Upon finding out I wasn't married, he proposed to my parents on the spot, even saying no dowry was needed, and he would give a million as a bride price.
My father suspected he was trying to deceive everyone, so he pulled me away to elope, forcing him: "Don't think just because you dress so neatly, you can talk big—show the cash first."
In no time, my family became the first in the village to possess a million in wealth.
My mother feared the money had an unclear origin.
Chen Jingxuan immediately opened his phone.
The news reported that his wealthy biological parents had found him, and now he was the president of a publicly listed company.
Upon hearing this, my father promptly agreed to the deal.
I stood up to oppose it, and my father slapped me right across the face.
It stung like hell.
But what's more painful is that he saw the slap firsthand.
Worse still is that he actually purchased me in front of so many people.
This surely qualifies as revenge.
Seeing this, my mother immediately pulled me toward the backyard, saying to Chen Jingxuan and my father, "Let me talk to her."
Indeed, she was the one I trusted most in the family.
But it seems all these years, my trust in her was merely a tool to be exploited.
In the backyard, I glared at her: "I don't want this kind of transaction. If it's like this, then I might as well die."
Slap.
My father's slap hit my left cheek, and she hit the other side.
My heart instantly turned cold.
"Are you stupid? Your days are just about to get better, and you're talking about dying?"
"If you don't go with him to enjoy life, do you still want to be tormented by them at home? Aren't these years enough?"
I widened my eyes, heart-cutting in pain.
Turns out, she knew all along these years.
Yet she just let it happen all the time.
"Leave, isn't it better to live a better life?"
She took my hand, but I didn't feel any love in that gesture.
The feeling she had for me was guilt.
"Please, just leave, it's for everyone's good."
My heart died, and I turned away with a cold face: "Alright, if that's the case, I will leave."
I will leave, and when I have the courage, I will leave for good.
And say goodbye to this world.