Song Xinyuan had been running around for five days and was planning to continue for ten more. She didn't really smell pleasant now. She swung the bag from her behind onto the bed, also placing the package on it.
She rummaged through the drawer and found a blade to cut open the package. The package wasn't very heavy; there was a very thin laptop, a few old and worn-out books, each written in different foreign languages, and a small thumb-sized drive at the very bottom of the package.
Song Xinyuan took out the laptop and the drive and placed them on the table while putting away the books. Picking up her clothes, she went for a long shower.
Standing in front of the mirror, Song Xinyuan wiped the mist on it with the back of her hand. She stared at her reflection in the mirror blankly, then looked away expressionlessly.
She hadn't slept a wink for the last three days; the bottom of her eyes was dyed red with traces of blood. Worse was a keening throb in her head that pulsed with every beat of her heart. She dragged her tired body and threw herself onto the bed heavily. Finally, peace!
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The Song family was a noble and top family known for three generations for their business in Haicheng.
Song Chuhan was the current patriarch of the Song family. He was less than fifty this year and did not have the grumpy or cold nature that people of his age usually had. His eyes under the gold-rimmed glasses always had a gentle look and a warm smile; he was known for his gentleness and mild temper.
But only a few people knew he was an extremely heartless person who could go to any extent to achieve his goal.
He and Meng Wei were revered as an idol couple for their perfect married life and envied by many. They had two sons who were equally praised by others. But this peaceful life was ruined by Tan Yan's entry. She claimed that she was pregnant with Song Chuhan's child. At that time, Meng Wei was also pregnant with Song Chuhan's third child.
Later, the media released news that Tan Yan, at that time a rising star and idol of many youths, had deceived the heir of the Song family and become pregnant with his child.
Song Chuhan and Meng Wei were sympathized with for their misfortune, and Tan Yan's career was ruined in the entertainment industry. But the truth was that Song Chuhan wanted to keep Tan Yan as his mistress, and Tan Yan retaliated against him after having a baby with him.
Tan Yan's plan failed, and she was forced to sign an agreement saying she would not disturb Song Chuhan's family.
Both of them gave birth, and Song Chuhan publicly announced that he would take care of Tan Yan's child as if it were his own. But in reality, he never visited the child until the baby turned three.
Song Xinyuan was supposed to be the child Tan Yan gave birth to. When Tan Yan learned she was carrying a girl, she started planning again. She publicly stated that her baby was a boy and raised Song Xinyuan as a boy. She was beaten, starved, and scolded by Tan Yan.
When Song Xinyuan turned three, Song Chuhan took her to the Song family. Once again, she faced harsh treatment in the Song family: bullied, beaten, starved, locked in rooms, pranked, and mistreated by Meng Wei and her sons.
Song Chuhan turned a blind eye to it, and Tan Yan never cared. All she wanted was Song Chuhan's property. Later, nobody knows how, Tan Yan married a foreigner when Song Xinyuan was five.
At the age of six, Song Xinyuan proposed moving out to a countryside out of the blue, and surprisingly, Song Chuhan agreed. Finally, Song Xinyuan gained her freedom and moved to Qinglin village, a remote and one of the most major poverty alleviation places in the province.
She changed her gender to her real one and brought it to light, even though she always dressed and cut her hair like a boy and didn't grow healthily where she should. So, most people mistook her for a boy at first glance.
She didn't come back to Haicheng more than ten times in all those years, nor was the Song family concerned by it. But she was always a fishbone stuck in their throat.
So, when she suddenly said she wasn't from the Song family, she seemingly dropped a bomb.