As if bewitched, Li Wenxiang stepped forward and turned on Qiao Nianxi's computer.

Qiao Nianxi doesn't like others entering her study, so few people come here. Her computer is always in sleep mode, as it's currently school time.

Li Wenxiang opened WeChat, and her mother's picture was pinned to the top of her chat, but Li Wenxiang didn't use that profile picture.

After reading it, Li Wenxiang felt as if the sky had fallen.

"Why? I was so good to her, and she wanted me dead. She and Li Xuemei had already planned how I and Lao Qiao would die, and what kind of life she and Li Xuemei would lead afterward..."

"That's why your two daughters' attitudes towards you have changed," Lin Zhiluo said indifferently.

Then the live stream ended.

[My God, I just glanced at the chat history, and it was so meticulously planned. I remember the adopted daughter's father also died in an accident; could it be related to them?]

Am I the only one who feels sorry for Qiao Zaoyao? She's lived that kind of life since she was a child.

[Master Qiao Zaoyao, what will be the outcome for Qiao Nianxi and Li Wenxiang? I can send you gifts.]

After a fan in the live stream sent this comment, the chat was filled with gift effects, ranging from a few cents to hundreds of dollars.

"Qiao Zaoyao will have her own name in the future. She is resilient and intelligent. She will have a smoother and happier life than she does now."

"As for Qiao Nianxi, she will be kicked out of the Qiao family by Li Wenxiang in a couple of days. She doesn't have a deep relationship with her biological mother. Her mother is after the Qiao family's money. Qiao Nianxi thought she had finally found family, and Li Xuemei thought she would rise to prominence in the future."

"But all her efforts were in vain. Li Xuemei will be cold to Qiao Nianxi. Qiao Nianxi is not doing well with her mother and wants to return to her adoptive parents in the Qiao family, but Li Wenxiang will no longer acknowledge her."

"Li Wenxiang only wanted Qiao Zaoyao to forgive her, but Qiao Zaoyao wouldn't. She knew very well the suffering she had endured for more than ten years. When others advised her to understand her parents, she never did, because she knew how she had gritted her teeth and survived all those years of hardship."

Lin Zhiluo's eyes lit up after she finished speaking: "She is truly a child with a strong will."

Seeing Lin Zhiluo praising the girl so much, Qi Zhiyang secretly contacted Cen Qi and asked him to sponsor the girl's education in Lin Zhiluo's name.

With a quick thought, he instructed Cen Qi to set up a foundation in Lin Zhiluo's name, which would be useful in the future.

Lin Zhilu pouted: "As for Li Wenxiang, if she had known this would happen, she wouldn't have done it in the first place."

"There's one more spot available tonight. I wonder who the lucky audience member will be."

After she finished speaking, a handsome face appeared in her live stream. The chat was silent for a moment, and then it went crazy.