Jian Yixue was making breakfast, her hand hovering in the air with the frying pan.

She glanced out the window, the sun was big and dazzling.

The old TV in the living room was playing the weather forecast.

"Today’s temperature in Ying City is between 27-33 degrees, sunny transitioning to cloudy..."

degrees, it’s not cold.

Why did she feel chilled to the bone?

"Dad, what did you say?" she asked, her voice trembling.

"You wouldn’t be unwilling, would you?" Jian’s father questioned, "He’s your real brother! Are you just going to watch him die?"

Jian Yixue felt wronged and wanted to cry.

What made her even more desperate was when her mother chimed in, "Xiaoxue, your dad and I are getting old, we can’t have more children, there are just you, your sister, and brother. Your sister is at the age to get married... But you, oh Xiaoxue, what’s the use of a girl reading books? I tell you, it’s all useless! So, just for the Jian Family’s bloodline, for mom and dad, save your brother!"

There’s a saying that women often make things hard for other women.

Jian Yixue was almost at a breaking point, "Dad, mom, I’m also your child! Do you know what you’re saying? Donate a heart! That means my life! How can you ask me to sacrifice my life to save my brother? What do I owe him? He dropped out before finishing eighth grade, idles around every day, relying on my sister and I to work our fingers to the bone to support him, isn’t that enough? Why do you want to take my life too now?"

Even though she was emotional, her voice remained low and restrained, trying to reason with her parents.

However, Jian’s father and mother came from the countryside, were uneducated, unrefined.

Years ago, relying on Jian’s father doing manual labor, they managed to settle in Ying City, plus he was desperate for a boy, Jian’s mother had two daughters before having Jian Shengbao. Her health collapsed, unable to work, they’ve been struggling financially these years.

In their view, daughters are inherently supposed to sacrifice for the family, especially for the brother!

Jian’s father got angry over the phone, "I said we shouldn’t have let her study! What does a girl need to study for! It made her stupid! Selfish, truly selfish! You’re just living for yourself, why not think about what if your brother dies, what are your mom and I supposed to do! You’re born to us, your life or death listens to us too! I tell you, today you will save, whether you want to or not!"

"..."

Hearing this, Jian Yixue laughed, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Fine, I’ll save him, what about the medical bills? Do you have that?"

Jian’s mother weakly said, "We found a family for your sister, they said they’re willing to give twenty thousand in dowry!"

Jian Yixue wiped away the tears from the corner of her eye, "Twenty thousand probably isn’t enough."

She wondered how her parents would come up with a solution! In other words, to what extent they would go for this son!

"We’ve looked into it, donating human organs like kidneys or corneas, it’s pretty expensive... Xiaoxue, anyway, you won’t feel anything by then... Just for the sake of your brother, for this family, sacrifice yourself!"

An unprecedented chill enveloped Jian Yixue’s body.

Her hand holding her phone was shaking incessantly, since childhood, she knew her parents were biased.

She resented it, but never dared to express her anger.

Until today, she realized just how biased her parents were!