Father wanted to help my brother take everything from me. My brother, jealous of my better living conditions and the considerable wealth I had received, conspired with him to devise a plan to kill me. In this new life, I vowed not to repeat the same mistakes.
I looked at my father, who was still causing trouble. "Dad, if you really want to save money, just stay home and eat," I said calmly. "After all, there are plenty of discounted vegetables at home."
"You!" Father feigned toughness, but when he realized I was serious about keeping him at home, he began to panic. "You can't keep me at home; I'm your father! Treating me like this will bring down divine punishment!"
I couldn't be bothered with his unreasonable outburst and simply walked away.
At the restaurant, I devoured the delicious food in front of me. In my past life, due to my father's oppression, I could only eat some wilted vegetable leaves at home and hadn't had meat for a long time. Now that I could enjoy such tasty dishes again, I felt incredibly happy.
I was still immersed in the joy of good food and my rebirth when suddenly, a long voice message from my father interrupted me. In our family WeChat group, he specifically called me out and sent over a dozen long voice messages. As soon as I opened them, they were filled with accusations directed at me.
"You ungrateful daughter!" he exclaimed. "How dare you treat your father like this!"
"I raised you with so much effort, and this is how you repay me?"
"You deserve to die a miserable death!"
My brother stepped in to accuse me as well.
"Sister, how could you say that?"
"Dad is getting old. It's dangerous for him to be home alone."
"You should stay home and take care of Dad instead of going out and wasting money!"
I couldn't help but retort.
"How have I not taken good care of Dad?"
"When you ask Dad to do this and that for you, why don't you mention taking good care of him then?"
Hearing this, Dad's anger flared up instantly. He began to curse in the voice message.
"You ungrateful daughter! And you're slandering your brother!"
"Can't you learn from your brother?"
"Look how filial he is."
"Unlike you, who only knows how to waste money!"
I held back my anger and pretended to be wronged as I sent a voice message.
"Dad, didn't you say so yourself?"
"That outside food is unhygienic and we should save money."
"You insisted on staying home."
"I only let you stay home alone because I was worried you'd get an upset stomach."
"Besides, we never eat meat at home. I'm really not full; I can only go out to eat something."
As soon as I said this, the relatives became lively.
"Eldest brother, I'm not trying to criticize you, but you're being too stingy. The child is still young; can they survive on just vegetables?"
"Besides, the child just wants to go out and grab a bite to eat. Is that really such a big deal?"
"You won't even let the child go out for a meal just to save a little money? That's a bit unreasonable, don't you think?"
Dad's tone immediately weakened.
"I just think it's wasteful if they can't finish it."
"Truly frugal."
"You all don't understand."
The relatives erupted in sarcastic remarks.
"Big Brother, we understand. We're all from the countryside; who doesn't know how to be frugal?"
"It's just that we haven't reached your level of frugality."
"If you're really that frugal, why not let your son be frugal too?"
"Why only make your daughter be frugal?"
The group was embroiled in a heated debate over my situation with Dad, and overall, everyone felt that Dad was being unreasonable.
In my past life, out of filial piety, I never spoke about Dad's actions to my relatives. This led them to join in the bullying when they targeted me.
This time, I wouldn't foolishly allow Dad to slander me in the group chat.
Before things escalated in the WeChat group, I needed to tell my relatives what kind of person Dad truly was.
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