1. "Hu Zhaodi, I just want my family to celebrate the New Year in peace and harmony. Come back and apologize to Lin Rou." On the eve of the New Year's Eve, it's the time for every family to have a reunion, but I was huddled in less than two In a ten-square-meter cheap hotel room, I received a voice and video call from my dad with a serious expression. "She just has a little conflict with you. How many years have passed, why are you still so pretentious? How old is your brother? It's hard to bring a girl home. If you want to become a prostitute again, do you want our Hu family to have no heirs? Just give up!" I wiped my tears and sneered: "She burned my arms with cigarette butts, grabbed my head and forced me to drink toilet water, and pushed me into the pond...
1. "Hu Zhaodi, this is a Chinese New Year. I just want my family to celebrate the New Year in peace and harmony. Come back and apologize to Lin Rou."
On the eve of New Year's Eve, when every family is getting together, I was huddled in a cheap hotel room of less than 20 square meters. I received a voice and video call from my dad with a serious expression.
"She just has a little conflict with you. How many years have passed, why are you still so pretentious? How old is your brother? It's hard to bring a girl home. If you want to become a prostitute again, do you want our Hu family to have no heirs? Just give up!"
I wiped my tears and sneered: "She burned my arms with cigarette butts, grabbed my head and forced me to drink toilet water, and pushed me into the pond and almost drowned. Is this a small contradiction?"
"That's right. In your eyes, only what happens to my brother is a big deal. What happens to me is just a trivial matter in your eyes. You have never regarded me as your child. I am My brother’s accessory is just a buy-one-get-one-free gift.”
At the other end of the video, my dad became angry and said, "Hu Zhaodi, what are you talking about? You ungrateful white-eyed wolf...you..."
Before my dad could finish speaking, I had decisively cut off the video.
The day before New Year's Eve, my brother suddenly said in our family group that he wanted to take his girlfriend of almost a year home to meet his parents.
My parents were so excited that they dragged me to the largest shopping mall in the city and bought a lot of expensive New Year's goods, saying that when other girls came, we would not let people think our family was shabby.
I naturally paid for the New Year's goods. My parents are laid-off workers and have little other income except their pitiful retirement salary.
My brother squandered most of the money that the old couple had worked hard to save in the early years, and now they can only rely on me to give them some money every month to supplement their family income.
After I paid the money, I asked out of curiosity: "Where is my brother's girlfriend from?"
My mother happily picked out the New Year’s goods and said with a smile, "You are from the same place as us. I heard that we were in the same high school as you."
I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and smiled: "After waiting for a long time, it turned out to be my junior high school girl."
Who would have known that the woman my brother brought back was not only my junior high school girl, but also the girl from the same class who bullied me.
On the night of New Year's Eve, my parents drove my brother and his girlfriend back home, and they bumped into me while I was cooking New Year's Eve dinner.
Even though many years have passed, I can still recognize the woman's face at a glance. She was wearing exquisite makeup, her hand was held eagerly by my mother, and she walked up to me.
My mother introduced me with a smile: "Come on, Hu Zhaodi, this is your brother's future wife, Lin Rou."
"Auntie, Zhaodi and I are high school classmates."
"Oh my, that's a great feeling. This way the sisters-in-law will be harmonious in the future!"
Lin Rou greeted me cordially, and my mother kept praising her for being sensible. Only I could understand her eyes, which contained the same arrogance and provocation as always. She had long recognized me.
"Why are you blocking the door? You have worked hard all the way. Wash your hands and have New Year's Eve dinner."
My dad didn't even look at me. He only had eyes for his precious son and his son's girlfriend. When they went to the dining room, my mom noticed something was wrong with me.
She pushed me and said anxiously: "What are you doing standing still? Why don't you go in and scoop chicken soup for your brother and sister-in-law?"
I struggled in place for a long time and confessed to her: "Mom, when I was in high school, it was Lin Rou and her people who bullied me."
My mother's face suddenly changed and she patted me on the shoulder: "How is that possible? You must have mistaken the wrong person. How can such a gentle girl like Lin Rou bully others?"
My eyes immediately turned red and I couldn't restrain my anger: "Even if she turns to ashes, I will still remember her! Besides, it's not like you and dad never met her back then. She almost killed me back then. Why did you and dad still agree with my brother?" Take her home!"
My mother glared at me and lectured me: "It's been so long, how can I remember it? Don't be pretentious. We were all students at that time. How bad can our minds be."
"This Lin Rou is your brother's favorite person. Your future sister-in-law, please don't get into trouble during this New Year's Eve!"
I forced a laugh and said, "Oh, in your eyes, I am just a piece of grass. My brother is your baby, and she is my brother's baby. Today I am going to get into trouble and smash your baby to pieces." !”
2. Lin Rou and I were classmates in high school. When we first arrived in the class, she couldn't get used to my lackluster appearance and tacky clothes.
So she often teamed up with several other unlearned students in the class to make things difficult for me.
At first, I just deliberately scribbled on my books and test papers, and threw my schoolbag on the ground and trampled on it.
At that time, I was introverted and didn't like to talk, so I didn't dare to tell my teachers or family members when I was bullied, so I could only endure it silently.
Seeing that I didn't dare to resist, she gradually got worse. Not only did she deliberately untie my shoulder strap in front of the boys, she also pulled me into the toilet and slapped me repeatedly.
After she learned to smoke, she even used my hand as her ashtray.
Later, I couldn't bear it anymore and told my parents about this. They were busy worrying about my brother's high school entrance examination, so they only came to school and asked Lin Rou to give me a perfunctory apology and that was it.
It wasn't until Lin Rou held a grudge and pushed me into the pond and almost drowned that they agreed to transfer me to another school.
I finally escaped from the nightmare, and who knew I would meet her again today.
I was ladling chicken soup and heard the sound of the door opening behind me. I turned around and saw Lin Rou leaning against the door frame with her hands folded.
Seeing that I ignored her, she said angrily: "Zhao Di, I didn't expect that we are so destined. We were classmates in high school. I didn't expect that after school, I would become your younger sibling."
"I can't afford to be your sister-in-law, bring out the chicken soup."
I expressionlessly handed her the large bowl of chicken soup in my hand, not intending to break up with her at this time. After all, today was New Year's Eve, and my family was all here, so I didn't want to make her laugh.
Unexpectedly, Lin Rou didn't move and chuckled: "I haven't seen you for so many years, but your wings have grown stronger and you dare to call me. Have you forgotten how miserable you were in high school?"
My hand holding the chicken soup couldn't help but tremble, and then my brother's voice came from outside the kitchen: "Lin Rou, why are you standing there? Come and eat."
Lin Rou turned her head and responded in a sweet voice: "Come here, I'm talking to my future sister-in-law."
Then she stopped laughing and looked at me with a look of disdain: "Calling you sister-in-law is just flattering you. A bitch is a bitch. Have you forgotten what happened in the past?"
"You dare to ride on my head. When I get married to your brother, I will let you remember it again."
At this time, my dad walked to the kitchen door, looked at the two of us and urged: "Lin Rou, what are you doing standing around? Come out to eat quickly, Zhaodi! You too, this chicken soup is going to be cold."
She gave me a proud look, and I gritted my teeth and took the chicken soup and followed them to the dining room. At this time, my brother had already finished a bowl of rice, but I hadn't even seen the rice grains.
After I put down the chicken soup, my dad stuffed my brother's rice bowl into my arms and said, "Zhao Di, go get another bowl of rice for your brother."
My eyes widened and I murmured: "Dad, doesn't he have any hands? Can't he add them himself? I haven't had a bite of food yet, I've been cooking in the kitchen."
Unexpectedly, my dad turned down his face and scolded me: "He is my younger brother! What's wrong with you, a sister, asking him to give him a bowl of rice?"
Seeing my brother and Lin Rou gloating about their misfortune, I suddenly felt angry.