"Okay." Long Fengxi readily agreed, "It’s settled then."
Shen Congmo wrapped his arms around her neck, kissed her passionately, and then continued to scoop watermelon for her.
He Meiwei took a bath late at night, the foam from her shampoo and body wash fell to the floor. Just as she had finished rinsing off and was about to wrap herself in a towel, she slipped and fell hard onto the floor.
That fall hurt her internal organs.
Sitting on the floor, He Meiwei felt both pain and fatigue.
The pain came from the fall she just had, and the fatigue came from working all day.
It was said that the job was easy, but it actually took several hours a day.
The workload was still heavy for her.
With such a meager wage, He Meiwei really didn’t want to earn this kind of money.
But she had to endure for the bigger catch.
That was the motto she gave herself. Fınd the newest release on novel⸺fire.net
However, she indeed lacked money for medication.
She could barely afford her living expenses with her salary, where would she get the money for medication?
She refused Dragon Mother’s kindness not for any other reason, but to make a good impression on Dragon Mother, hence she stubbornly resisted.
Now, Dragon Mother had a somewhat good impression of her, but it was herself who suffered.
Struggling to stand up from the floor, she rinsed off again and carefully exited the bathroom.
Her phone was ringing, and without needing to look, she knew who it was.
Sitting on the bed, she answered the call, "What is it?"
Her mother’s voice came through from the other end, "Meiwei, your brother is going to marry his girlfriend."
"Then let them marry."
"He needs to buy a house, and your brother said we only need to pay the down payment, he will handle the mortgage himself. The problem is, we can’t even come up with the down payment money."
He Meiwei responded, "I just had a matching surgery, I have no money for the medication, and I don’t have money to contribute."
"Why did you have another matching surgery?" Mrs. He persisted.
"That match didn’t work, this time someone helped, and I didn’t spend a penny, I didn’t have any money to begin with, mom, you know my situation." He Meiwei frowned tightly, "You figure it out yourselves."
Mrs. He truly had no money and had turned to her daughter out of desperation. Hearing her refusal, she couldn’t help but exclaim, "What’s the use of raising such a daughter? When our family was doing well, we sent you abroad to study. When the family business failed and we needed your help, you couldn’t contribute a penny."
"I’m going to sleep." He Meiwei hung up the phone.
When she was two years old, her father fell ill and died, and the family business was handed over to her stepfather, who ended up squandering it.
As a child, she didn’t remember much and always called him dad, but as she grew older, she realized he was her stepfather. She didn’t think to change how she addressed him, after all, he treated her rather well, at least on the surface.
After entering middle school, her stepfather started to physically harass her, so she moved into the school dormitory, staying in dormitories through middle and high school and unquestionably went abroad for university.
However, one can imagine what her life was like when she was not at school.
Since middle school, she stopped calling him dad and only called him Uncle. She told her mother about her stepfather’s actions, but not only did she not receive protection, she was viciously beaten by her mother.
She refused to give up, recorded a video of her stepfather’s actions, and showed her mother.
Yet, she received an even more severe beating, warned never to mention it again, and to let it rot inside her.