"You need to prepare yourself mentally first," Xiao Hei said.
Fang Zhiyi didn't understand what it meant before the plot started playing in her head.
Fang Zhiyi is an ordinary worker, timid and very concerned about his image. To relatives and outsiders, Fang Zhiyi is a "good person" or an "honest person" because no matter if they are relatives or friends, as long as they encounter problems and ask him for help, Fang Zhiyi will help generously, even if it means putting on a brave face.
"That's my own brother!"
"That's my buddy!"
That's his catchphrase.
He has a wife and children, a son and a daughter. In the eyes of outsiders, his family is a model family, but the truth is that behind closed doors, Fang Zhiyi has a very bad relationship with his wife Liu Mei and their two children.
My son, Fang Ning, is in his third year of junior high school, and my daughter, Fang Ting, is still in elementary school.
Fang Ning, the son, remembers that his uncle, Fang Zhiming, who is also Fang Zhiyi's younger brother, often borrowed money from his father, saying that he needed money for business or that his child's tuition was not enough. His father never asked. In total, he lent Fang Zhiming 80,000 yuan, but he never mentioned repaying the money. Because of this, his mother and father had a big fight.
"We're all born of the same mother! He's my own brother! I won't help him when he's in trouble? I'll pay him back once he recovers!" Fang Zhiyi was furious, showing none of the timid demeanor she displayed in public.
But Fang Ning saw it: her uncle was taking her cousin out for a lavish meal in their newly bought car.
Fang Ning didn't dare to say it, because just before, his cousin, who was also Fang Zhiyi's cousin, had messed up at work and asked Fang Zhiyi for money to compensate him. Fang Zhiyi lent out all of Fang Ning's tuition fees. That day, Fang Ning was questioned by his teacher and laughed at by his classmates. When he got home, he heard Fang Zhiyi drinking and bragging: "My cousin said he will remember this favor for the rest of his life!"
He questioned Fang Zhiyi about why she had given all his tuition fees to someone else, only to be met with two slaps from her: "What do you know! Mind your own business! That's a relative! He's your cousin!"
After that, Fang Ning realized that in her father's eyes, she and her sister were not that important at all.
He asked Fang Zhiyi for money while wearing shoes with worn-out soles. Fang Zhiyi impatiently told him that he didn't know how to cherish his things, and then went on and on about how hard it is to earn money and how he should learn to save. But when his cousin got a perfect score on a test and his second uncle treated him to a meal, Fang Zhiyi immediately took out a red envelope containing 1,000 yuan and gave it to Fang Ning's cousin, praising him all the while.
Fang Ting had a fever, Fang Zhiyi was helping relatives, and her mother had gone back to her parents' home. Only little Fang Ning was at a loss, repeatedly trying to cool down her younger sister with a towel. From that day on, the usually well-behaved Fang Ning completely changed her mindset.
Liu Mei, the mother, is not much better than Fang Zhiyi; she also has a habit of belittling her own child.
"Look at you, what score did you get? Look at your cousin, he got 100 every time in third grade!"
"You good-for-nothing, can't you at least clean up your act? You've inherited the Fang family's genes!"
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