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Very few people are born into wealth or nobility, and she was no exception.
Her origins were a source of shameful history that was hard to speak of.
Her mother was the mistress of a wealthy tycoon in Wocheng.
Naturally, the man named Liushan Shu, one of the most powerful tycoons in Wocheng, had more than one mistress hidden away.
Although her mother was young and beautiful, she was merely one among many women owned by that man.
Displacing the legitimate wife and rising to power was the dream of every mistress, and her mother was no different.
Thus, her mother not only went to great lengths to please the man but also invested all her efforts into becoming pregnant with his flesh and blood.
She initially thought that this would force him to comply; at the very least, she could secure more money from him.
However, when faced with this mistress who had secretly become pregnant against his wishes, Liushan Shu's attitude was ruthlessly decisive.
He threw a million at her, instructing her to go to the hospital for an abortion and told her to get lost, never to appear in his sight again.
The man's cold-heartedness and connections were well understood by the woman, so she dared not cause a scene; she could only obediently leave Wocheng with her tail between her legs and the million in hand.
Yet, she was unwilling to accept this fate and still clung to the hope of rising through the child in her womb.
Instead of choosing to terminate the pregnancy, she returned to her hometown while pregnant and gave birth to a lovely daughter.
This reality left the woman furious and desperate.
She had hoped to give birth to a son, return to Wocheng, present him before that man who had no sons, and secure wealth and glory for herself.
However, what was born was a daughter, which completely derailed her series of plans.
Even though she was her own flesh and blood, and despite the fact that the girl was cute and well-behaved, she was still filled with resentment, hating that she was not a son.
Beatings, curses, and constant abuse were what the girl experienced—this vicious treatment.
She was fearful and weak, insecure yet obedient, always shrinking in the corner, afraid to speak loudly.
At just four or five years old, she had already learned to cook, do laundry, and sweep the floor, like a child laborer, deprived of the warmth that a child should have.
Moreover, time and again, she had to help her drunken mother back from the mahjong table.
Although she inherited her mother's beauty, the cute face brought her nothing but terrifying torment.
For children, their way of expressing affection was through pranks and cruel teasing, using these methods to gain the attention of the girls they liked.
Those boys who enjoyed tormenting her were the most frightening nightmares of her childhood.
Many times she would rather curl up at home and endure her mother's beatings than go outside to face those malicious kids.
What made her despair even more was that her mother—the woman she called "mother"—never intervened when those kids tormented her.
There were even several occasions when that woman stumbled upon her being bullied; instead of driving away those wicked children to save her, she would stand by and laugh maliciously as if enjoying a good show.
Then that woman died.
It was a perfectly normal occurrence; no one in town cared.
That woman had never been frugal; her extravagant spending quickly depleted the one million she had scammed. Moreover, she had fallen into drug addiction.
To fund her gambling and drug habits, that woman began selling her body, becoming a known prostitute in town.
As a result, her daughter found it even harder to hold her head high.
Many vicious curses and names were hurled at her, instilling a deeper fear of those around her.
One winter, during a heavy snowfall, the woman died.
She was found dead in a roadside ditch.
The drunken woman had fallen into a deep sleep in the gutter, while her daughter, worried about her mother not returning home, had even ventured out late at night to look for her.
However, when the girl, shivering from the cold wind, finally found the woman, she was already a cold, lifeless corpse.
From that moment on, the girl became utterly alone; her already difficult life plunged into deeper despair.
She searched through their home but found not a single coin; everything of value had long been sold by that woman.
Carefully, she dug up a jar buried in the backyard. Inside were her meager savings, which she had secretly accumulated over the years.
Yet when she counted the jingling coins inside the jar, there were barely over fifty.
Without relatives or parents, the girl was nearly at the end of a cold and terrifying road.
Sitting in the yard, counting the scant coins over and over again while gazing at the white snowy night around her, she felt hopeless and lost, unable to see any future ahead.
At that moment, she even realized—she would not survive this winter.
Hiding in the cold and empty room, starving to the point of delirium, the girl didn’t even dare to go outside to seek help.
Fear filled her heart for the people in the town. She was terrified that those who had always hurled vicious insults at her and tormented her would only become more cruel in their torment.
In the dark, empty house, it was cold and silent. The girl curled up in a corner, shivering from the icy chill, suffering from hunger and cold, until she finally fainted completely.
When she woke up again, she almost thought she had arrived in heaven.
Warmth and comfort... The warmth she felt in her body was unlike anything she had ever experienced before.
She opened her eyes to see herself lying on a hospital bed, surrounded by many unfamiliar instruments.
Then she realized that her father had found her.
That man, after the death of his legitimate wife, suddenly remembered that he once had a woman who bore his flesh and blood.
He had not fathered a son all these years, and with age catching up to him, he had no choice but to place his hopes on that lost child.
He knew that woman well enough to understand that she would never obediently agree to terminate the pregnancy.
However, when he found that woman’s home, he only discovered a comatose girl in the corner.
Though not the son he had hoped for, she was still his flesh and blood. The girl had become truly alone and helpless; without care, she would surely perish.
Thus, the man brought the girl back home to raise her as his daughter.
From that moment on, she gained an older sister, a father, and some other relatives.
Her family was one of the wealthiest in Wocheng; her father was the most powerful tycoon in Wocheng. No one dared to bully her anymore.
Although her older sister could be somewhat domineering and mischievous, she cared for and looked after her suddenly appeared younger sister.
No one remembered that she was the daughter of a drug addict; she had become the most beloved princess of the Liu Family, the apple of Liushan Shu's eye, and no one dared to offend her.
Yet, she had never relied on the power of her home to bully anyone. She always quietly sat in the corner, never competing with her sister for anything.
No matter how unreasonable her father's orders were, she would strive to fulfill them.
In everyone's eyes, she was a polite and well-behaved girl, always appearing gentle and submissive, even to the point of being so mild-mannered that she seemed to have no temper at all.
She often had nightmares, and each time in her dreams, she would return to that childhood town.
There, the woman known as her mother continued to beat and abuse her, and she still lived a life of hunger and cold. Everything about the Liu Family felt like an illusion; she remained that lonely girl without love or compassion.
Each time she woke from a dream, she would become increasingly terrified as she realized her true identity.
To avoid losing everything she had now, to prevent returning to that terrifying nightmare, she had worked hard all along, never daring to overstep any boundaries or offend anyone.
This life of fear and trepidation continued for a long time until the appearance of that man...
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