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After Jian Yu was sent back to her room, Qi Yuexi changed into another set of jewelry and continued to attend the banquet with Yu Hao.
Yu Yao forbids anyone from bringing dinner to Jian Yu.
In her past life, Jian Yu didn't faint, but she hid under the covers and cried, too afraid to come out, and went hungry for a whole day.
This time, however, it was because he fainted and missed two meals.
Jian Yu was awakened by the chattering noise outside. After waking up, she stared blankly at the familiar ceiling for a moment, then slowly turned her head to look at the clock.
She really did come back, and almost a day had passed.
The chattering sounds were the joyful shouts of Qi Yuexi as she returned from shopping with Yu Yao and Yu Ze, their bags full of purchases.
That morning, Yu Cheng flew back to school.
Qi Yuexi was very reluctant to part with him, so she forced Yu Hao to cancel an unimportant company meeting and took Yu Yao and Yu Ze to see him off to catch his flight.
In his previous life, Jian Yu heard the noise, went to the window, and watched as the extended car drove away with Qi Yuexi and the others.
Several hours later, they slowly returned.
Yu Yao and Yu Ze were carrying a bunch of luxury shopping bags. It seemed that after dropping off Yu Cheng, Qi Yuexi took them shopping again.
Everyone in the Yu family, regardless of age, has a lot of luxury goods, except for Jian Yu. Qi Yuexi has never taken Jian Yu to a shopping mall, nor has she ever given her a luxury item.
The chattering sounds came from the living room and then disappeared upstairs a moment later.
A little while later, just as Jian Yu lay down on the bed, she heard footsteps outside the door. Jian Yu subconsciously closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
The door was opened, and Jian Yu pretended to have just been woken up. When she opened her eyes, she found Qi Yuexi standing at the head of the bed staring at her.
This time, Jian Yu wasn't pretending to be asleep. When Qi Yuexi pushed open the door, she met Jian Yu's cold gaze.
Qi Yuexi was stunned for a moment, and just as she was about to change her expression, she held back.
Just like Jian Yu remembered, Qi Yuexi spoke gently, saying a lot of caring words to her.
But patience is limited, and after a few sentences, it came down to that familiar question, "Where did you hide the necklace?"
Just like in her previous life, when Jian Yu pointed out Yu Yao again, Qi Yuexi's face immediately fell. She pointed at Jian Yu's head with her index finger and said, "You grew up in an orphanage, so you're used to stealing chickens and dogs and have a low character. I really don't want a child like you."
Then, with a gloomy expression, he carried the medicine tray out.
Jian Yu watched her leave expressionlessly, gently touched his abdomen, feeling unbearable pain, got up and went to the living room, opened the medicine cabinet to find medicine for sprains and bruises.
Looking at the empty cabinet, Jian Yu silently curled the corners of her lips. Just as expected, it was still the same.
Are you looking for this?
Hearing Yu Yao's voice, Jian Yu turned around and saw her standing behind her with a first-aid kit in her hand.
Jian Yu didn't say anything, closed the cabinet, and prepared to go back to his room.
"Aren't you going to use it?" Yu Yao tapped the first-aid kit.
Is this the only move you know?
A long time ago, Yu Yao had tricked her with an empty medicine box, and Jian Yu wouldn't fall for it again.
"Dad asked me to bring this to you." Yu Yao moved the first-aid kit forward a little.
Sending a first-aid kit afterwards was, for Yu Hao, his way of showing his fatherly love and care for Jian Yu.
Thinking of how Yu Yao had been scratched by a tree branch, without even breaking the skin, yet Yu Hao was so frightened that he almost took her to the hospital, Jian Yu was at a loss for words.
He walked past Yu Yao without glancing at the medicine box again.
"If you don't need it, then forget it." Yu Yao shrugged and casually tossed the first-aid kit to the arriving nanny.
The nanny took the first-aid kit, noticed that the weight was wrong, opened it to take a look, and sure enough, it was still empty.
The nanny was a little worried. "Miss, should we fill the medicine box and put it in the medicine cabinet?"
Before Yu Yao could change her expression, the nanny explained, "The master asked me to deliver medicine to Miss Jian. If he asks about it later, I won't know how to explain it."
"It's none of our business if Jian Yu doesn't want the first-aid kit herself," Yu Yao rolled her eyes and slowly went upstairs.
The nanny hurriedly ran into the storage room with a first-aid kit, and a moment later she hurriedly ran out again and stuffed the first-aid kit into the cabinet next to the sofa.
Noticing the nanny's footsteps leaving the living room, Jian Yu quietly opened the bedroom door, walked to the medicine cabinet, and took out the medicine she needed from the medicine box.
Back in her room, she locked the door and began applying medicine to herself.
After applying the medicine, I pulled out a backpack from the bottom of the wardrobe and started organizing my things.
This backpack is the one I used when I was in the orphanage. When I came to the Yu family, apart from the environment being different from the orphanage, nothing else had changed.
She lived in the Yu family for three years and had nothing but a few sets of clothes.
A backpack was all that was needed to pack everything.
After packing the things, Jian Yu felt dizzy and her legs felt weak.
I haven't eaten for too long, so I have low blood sugar.
In addition, she has a stomach ailment and cannot continue to go hungry.
Although it's not time yet, the kitchen has almost finished preparing lunch.
After washing up, I went straight to the kitchen, hoping to find something to eat.
The maid was busy in the kitchen. When she saw Jian Yu come in, she didn't greet her, but she didn't stop her from looking for something either.
There were some snacks in the kitchen. Jian Yu ate a little and then left the kitchen.
As she passed by the door, the head chef came over and, taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking, secretly slipped her a package.
Jian Yu touched it and found it was still warm. She silently thanked the head chef.
Back in his room, Jian Yu ate while browsing the internet, looking for people offering paid help with online problems.
This is the only skill I currently possess, so I have no choice but to use it.
In his previous life, about two years later, Yu Hao was hacked by a competitor and had confidential bidding documents stolen.
This caused some losses to the company.
Yu Hao looked very unwell during those days.
Upon hearing this, Jian Yu took the initiative to learn about cybersecurity, hoping to be able to help the company after graduation.
Unfortunately, she never had the chance to join the company before she passed away.
Now that he was leaving, Jian Yu didn't have a single penny on him.
I found two people seeking help on a forum and helped them solve some of their problems.
I received a total of 150 yuan in reward.
When Yu Hao came down to the restaurant, he looked around at the people at the tables and, not seeing Jian Yu, asked Qi Yuexi, "Where's Jian Yu?"
Qi Yuexi snorted irritably, "They're so high and mighty, they've already gone to the kitchen to eat."
When Yu Hao didn't see Jian Yu come out to eat, his first thought was whether he had gone too far yesterday.
I was thinking of taking Jianyu to the hospital for a check-up.
Hearing Qi Yuexi say that Jian Yu had already eaten, her anger flared up again. "Still so ill-mannered. Tell the kitchen that from now on, she is not allowed to eat except during mealtimes."
Qi Yuexi said, "I have already explained."
Yu Hao picked up his chopsticks and casually asked, "Is her injury alright?"
Qi Yuexi said, "That's good. I just applied medicine to her, but she didn't appreciate it at all, showed no remorse, and even wronged Yu Yao."
"We need to teach her a lesson and make her hand over the necklace."
"Search her room in a bit."
Hearing her parents say they were going to search the house, Yu Yao finally spoke up, "Mom, even though Jian Yu did something wrong, she still has her pride and is afraid of being exposed. She might have already hidden it. If you search now, you probably won't find anything."
"Before your brother left, he told me to coax her a bit, and maybe she would hand over the necklace. He also said that if all else failed, I should take her to the police station."
When the police station was mentioned, Yu Yao's expression became somewhat unnatural. "Should we take him to the police station?"
Qi Yuexi quickly shook her head, "No way. We didn't tell anyone when we brought her back. We wanted to wait until she had corrected her bad habits before announcing it. Now that we've called the police, everyone knows. There's a thief in our house. Where are we supposed to put our faces?"
Jian Yu slung his backpack over his shoulder, holding the newly written letter severing parent-child relations in one hand. His heart felt as heavy as a thousand pounds. After a long while, he rubbed his reddened eyes and waited for the discomfort to subside before opening the door and coming out.
The food was all served, but Jian Yu still hadn't come out. Yu Hao and Qi Yuexi's expressions both darkened.
Yu Hao pointed at a maid and said, "Go and bring Jian Yu out. I've told you so many times, she's not allowed to come out for dinner today."
Qi Yuexi ladled a bowl of soup for Yu Hao, blew on it before placing it in front of him, "You've been sulking and refusing to come out to eat every day because of a necklace, it's driving me crazy."
The maid was halfway there when she noticed Jian Yu approaching, so she turned back to the dining room.
Upon seeing Jian Yu, Yu Hao said irritably, "If you don't show up at the dinner table on time again, you don't need to eat."
Jian Yu didn't answer, nor did she sit in her usual seat. Instead, she placed an A4 sheet of paper and a pen in front of Yu Hao. "Take a look. If you have no objections, sign it!"
"What?" Yu Hao's gaze followed Jian Yu's movements and fell on the A4 paper. After seeing the contents, his eyes immediately blazed with fire. He shoved the A4 paper over Jian Yu's face. "You really will stop at nothing. You'd even think of severing your parent-child relationship for a necklace."
Qi Yuexi, Yu Yao, and Yu Ze were curious about the contents of the paper and were about to ask when they heard Yu Hao's words: Jian Yu wanted to sever his parent-child relationship.
Yu Yao made no attempt to hide her sneer at Jian Yu, "Jian Yu, that's enough, you've gone too far if you keep making a scene."
Yu Ze chimed in, "Exactly."
"You clearly can't accept me from the bottom of your hearts, but you still have to pretend to be friendly. Don't you get tired of that?"
Upon hearing Jian Yu's words, Yu Hao and Qi Yuexi's expressions turned even uglier. "We brought you back from the orphanage and let you enjoy a life of luxury, and you still dare to complain?"
"Am I really living a life of luxury? Who lives a life of luxury like me, dressed worse than even the servants in my house? Yu Yao and Yu Ze had tens of thousands of yuan in pocket money every month when they were in elementary school, and now they probably have hundreds of thousands of yuan. What about me? I don't have a single penny."
"Why don't you say you want pocket money? If you tell me what you want to buy, do you think I won't buy it for you?"
In Qi Yuexi's eyes, the children in the orphanage were of low character and would do anything for a little bit of profit.
Worried that Jian Yu might go astray if she suddenly had money, Qi Yuexi deliberately didn't give her pocket money. She could keep track of Jian Yu's expenses down to the decimal point.
Jian Yu, being new to the area, was focused on pleasing them and integrating into the family as soon as possible, and dared not make any demands.
While I was in the orphanage, I could pick up some scraps and earn a dollar or two, though it would eventually be stolen from me anyway.
After moving to the Yu family's house, Jian Yu didn't even know where the scrap collectors were, let alone how to collect scraps for a few dollars.
On one occasion, Jian Yu asked Qi Yuexi for an extra hundred yuan under the guise of a materials fee, and Qi Yuexi punished him by not allowing him to eat dinner, citing that he had lied.
“They go to elite schools and have chauffeured drivers; I go to a regular school. This is a villa area with no public transportation, so I have to ride my bike for two hours to get to school. Once, during a torrential downpour, I asked my family's driver to take me to school. Do you remember what you said?”
Yu Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, and a scene popped into his mind.
Jian Yu suggested that the driver take her to school, but Yu Hao told Jian Yu to ask Qi Yuexi to make the arrangements. Qi Yuexi was on the phone with her best friend and didn't hear what Jian Yu was saying at all. She waved her hand and urged her to leave quickly.
Jian Yu waited for a long time, and finally Qi Yuexi hung up the phone. Before he could speak again, Qi Yuexi thought Jian Yu wanted to skip class and started yelling at him.
Qi Yuexi felt a little uncomfortable. "Your family all owns luxury cars. No one at your school could afford to drive them. Won't this cause trouble?"
"You also think my school's conditions aren't good enough, right?"
Qi Yuexi was speechless, unsure how to explain, so she looked at Yu Hao.
Yu Hao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. "You've always attended regular schools since you were little, and you can't keep up with elite education in any aspect. Putting you in a regular school is for your own good."
"Whether it's for my own good or because you don't want others to know I exist and embarrass you, you know the answer in your hearts. Now that I'm leaving the Yu family, you can all be at ease. Sign it!"
Jian Yu placed the A4 paper in front of Yu Hao again, and Yu Hao tore it up immediately. "This stupid agreement has no legal effect whatsoever. Don't embarrass yourself here. Go back to your room and reflect on your actions."
Jian Yu stared at the debris for a while, tightened his backpack strap, turned around and walked out. "It doesn't matter. I'm just informing you that from today onwards, I, Jian Yu, have nothing to do with you."
Yu Hao slammed his hand on the table. "You stop right there! You've gone too far!"
Jian Yu didn't stop walking. Yu Hao looked at her back, feeling inexplicably uneasy, but mostly angry. He thought Jian Yu was deliberately challenging his authority. "If you dare to step out of this house, don't ever come back."
Qi Yuexi was just as angry as Yu Hao. "Jian Yu, that's enough. Continuing to make trouble won't do you any good."
Jian Yu was about to step out the door when she suddenly stopped and didn't move.
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