The Turn of Fate and New Life: A Legend of Love and Courage
One day, I happened to see Jack coming to find Lucy again. He held Lucy's hand tightly and seemed to be persuading her about something. He looked as if he was eager to take her back. Lucy said something that I couldn't hear, and then Jack left helplessly. This scene instantly reminded me of the teachings in the book that I should always keep an eye on the actions of the "scheming girl". When the enemy doesn't move, I won't move; when the enemy moves, I'll act accordingly. So, I hurriedly went to find my brother Alex and told him about this. My brother looked solemn and told me that I must pay extra attention to my safety recently. He had had some suspicions before, and now it seemed that those suspicions were about to come true, and there was also a mysterious look on his face.
On that day, Lucy came to me and asked me to accompany her to buy something. Remembering my brother's reminder, I firmly refused her. However, she even knelt down to beg me, looking extremely pitiful. Just then, many classmates came over. When Lucy saw the classmates, she immediately started kowtowing to me, crying with snot and tears, which was quite shocking. I thought to myself that my brother was really prophetic. Without that book "How to Fight Back Against Scheming Girls", I would surely have been taken advantage of. I clearly remembered the solutions mentioned in the book for this kind of situation. So, without hesitation, I also knelt down, kowtowed back to her, and burst into loud crying, crying my heart out. How could Lucy's body compare with mine? I had been beaten since I was a child and was already used to all kinds of hardships. So, she couldn't bear it after just a few kowtows. After she stopped kowtowing, I continued until the situation got bigger and bigger. Then my brother rushed over and picked me up. He was so angry that his face turned red, and he couldn't say a word. But I excitedly said to him, "Brother, look, I've read the book you gave me carefully." When Lucy heard this, she directly fainted on the ground. I asked my brother loudly, "Should I faint too? I haven't pretended to faint before." Lucy got so angry that she stood up again, staring at me with her eyes wide open, full of anger and unwillingness. The classmates around were all looking at Lucy and whispering to each other, as if saying that she had tried to set me up but didn't expect that I was such a carefree person and ended up achieving nothing.
After Dad knew about this incident, he angrily told Lucy to go back to Jack's house. Mom also looked at Lucy with a guarded look, as if she were looking at a stranger. Mom said coldly, "I didn't expect you to be so evil-hearted. I used to pity you." Mom then said that she loved me very much now and wanted to make up for all the love I had lost before. She even let Duoduo live directly in my room, saying that she was afraid that someone would take Duoduo away again. Lucy was picked up by Jack with a resentful look on her face. She stared at me viciously, as if she were staring at her prey, full of hatred and jealousy.
The next day, my brother didn't go to school because he had to participate in a competition. Dad also had something to do in the company and told me that he would pick me up later. Lucy finally found the opportunity and she even found a group of hooligans to surround me. However, she was really stupid to block me at the school gate. Now my IQ was quite high. I didn't need the help of the security guard uncle at all. I quickly dealt with them. The security guard uncle looked at me with awe, as if he had seen an incredible hero. It was just a piece of cake for me. After all, I had killed fish for so many years and was very strong. I chopped down on their necks with a hand knife, and they immediately became motionless like dead fish. When Dad came to pick me up and heard about this incident, he angrily demanded that the principal must expel Lucy from school. The next day, I was praised by the principal. He said that those hooligans often caused trouble around here, and I had knocked them out, which was really satisfying. I also received a silk banner for acting bravely for a just cause. I thought to myself that I should keep a low profile. In such a crucial period of the third year of high school, Lucy dropped out of school. I heard that she went back to kill fish. I asked Aunt Zhang to buy fish from her. The fish she killed was just so-so, not as good as mine. She didn't even scrape the fish scales clean.
My academic performance was still poor, but Dad said not to worry and that I could inherit the family business in the future. Mom bought me lots and lots of new dresses. I went to school wearing beautiful dresses every day, looking glamorous. Everyone liked me very much, and I also felt the warmth and happiness that I had never experienced before.
Unexpectedly, time passed so quickly. It had been a year since I came back home. My brother told me his previous suspicions. He said that Jack and the others must have deliberately left Lucy at our doorstep that year and also deliberately abducted me. As he was talking, he hugged me and started crying. It turned out that he had always thought it was his fault, that it was because he didn't take good care of his sister that I got lost. It was not until Mom and Dad adopted Lucy that he began to think that all this was too coincidental. Later, Mom and Dad had been looking for me for several years but couldn't find me. They had Lucy as an emotional sustenance and gradually gave up the search. Only my brother had been persevering in looking for me. "Sister, can you forgive me?" I pinched his face gently like he did to me and said gently, "How could I not forgive such a handsome brother? Besides, without your persistence, I wouldn't have come back. It's all the bad guys' fault. Thank you, brother. However, you still have to make it up to me. Let me think... My birthday is coming soon. Buy me the big cake that I want, the kind with many layers. I haven't eaten a birthday cake for a long time." My brother looked down at me with red eyes and said firmly, "Okay."
Finally, my birthday arrived, and the whole family got busy for it. Since there was no holiday, the big cake that my brother bought was delivered to the school. Every classmate in the class got a share. I also bought souvenirs for each of them. This was the first time I had celebrated my birthday in so many years. Dad said boldly, "It's my daughter's birthday, and it must be grand! Otherwise, it would be unworthy of the reputation of the richest man in City A." The classmates all said to me, "Long live the young lady! Happy birthday, young lady!" I felt a bit embarrassed by everyone's enthusiasm. I remembered that Lucy also had this birthday before, so I asked Aunt Zhang to send a share to her too. My brother looked at me with relief and said with a smile, "You're really good at getting on people's nerves now." I asked in confusion, "Ah? Did I annoy people?" I really didn't know where I had annoyed others. After Lucy received the gift, she called me and asked me to meet her outside today, saying that she wanted to apologize to me. She was indeed touched by my thoughtfulness, but I still kept my guard up and asked my brother to follow me from behind. I had become very cautious now. They all said I was stupid, but actually I wasn't stupid at all.
I went back to the fish market again, but this time I wasn't there to kill fish. Lucy was wearing an apron and chopping hard on the chopping board, making a "da da da" sound. Blood was all over her apron and the surroundings. I was wearing a white dress, which was out of place in this environment. She glanced at me indifferently and told me to wait, saying that she could close the stall in a while. I went back to my former home with her. Duoduo's doghouse was gone. My wooden board was still there, and now Lucy was sleeping on it. Her hands were full of scars, just like mine before. Suddenly, Jack and Eve rushed out. They forcibly locked me up. I didn't struggle, wanting to see what they were going to do. Lucy looked at me sinisterly and said viciously, "If it weren't for you, bitch, I would still be living the life of a young lady in the Li family. I finally exchanged lives with you. Why do you want to change it back? Isn't it good to kill fish? Do it. Kill her, and then I can go back. I promise that when I please them, I'll definitely let you enjoy a good life. Even if you are discovered, I can use money to bail you out as long as I can go back. You don't want Aiden to know that it was you who deliberately exchanged me and her back then, do you?" I was amazed in my heart. My brother was really amazing. He was right again. However, the saying that villains die because they talk too much is really true. The sound of police sirens rang out outside. My brother had called the police. He had even recorded it. He handed the evidence to the police, and my adoptive parents were arrested. Lucy, oh no, Zoe, cursed me with all the vulgar words she had learned in the marketplace. But I had been used to hearing such words before and wasn't angry at all. She didn't even curse as well as I did. I suddenly remembered that the last chapter of "How to Fight Back Against Scheming Girls" wrote: If a scheming girl curses you furiously, you should reply in a sarcastic way to make her powerless. Fight magic with magic. So, I remembered a hot meme on the Internet recently and said to her, "Haha, messing with me, you've met your match~" and gave her a heart gesture. She was so angry that her eyes rolled back and she fainted. My brother looked at me admiringly. The police uncle said into the walkie-talkie, "The criminal has a sudden situation and needs to be taken to the hospital for observation first." The police sent us back home. Mom and Dad pushed my brother aside and hugged me with a look of fear after the event. Well, I was always the one who was loved the most. Duoduo barked at my brother. My brother picked Duoduo up and said helplessly, "Fortunately, there's Duoduo, who has a conscience." After that, Mom and Dad also hired bodyguards for me to protect me at any time. Until I said it was really unnecessary, they didn't dare to let me wander around casually.
Soon, Zoe was suspected of intentionally instigating murder, and Jack and Eve were suspected of abducting children and kidnapping. They were all locked up. Dad also gave some money and told them to take "good care" of the three of them. As for what happened later, I didn't know and didn't care either. After three years of high school, my grades were just so-so, and I went to a private second-tier university. My brother inherited the company and was busy every day. I took Duoduo around everywhere every day and comfortably lived my life as a young lady. Mom and Dad often took me out to play, saying that they wanted to make up for my childhood. I'm so happy now.
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