The younger brother Lu Guangzong excitedly said, holding his phone, "I discovered a shortcut. From here, we can go directly into the wildlife park and save two thousand yuan on tickets."
"We can wait until Monday to go, there will definitely be fewer people then."
Dad Lu Dongsheng and Mom Chen Xiumei listened to what Lu Guangzong said and stared at me, dull and unresponsive.
"Look at your brother, he's so smart, he got into such a good college and knows how to save money for the family."
"Yeah, look at you, just like a block of wood, can't you hear your brother talking? Not even a reaction?"
Only then did I snap out of my daze, confusedly looking at the familiar surroundings.
Combining the words I just heard, I was certain.
I have been reborn.
In the previous life, when Lu Guangzong's college entrance exam results came out, he met our parents' expectations by getting into an average college, and they were as joyful as if it were New Year's.
They completely forgot the time I got into a local top university and begged them to let me continue my studies, to which they simply responded indifferently.
"What's the use of a girl studying so much? Won't you eventually get married and have kids?"
"It's more important to help your brother with his schoolwork!"
"If you go out and find a job now, you could leave more money for Guangzong."
....
To celebrate, they decided to take the whole family to the wildlife park to commemorate Lu Guangzong's "great achievements."
Originally, the whole family did not include me, after all, the tickets cost over five hundred yuan.
But when Lu Guangzong was checking strategies online, he saw a post allegedly from a nearby villager claiming that there is a path behind Tiger Mountain that leads directly into the zoo, safe and reliable.
At that time, I thought it was dangerous, so I advised against it a few times, but Chen Xiumei thought I was jealous of Lu Guangzong's intelligence and immediately took action.