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When she saw me, my mother immediately rushed over. As she approached me, I instinctively took two steps back, directly avoiding her.
She looked hurt for a moment, but didn’t say much. Father also rushed over. Grandpa and Grandma were all inside. I sat opposite them, frowning at their lineup.
“Just say what you have to say!”
“Sarah, we’re sorry. We were wrong. When you were born, you came out first, white and chubby.”
“But unexpectedly, the master your grandmother found to calculate your fortunes said you were born with a hard life, conflicting with your brother. I didn’t know what to do for a moment.”
“The family rule is that men inherit the family business. As long as you two were together, you would harm him, so you had to be separated. At first, we thought about giving you away, but I couldn’t bear it. Later, we unanimously decided to raise you poorly!“‘
“That way, you wouldn’t be so outstanding and wouldn’t compete with Jack. But what I didn’t expect was…”
I interrupted her, “You didn’t expect me to be so outstanding that I could research projects with big shots like Professor Lin, so now you feel guilty and want to apologize to me.”
“If I guess correctly, the Johnson family’s business probably relies on this project too. Do you want the project patents behind me, or do you want to use me? Just say it straight!”
I saw through their scheme with one sentence.
My mother opened her mouth but couldn’t say a word. After a long time, she said, “It’s not what you think.”
I shrugged, “It doesn’t matter anymore!”
My father then said. “Sarah, you can’t think of us like that. We actually cared about you. Don’t you remember when you had a fever at 6 years
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old? We didn’t have a car at home, so I carried you all the way to the hospital. It was raining and the road was slippery. I even fell!”
“Is that so? You could have taken a taxi, but you insisted on running there, resulting in me getting wet again and my condition worsening. It was just a common high fever that developed into pneumonia, all thanks to you, my dear father!”
Hearing me say this, his face immediately turned ugly. Grandpa and Grandma then said, “Sarah, you should understand. They didn’t really mean to treat you like that!”
I just found it funny, “Yeah, it’s just because you all believed what that master said, thinking I would bring bad luck, so you gave up on me. Now saying all this is meaningless. Aren’t you afraid I’ll harm Jack now?”
After saying this, I took a deep breath and left directly. My mother grabbed my hand, “No, don’t go!”
“I’m sorry, my schedule ends here. I may need to continue accepting interviews later, so I won’t disturb you anymore.”
I was about to leave when my father said in a deep voice, “Sarah Johnson, can’t we just get along?”
“Dad may have raised you poorly, but it also shaped your independent character. Look at how you went there alone for three years. This shows that my upbringing of you was quite good!”
I sneered, “Yes, it’s quite good. You eat at five–star restaurants while I have to eat the leftovers you bring back. From childhood, I never had a single new piece of clothing, all were second–hand!”
“When I needed to buy a school uniform, you even bought me a second–hand one. As a result, I had an allergic reaction and broke out in a rash all over. My classmates laughed at me, saying I was a ragpicker.”
“Do you know that being mocked by classmates haunted my entire adolescence! Have you ever experienced my feelings?”
“I just wanted fair treatment. Even if you had been sincere to me, I wouldn’t have held a grudge until today. So don’t say anything now. The only thing I regret is why I became your child!”
