Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander-Chapter 1197 - 789: Fate
Chapter 1
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After a long silence, Li Xinli shook her head with a bitter smile, "Maybe I owed her in my past life, so in this life I have to be her daughter and repay the debt."
Since I was six years old, I had to wash my own light clothes. By the time I was nine, I was responsible for washing all the family’s clothes and bed linens. In winter, the water was cold, and my dad, feeling sorry for me, would heat water to pour in. But when my mom found out, she would curse at my dad, so from then on, regardless of spring, autumn, winter, or summer, I used cold water to wash clothes.
In the beginning, I cried while washing, but gradually, I got used to it and became numb. Even when my hands were bleeding from cuts soaking in the cold water, I didn’t shed a tear.
As I grew older, I felt sorry for myself, so I asked my dad to bring rubber gloves from the factory. When my mom found out I was using gloves to wash, she scolded me for having the airs of a lady but the fate of a maid.
She cursed and I pretended not to hear. At least this way, I could ensure my hands weren’t so frostbitten that I couldn’t even hold a pen. Cleaning and cooking gradually fell on my shoulders too.
It’s not that I never resisted; it’s not that I didn’t compare myself with my sister. But every time, all it resulted in was my mom’s scolding and punishment. The feeling of hunger was unbearable, so I could only compromise and silently endure.
To be honest, up until I was seventeen, I always thought I was particularly ugly because whenever my mom scolded me from childhood, she called me an ugly freak.
After confirming that I was indeed my parents’ biological daughter, I was disappointed for a long time. I would have rather she wasn’t my biological mom. That way, it would have been easier for me...," Li Xinli sighed deeply and continued, "Recently, I learned the reason my mom didn’t like me, and I realized that not only is she selfish, but she’s also promiscuous.
But even knowing all this, even having long adapted to her distance, her actions last night still shattered my understanding.
How could there be such shameless people in the world? And why... does she have to be my mom? The only plausible explanation is that I owed her in a previous life, and being her daughter in this life is just to repay the debt."
"Fine, even if it’s as you say and you’re her daughter to repay a debt, then now the debt is repaid. Just ignore her from now on...," Yang Xinli comfortingly patted her shoulder, "Most of the classmates understand you. Your mom’s behavior yesterday made her look like a shrew, and no one sympathizes with her."
"I hope so..." Li Xinli sighed heavily again, rubbed her chest, "I really want to stop thinking about this, but I can’t. It feels like there’s a lump of cotton stuck in my heart, sigh!"
"You’ve never been close to your sister since childhood, have you?" Lin Mengran asked.
"That’s a really unnecessary question..." Chuxia gave her a glance, "If they had a good relationship, do you think Li Xinlan would go to such lengths to change her mailing address?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
"That’s true, my question was indeed unnecessary..." Lin Mengran scratched her head in embarrassment, "I’m just curious about her sister’s purpose in coming with her yesterday, when she didn’t do anything. What was the point of coming?"
"Just to watch the drama..." Wu Jingbo shook her head helplessly, "You’re usually so smart. How can you be so muddle-headed now?"
"How annoying!" Lin Mengran glared at her and also sighed, "I also have a sister who fights with me tooth and nail. So I just asked a bit more."
"For my sister and me, fighting makes sense given the family head’s power, right? But what’s Xinlan’s sister competing for? If she’s not foolish, she should know that Xinli will surely have a better future, and with her personality, she should butter up to Xinli, right?"
"Impossible..." Li Xinli shook her head with a bitter smile, "In my sister’s heart, I don’t even qualify to stand next to her, so why would she suck up to me?
Moreover, I believe she is still intent on marrying into a well-off family. Even if Director Yao’s son doesn’t marry her, Teacher Xi’s son is waiting for her.
So in her eyes, even if I get into college, I’m still far beneath her. Her willingness to come along with my mom was actually to cheer her up.
She probably hopes my mom can conquer me and then force my dad to take my mom back. That way, she can happily marry into the family she wants and won’t be burdened by my mom.
I believe my mom realizes this too, but people are strange. Li Xinlan manipulates her, yet she remains close to her, while I treat her well, but she still doesn’t like me."
