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When She Started to be Herself
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I returned to my parents' home. My sister-in-law Lisa looked at the Louis Vuitton handbag I was carrying and asked, "Yasmin, this bag is a knockoff, right? How much did you pay for it?" I said, "This is the Louis Vuitton I just bought. I spent thirty thousand dollars." My brother Jack and his wife Lisa stared at me in disbelief. "What? Thirty thousand?" Lisa's face turned cold. "It's not worth it!" Jack looked at my mother angrily and said, "Mom, look at Yasmin. Our whole family is still living in one house, but she spent thirty thousand dollars on a bag." My mother frowned. "Yasmin, why are you so immature!" My dad yelled, "You're wasting money! Go back and return it now!" In their imagination, I should have blushed and lowered my head, then went to the mall to return the bag. But, they didn't know that I was reborn! In my previous life, for the sake of my parents and my brother, I never got married. I bought them a house and a car, and covered the expenses of my nephew and niece. However, after they spent all my money, they kicked me out. Eventually, I died of illness alone in my rental apartment. No one came to see me until my body started to stink and was discovered. In this life, I wanted to live for myself!
Chapters (10)
Chapter 1
I returned to my parents' home. My sister-in-law Lisa looked at the Louis Vuitton handbag I was carrying and asked, "Yasmin, this bag is a knockoff, right? How much did you pay for it?"
I said, "This is the Louis Vuitton I just bought. I spent thirty thousand dollars."
My brother Jack and his wife Lisa stared at me in disbelief. "What? Thirty thousand?"
Lisa's face turned cold. "It's not worth it!"
Jack looked at my mother angrily and said, "Mom, look at Yasmin. Our whole family is still living in one house, but she spent thirty thousand dollars on a bag."
My mother frowned. "Yasmin, why are you so immature!"
My dad yelled, "You're wasting money! Go back and return it now!"
In their imagination, I should have blushed and lowered my head, then went to the mall to return the bag.
But, they didn't know that I was reborn!
In my previous life, for the sake of my parents and my brother, I never got married. I bought them a house and a car, and covered the expenses of my nephew and niece. However, after they spent all my money, they kicked me out.
Eventually, I died of illness alone in my rental apartment. No one came to see me until my body started to stink and was discovered.
In this life, I wanted to live for myself!
1
I was reborn at the age of forty.
When I opened my eyes, I was lying in my small bedroom, and outside I could hear my nephew Liam and niece Luna crying and fighting over toys.
As I recalled, I bought this house with more than eight hundred thousand dollars. To show my filial piety, I registered the house under my parents' names.
I opened a beauty salon in my hometown and achieved some success in my career, with an annual income of four to five hundred thousand dollars, which was quite impressive in this small town.
But this amount of money was far from enough to satisfy my parents' appetite.
Jack had no job and played games at home every day. Lisa went shopping and playing all day, leaving both children to my parents.
Naturally, all the expenses of the whole family depended on me.
I had been in love several times, but when it came to getting married, my parents would obstruct me for various reasons. They would either demand a high price of engagement gift or be mean to the boy's family. As time went on, I still didn't get married until I was forty years old. I missed the best time, and the marriage was naturally shelved.
In my previous life, I thought they were all doing this for my own good, fearing that I would put my trust in the wrong person. Now I finally understood that they were just worried that after I got married, they would lose my money!
Outside my bedroom, Luna cried loudly because she didn't get the toy. Lisa said impatiently, "Silly girl, stop crying. Ask Aunt Yasmin to buy it for you later!"
I sneered secretly. Aunt Yasmin didn't want to be a fool anymore!
In my previous life, I always fulfilled Liam and Luna's requests. When Luna got married, I bought her a set of gold jewelry. After she got married, she said she wanted to start a business, so I gave her my beauty salon. When Liam got married, I gave him all my savings and also left him the house I bought for my parents. However, when I got old and sick, either of them came to see me.
So, I wouldn't spoil them anymore.
I looked at myself in the mirror. After all, I worked in the cosmetology business, so my skin was pretty good. As a forty-year-old woman, I looked like thirty years old. However, all my clothes were bought online. They were obviously cheap goods with no quality at all. And none of my bags or shoes were presentable.
I thought, "Now, right now! I'm going to love myself!"
After I changed my clothes and walked out of the room, Luna rushed over to me and hugged my legs. "Aunt Yasmin, take me to buy toys."
Liam also came to me and said, "Aunt Yasmin, I want to go too. I want the latest Ultraman."
Chapter 2
Lisa didn't say anything, she was playing with her phone and glanced at me out of the corner of her eye.
I pulled Liam and Luna away. "You have so many toys, you don't need any more toys. Go do your homework!"
The two kids who had always been spoiled by me pouted in grievance and looked at Lisa beside them.
I didn't even look at Lisa, I just walked out and headed straight for the mall!
After shopping for an afternoon, I was completely refreshed. I got my hair permed, had a manicure, and bought several new clothes. These clothes were something I never dared to buy before because of the price.
As the owner of a beauty salon, I knew how to dress, but I was reluctant to spend money on myself in the past. All I wore and used were cheap items, which showed no texture or class.
Now I became a different person!
I went to the beauty salon first, and a few beautician girls praised me. "Ms. Quill, you look so beautiful today!"
I returned home full of joy.
For my new image, my whole family just gave me a few glances. My mother opened her mouth but finally held back and said nothing.
Until they saw my new Louis Vuitton bag.
Lisa couldn't help but say, "Yasmin, this bag is a knockoff, right? How much did you pay for it?"
I laughed. "I bought it this afternoon, Louis Vuitton, thirty thousand dollars!"
Jack and Lisa widened their eyes. "What? Thirty thousand?"
Lisa snorted and said coldly, "This is just a waste of money. You are really rich since you are willing to spend thirty thousand dollars to buy this!"
Jack looked at my mother angrily and said, "Mom, look at Yasmin. Our whole family is still living in one house, but she spent thirty thousand dollars on a bag."
My mother frowned. "Yasmin, why are you so immature!"
My dad yelled, "You're wasting money, go back and return it!"
They thought I would definitely go to the mall with a red face, looking aggrieved, as usual, to return the bag.
But, I was no longer the silly me in my last life!
I slowly stretched out my hand to admire my manicure. "I used my own money, and what does it have to do with you guys? Why should I return it?"
Dad was choked by me. He didn't expect that his daughter, who had always obeyed them since childhood, would dare to refute!
Before they could react, I showed them the jade necklace on my neck. "Look, this is the jade necklace I just bought, twenty thousand dollars!"
It was like a thunderclap, which blew their minds off.
The Lisa was already incoherent. "Twenty thousand! Yasmin, you must have been cheated!"
Jack quickly took out his phone and said, "Yes, yes, yes, call the police. You must have been scammed!"
I snatched his phone and said, "What are you doing? I can show you the invoice and the attached appraisal certificate. This is a genuine jade necklace!"
My father was so angry that he was trembling. He pointed at me and said, "You, you are rebellious!"
My mother said, "Yasmin, go back and return all of them! It's one hundred and fifty thousand dollars! You agreed to buy a house for your brother, why are you spending money like this?"
These words were heartfelt wishes of Jack and Lisa, and they quickly nodded.
Jack took a deep breath and said, "Yasmin, hurry up, return them before Dad gets angry."
I thought, "Getting angry? I'm just afraid that you won't get angry."
I looked at them coldly, and suddenly Luna shook my arm. "Aunt Yasmin, I want the necklace, I want it."
Then Liam also rushed over and said, "Aunt Yasmin, give it to me. My parents said that all your things will be mine."
Chapter 3
Haha, they could really think.
I squatted down with a smile. "Sweetie, don't make a fuss. Ask your parents to buy whatever you want, after all you are their treasures. And I will have my own treasure in the future."
Lisa's face looked very unpleasant, and she squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth. "You are already forty, who would want you?"
I stood up and said, "Yes, in order to make money for you, I'm already forty and haven't gotten married. Don't forget that I was the one who paid for your engagement gift, but now you are saying no one wants me because I am too old!"
Jack said, "Yasmin, why are you bringing up things that from years ago? Go and return them."
I stood there without moving, and my mother came over and pulled me. "Yasmin, hurry up!"
I shook her hand off. "No, you guys can buy a house for Jack if you want, I won't. I'm not his mother!"
My dad finally yelled at me, "Go and return them! Or get out of here!"
I said, "I get out? I shouldn't be the one to get out. I bought this house!"
Jack said, "Yasmin, how could you say that? You bought this house for Mom and Dad, they have the right to do this."
I said, "Okay, I'm leaving then! I wish you guys happiness, and don't come to me ever again!"
After saying that, I went into my room and packed my things. A few minutes later, I came out with a suitcase.
My father almost fainted with anger. I had never disobeyed his orders like this before. He pointed at the door and said, "Get out! If you dare to leave, don't regret it!"
Regret? They should be the ones who regret it.
I strode out and no one tried to stop me.
When I got to the door, I heard Jack say to my father. "Dad, don't get too angry. Yasmin will come back to apologize in a few days."
Yes, I was a bootlicker of my parents in my previous life. In order to get their smiles, I obeyed them and only hoped to get a little love and care from them.
I wouldn't need to in this life!
Because through the miserable experience in my previous life, I finally understood that it was useless to please people who didn't care about you! It was better to completely give up asking for their love and love yourself.
2
When I got out of the door, tears flowed down my face.
Just because I spent my own money to buy myself gifts, they were so intolerant. In their eyes, I was just a tool to make money, and there was no love to me!
When I was a child, the things my parents said to me most often were: Your brother is the root of our family, you must protect him and love him!
But who in this family loved me?
I'd better say goodbye to the so-called family. I had given them enough and I had to live my own life in the future.
After moving out, I stayed in my beauty salon for a few days. I spent time checking houses during the day. I had never been so eager to buy a house of my own.
My parents asked me to buy a house for Jack. I didn't dare to disobey, so I had already prepared the money.
Fortunately, they had looked at several houses but hadn't decided yet. Now it was the perfect opportunity to buy a house for myself with this money.
I quickly booked a newly renovated house of 120 square meters in the city center for 1.5 million dollars.
On the day of payment, I actually saw Jack and Lisa. They were looking at the houses.
The house I bought was in a high-end residential area, and there was a payment ceremony at the sales office. After I paid the money, I took a photo with the sales staff and the manager on the stage. And the music attracted everyone's attention.
Chapter 4
I saw Jack and Lisa in the crowd.
They rushed up with shining eyes. "Yasmin, you bought it? That's great, I knew you wanted to give us a surprise."
Lisa said, "Yasmin, I will tell Mom and Dad right away. They will definitely forgive you."
I looked at the manager, who stepped forward and said, "Excuse me, if you have anything to say, please wait until we finish the ceremony, okay?"
They both stepped back angrily.
After the applause, I walked out of the crowd.
Jack and Lisa immediately followed and said, "Yasmin, which one did you buy? Take us to see it."
I said, "I've been kicked out by you, so of course I have to buy my own house to live in."
Jack said, "Yasmin, stop joking. It's common for a family to quarrel. Don't take it seriously."
Lisa said, "Yasmin, I just called Mom and Dad, they will be here soon, let's go to the new house and see when to move in."
I was speechless.
A taxi stopped in front of us and my parents got out.
Jack went up. "Dad, Mom, you are here. Yasmin has already paid for the house."
My mother scolded me. "Yasmin, why didn't you tell us? How could you make the decision on your own for such a big thing?"
My father snorted. "You're getting bolder and bolder."
Although they said this, they could not hide the slight pride in their expression of "I knew you wouldn't dare to confront us!"
I looked at them and didn't move.
Jack urged. "Yasmin, take us to see the new house."
I crossed my arms and didn't move. "I bought this house for myself, what's there for you to see?"
Jack still didn't believe it. "Yasmin, stop talking in anger. Why would you buy such a big house for yourself?"
Lisa said, "Yes, Yasmin. Liam and Luna have asked for a computer room. When we move in, you can come and visit."
I didn't get angry but laughed instead. No wonder, I had spoiled them too much before, which made them were able to say such shameless things.
Just then the salesperson came out and said, "Ms. Quill, here is the purchase contract. We will apply for the property certificate right away."
Jack said to the salesperson, "When will the property certificate be issued? I will bring my ID."
The salesperson glanced at him and said, "The owner is Ms. Quill and she has already completed the registration. Ms. Quill, I will send the property certificate to you when it's done."
They were all stunned. They didn't expect that I actually bought a house for myself.
After a while, my mother howled loudly. "You damn girl, your brother doesn't even have a house yet, how could you buy one for yourself? Why are you spending money like this?"
My father was relatively calm and said to the salesperson, "Miss, the property certificate hasn't issued yet. Can we change the owner to my son?"
The salesperson looked at him as if he was crazy, then she smiled at me and left.
Jack pulled me and said, "Yasmin, you can still change the name. It's not too late to change it now."
I shook him off. "If you want to buy a house, go buy it yourself."
My dad rushed over and slapped me in the face. "You, go change the name right now!"
My mother also yelled at me, "Yes, you must change it today!"
Chapter 5
The manager and the salesperson came over with a few security guards. "What are you doing? How dare you to hit our client here? Take them to the security room!"
They were frightened and didn't dare to say a word for a while.
Looking at their cowardly appearance, I sighed secretly. Alas, they only dared to bully me!
The manager said to me again, "Ms. Quill, do you want to call the police?"
As soon as they heard calling the police, they quickly ran away.
3
The manager took out a business card and handed it to me. "Ms. Quill, I'm sorry that we didn't protect you well enough and made you feel wronged. This is my business card. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me."
I touched my slightly red cheeks and said, "Manager, I'm sorry for you to see this."
I Looked at the business card in my hand again, Larry Turner.
I quickly thanked him. "Mr. Turner, thank you!"
I moved into my new house at night. I took a milk bath with a facial mask and listened to music. I felt very happy and relaxed.
However, I had almost spent all my savings in the past few days, so the most urgent thing was to make money.
I thought of Larry.
The next morning, I called him and he answered immediately.
I asked him to go to the Cafe at the entrance of their sales office. He said straightforwardly, "Ms. Quill, there is no need to be so troublesome. I can be there right away because I live next door to you."
I was stunned for a moment, and he laughed again. "After all, I have to enjoy a nice house myself."
Interesting.
I changed my clothes and tidied myself up a little when the doorbell rang.
He was wearing a simple suit. He was tall and fit, and had a pair of bright eyes.
He was also quite handsome.
I poured him a cup of coffee and got straight to the point without any further ado.
I wanted to organize an event with their sales department, where all homeowners could come to my beauty salon for a free treatment.
He was naturally eager to seek benefits for the distinguished owners, so we hit it off and agreed to implement it immediately.
I breathed a sigh of relief. "Mr. Turner, if your girlfriend or wife comes to our salon, I will serve her for free for half a year, no limit of times."
He said, "Why? Ms. Quill wants to introduce a girlfriend to me? I'm still single right now."
I asked in surprise, "Ah? You are such an outstanding man. How can you still be single?"
He said, "Isn't an outstanding person like you also single?"
My eyes widened. "How do you know?"
He replied, "If you had a boyfriend, you wouldn't be bullied by them yesterday. If you had a man to protect you, they wouldn't dare to be so arrogant."
A man to protect me? My heart was slightly moved.
I also wanted a man to protect me, but in my previous life, I foolishly believed what my parents said, which was that there was no true love in the world, and those men just wanted to deceive me.
I didn't know whether men would lie to me or not, but my parents and brother had been plotting against me all my life.
Seeing me keeping my head down and saying nothing, Larry felt a little embarrassed. He sat for a while and then left.
The activity started the next day. The sales department promoted it in the community, and my beauty salon was flooded with customers.
People lived in this community were wealthy. After receiving the free care and if they felt that it was good, most of them applied for memberships. I also gave them more discounts, and everyone was happy.
In just two months, my salon's sales reached last year's total.
Seeing that our beauty care had a good reputation, Larry teamed up with me again to launch another activity, where customers could get a gold membership card for free when they bought a house.
As a result, my beauty salon business was booming.
Chapter 6
In the past few months, Larry and I had been in frequent contact. My parents and Jack hadn't bothered me, and I had lived a peaceful life for a while.
Larry's gaze at me became increasingly hot, and I missed him terribly when I didn't see him for a day.
I wondered, "Is this love?"
In this new life, could I find my own happiness? However, I was already forty years old and Larry was only thirty-five years old. Would he accept me?
This weekend, I cooked a few dishes, opened a bottle of wine, and invited Larry to celebrate the success of our cooperation.
We only had one drink and a hint of ambiguity slowly filled the air. Larry quietly held my hands, and when he was about to confess his love, there was suddenly a knock on the door.
I wondered, "Is it the property management?"
I just opened the door a crack, someone pushed it open with force, then my parents and Jack rushed in.
Jack shouted excitedly, "We finally found you! Dad, Mom, look, this house is very beautiful."
My parents were each carrying several luggage bags, and they piled the bags in the living room once they entered the house.
I asked, "Dad, Mom, what are you doing?"
My father snorted coldly. "You still remember that you have parents?"
My mother sat down on the sofa and said, "Yasmin, we will live here from now on."
I knew what they were planning. It didn't matter whether the house was registered under my name or Jack's name. What mattered for them was that they could occupy it first and kick me out at any time later.
In my previous life, I bought another house for Jack as they requested, and they lived in the previous house with me. When they died, they left the house to their grandson. I had no choice but to live with my cousin and his wife. I endured them for a while until I was forced to rent a apartment.
This time, I wouldn't let them have their way.
I said coldly, "I want to live in this house alone."
My father disagreed. "We are your parents. Whether you agree or not, we will live here."
Larry walked out of the restaurant. "This house belongs to Yasmin, no one else has the right to move in by force."
My parents were surprised to see that there was another person in the room. Jack shouted, "Hey, Yasmin, we only haven't seen you for a few months, and you've hooked up with this manager?"
Larry frowned and said, "You should be more respectful when you speak. We both are unmarried, choose your words carefully."
He pulled me into his arms and said, "I'm her fiance, and we're getting married soon."
I wondered, "What is he doing?" My heart warmed up and I couldn't help but smile.
My mom screamed, "Fiance? We don't agree!"
Jack was also very surprised. "Yasmin, he must be trying to cheat you out of your money! What fiance, bah!"
My father put on the dignity of the head of the family and yelled at me, "Who agreed to this? Make him leave now. We don't agree."
I also took the risk. "We plan to get married next month."
When these words came out, they were all dumbfounded.
My mom said, "Yasmin, don't be stupid. He must be attracted by your house and money. You are already forty years old. He can't be sincere to you."
Jack also chimed in. "Yasmin, if you want to have some fun, fine. Don't treat marriage as a joke."
My dad was furious. "How could I have such a stupid daughter like you!"
Larry ignored them. "Please take your things away, otherwise I will call security."
Chapter 7
My mother simply started to act like a spoiled brat. "Call the security guards as you want. I'm her mother, why can't I live here?"
Larry sneered. "You are her mother. But we only protect the safety of the owners. If Yasmin doesn't agree with you living here, then the security has the right to throw you out!"
As he said that, he took out his phone and said, "What? You don't believe me?"
My parents were frightened and didn't dare to say anything. They packed their luggage and left.
As soon as the door closed, Larry hugged me and said, "Yasmin, let me protect you. Will you marry me?"
I was so happy, how could I refuse?
But I knew that my parents would not let it go. They were used to squeezing money from me, so how could they let me go easily?
4
They came to my store.
My mother told me that I had to break up with Larry, otherwise she would never acknowledge me as her daughter.
This trick worked every time in my previous life. But now, I really wished they wouldn't acknowledge me as her daughter.
Seeing that I didn't care, Jack pretended to be a peacemaker. "Yasmin, don't make Mom and Dad angry, we are all doing this for your own good."
I said, "Yes, you are all doing this for my own good. For letting me die alone and spending all my money. Thank you so much. I beg you not to do anything for my own good anymore in the future."
My mother roared in anger. "Yasmin, why are you so easily deceived by men?"
I said, "I want a home of my own, what's wrong with that?"
My father, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up, "Okay, you've grown strong now, we can't control you anymore. You can get married, but we'll need eight hundred thousand dollars as a engagement gift, not a penny less!"
I said, "What, you want to sell me out?"
Jack said, "Yasmin, don't say such harsh words. Isn't it normal to ask for engagement gift when getting married?"
I replied, "In this small town, the engagement gift is only about one hundred thousand dollars, but you want eight hundred thousand. You must be crazy for money."
Just as they were arguing, Larry arrived.
My mother shouted at him, "Did you hear me? If you want to marry my daughter, give us eight hundred thousand dollars!"
Larry walked up to me and looked at me.
I said, "Larry, don't listen to them. I will decide my own marriage, and I don't need any engagement gift."
My father was so furious that he picked up a vase nearby and was about to throw it at me.
Larry quickly protected me behind him. "Whoever dares to touch Yasmin, I won't let him get away with it."
My dad was stunned for a moment, and my mom stopped him. He put the vase down and said, "We don't agree if you don't give us the money."
I said, "I'm sorry, but we don't need your consent, we will get married tomorrow."
Back when I opened the beauty salon a few years ago, I had already moved myself from our family's household registration, so they couldn't stop us from registering.
Jack suddenly sneered at Larry and said, "Hey, don't blame me for not telling you. My sister had several abortions before, and no one wants her anymore. If you want to be a sucker, that's up to you."
I was so angry that my eyes turned dark and I almost fainted.
This was my good brother. In order to prevent me from getting married, he did not hesitate to fabricate facts and ruin my reputation.
Larry was unmoved and hugged me tightly. "I believe Yasmin, don't slander her!"
My parents and brother walked away, and I snuggled in Larry's arms with tears in my eyes. With him, I felt safe and no longer lonely.
Larry asked, "Yasmin, is what you just said true?"
I asked, "What?"
Larry said, "Get married tomorrow."
Chapter 8
I punched him lightly. "You wish."
Larry said, "Yasmin, I want to give you a grand wedding."
"Oh my goodness, is this happiness?" I wondered.
Two days later, I received a call from Jack. "Yasmin, come to the hospital immediately. Dad was so angry with you that he had a heart attack."
This was their usual tactic. Every time I did something a little bit not to their liking, they would threaten me with fainting, hospitalization, and so on. But I wasn't going to fall for it anymore.
However, I still went to the hospital to see what else they would come up with.
The door of the ward was ajar. I saw through the crack that my father was lying on the bed. His face was ruddy and he was taking big bites of an apple. And he didn't look like a patient at all.
Jack was stirring up trouble and said, "Dad, Yasmin will be here soon, ask her to pay for Liam and Luna's interest classes, it costs twenty thousand dollars."
My mother said, "The money is not a problem at all. The important thing is that your sister is going to get married! Which means from now on, her house and salon will belong to someone else!"
My dad said, "No, we can't let her get married."
My mother said, "It must be that Turner guy who bewitched her. Yasmin used to be so obedient."
My father got excited and said, "If she dares to marry him, I will kill myself in front of her!"
Jack couldn't hide the joy in his eyes. "Why would she get married? It would be great if our whole family could be together. When she gets old, Liam and Luna will take care of her."
"Haha, thank you so much." I thought.
In my previous life, I treated Liam and Luna as my own children, but these two ungrateful little bastards kept saying, "We have our own parents, how can we have the energy to care about Aunt Yasmin?"
Yes, I was just an aunt, how could I expect them to take care of me? So I would not put any hope on them or give anything more to them.
Since I was already here, I went into the ward.
When my father saw me, he snorted, turned his face away and ignored me.
My mom sat on the edge of the bed and said, "Yasmin, look at you. You've made your dad so angry. We worked so hard to raise you, how could you be so obsessed with a man?"
Jack coughed lightly to remind her.
My mom continued. "Forget it. Now hurry up and pay for Liam and Luna's interest classes, it's more than twenty thousand dollars. Hurry up and transfer thirty thousand dollars to your brother."
I took out my phone from my bag, Jack's face lit up with joy, and my parents exchanged proud glances.
I calmly found a picture from my phone album and showed it to Jack. "This is the new car I've fallen in love with, it's three hundred thousand dollars. I've already paid for it and will pick it up next week. So I don't have any money now!"
Jack's face turned purple with anger. "Yasmin, why did you buy such an expensive car? What will we do? The expenses for a whole family are so high!"
I put away my phone and said, "You guys should take care of your own expenses. You are already over thirty years old. You need to know how to support a family."
My father completely forgot that he was pretending to be sick. He sat up suddenly and pointed at me. "You, you disobedient girl, so ungrateful."
I sneered. "Ungrateful? How much did you spend raising me? How much did I spend on you over these years? You can do the math yourself."
My father was so angry that he picked up the shoes under the bed and threw them at me. "You! Are you trying to piss me off to death?"
I dodged to the side, and my mother responded by howling, "What a sin! How could we have such an unfilial daughter!"
Lisa watched all this with cold eyes, she suddenly stood up, and yelled at Jack, "If you don't get her to pay for Liam and Luna's interest classes in the next two days, I will divorce you!"
Chapter 9
After saying that, she slammed the door and left.
Jack put on a bitter face. "Yasmin, please don't be like this. If I get divorced, our family will be broken up. Can you really bear to see it?"
I thought, "I can't bear to see it? If I can't bear it, I will be controlled by them for the rest of my life just like in my last life."
I shook my head helplessly. "I really have no money."
Jack said, "Well, Dad is in the hospital now, you have to pay for hospitalization and nutrition."
I said, "Dad, I think you are very energetic, so don't waste money in the hospital. Just go home. Of course, if you want to stay, I have no objection. Just pay for the medical expenses yourself."
In the past few years, not only did I buy them a house, I was also very generous in giving them money, so they wouldn't be unable to afford medical expenses.
After saying that, I turned around and left. Behind me I heard my father's roar, my mother's howling, and Jack's cursing.
They were so terrible.
Larry and I decided to hold the wedding.
Of course, I didn't inform my family.
But they still came to make trouble!
Just when the emcee asked Larry, "Are you willing to marry Ms. Yasmin Quill?"
The door was suddenly pushed open, then my parents, Jack and Lisa rushed in.
My dad yelled at the emcee, "I don't agree!"
My mother rushed onto the stage, sat down on the ground, slapped her thigh and started crying. "I am so sinful, giving birth to such a shameless daughter. She didn't even ask for the engagement gift. And she only wants a man, not her parents."
I didn't expect them to come or disrupt the wedding. The emcee also panicked. The guests started to make a commotion and whispered, and it began to become chaotic.
But Larry was not in a hurry. He gave a glance to several strong young men to pick them up and said, "If you keep making trouble, I will call the police."
This time, calling the police didn't scare them.
Jack stiffened his neck and said, "Call the police then. How can you get married without your parents' consent? Let's see who dares to arrest us today."
Lisa was filming a video with her phone. "Look everyone, this woman didn't even ask for the engagement gift, and she insisted on marrying this man. A woman who doesn't listen to her parents will not end up well."
Did she think that I wasn't able to speak?
I took the emcee's microphone and said, "Everyone, I'm sorry for all this. Today is my wedding day, but I didn't invite my family to come because they've taken my money for dozens of years. I don't want to be their daughter or sister anymore!"
The room gradually quieted down after I said these.
I continued. "I am forty years old now. In order to give my parents and brother a good life, I bought them a house and let my brother get married and start a family. But apart from asking me for money, no one has ever cared about me!"
I raised my hand and wiped the tears from my eyes. "I'm forty years old and want to get married, but they want the engagement gift of eight hundred thousand dollars! It's obvious that they don't want me to get married, all they want from me is to become a money-making tool for them for the rest of my life!"
The guests began to whisper to each other and gave contemptuous glances at them.
Lisa had turned off the video long ago and was standing there with a red face.
My father was being dragged by someone, but he was still struggling to come up and hit me. "You damn girl, every daughter protects her parents, but you don't take our sides."
I said, "Did you hear that? My dad meant that having a daughter is to contribute to her family, and that a daughter shouldn't have her own life."
Chapter 10
The guests all sighed for me.
I burst into tears. "Everyone, if being born as a daughter means being a tool, then I would rather not be born! I want to pursue my own happiness, am I wrong?"
My dad was still yelling, "Your brother is the heir of our family, you should think for him, otherwise why did we give birth to you!"
It caused uproar in the audience. Some people had already recorded videos, and their faces were clearly visible in the videos!
Larry took the microphone and said, "Everyone, should I give eight hundred thousand dollars to them?"
The audience answered in unison, "No!"
Larry added, "Then please bless us!"
Several young men dragged my parents, Jack and Lisa out, and the wedding went on!
On the same day, the wedding videos appeared on various platforms with the caption "Parents-in-law disrupted the wedding and demanded eight hundred thousand dollars for engagement gifts!"
The videos quickly became a hot topic, with a lot of curses coming from the comments.
My parents were exposed by netizens. Not only did they receive countless abusive phone calls every day, but they were also spat on when they took out the trash. Countless bloggers and public accounts wrote articles to discuss this thing, and the high price of eight hundred thousand dollars for the engagement gift became a topic on the entire network!
Words like "Evil parents forcing their daughter to support the brother" were thrown at them.
They suffered a brutal cyberbullying!
Larry and I stayed at home reading various comments happily every day.
All the words that I didn't say were said by netizens.
Soon, my mother suffered from depression. Lisa couldn't bear the pressure, so she divorced Jack, left her two children behind, and no one knew where she went.
In order to avoid any further connection with them, Larry and I decided to leave.
We quickly sold the profitable beauty salon, my own house and Larry's house at a low price. Larry applied to the company to return to their headquarters.
We left quietly and bought a house in the capital to settle down.
Two years later, one day, I was wearing a beautiful business suit and exquisite makeup, sitting in the beauty salon I newly opened in the capital, discussing business cooperation with several medical beauty institutions.
There was a knock on the door and the nanny walked in. "Ms. Quill, Kate needs to be fed."
I apologized to my partners and left the office.
In the small room next door, the little angel in the cradle was smiling at me. I picked her up, gave her a kiss, undressed myself and fed her.
Looking at her little mouth sucking eagerly, my heart was filled with infinite love.
It was the continuation of my life, my dear daughter. "I will do my best to give you happiness and let you live your own life." I thought.
Just after feeding, I received a call from Larry. "Honey, are you tired today? Take some rest, I love you."
I chuckled. "How many phone calls do you have to make in a day? You're so nagging."
Larry said, "Honey, you criticized me again."
I said, "You are already the vice president of the company. Can you stop always following around your wife and daughter? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"
Larry laughed. "Haha, a man who follows around his wife and daughter is a mature man."
I handed Kate to the nanny and returned to the office, and signed contracts with several agencies.
Business in the capital was much easier than in the small town. Larry and I had invested all our savings in this beauty salon. It was not only high-end, but also combines with body shaping, weight loss, alternative medicine etc. It was very popular among white-collar women and wealthy ladies.
