Rebirth: My Mother is a Virgin Mary

In the next few days, I ignored these three people, and when Chen Jingxing left, I didn't see him off.

I don't like the feeling of being watched by everyone. Tearing open my own scars to testify against Cheng Xingmin is the biggest concession I can make. Whether in reality or on the Internet, the self is scattered into countless unfamiliar versions in the pupils of others. That kind of discomfort is mixed with the tension of being scrutinized, the uneasiness of having my boundaries invaded, and a kind of indescribable loneliness.

Maybe from a bystander's perspective, I should be the one enjoying it, but I really don't like it and even feel offended.

Their conspicuous behavior is like a thorn in my side.

I have tried my best to balance this discomfort, but it still feels uncomfortable.

I don't think confessing in public is a form of favoritism, not to mention that they think of this kind of favoritism as a form of competitive fighting.

I probably won't pay any attention to them in the short term.

Song Chenyang and Qi Mai knew that they had made me unhappy, so they were tactful enough not to disturb me. I would only occasionally catch a glimpse of them in some remote corners.

As for Chen Jingxing, he asked his good uncle to act as a peacemaker.

Professor Fu heard about the "earth-shattering" confession in that open class, ignored Chen Jingxing's request for help, and scolded him.

"You guys feel good about confessing your love, but have you ever considered the girl's feelings? She has just been through two internet scandals of varying degrees, and you still think there's not enough going on around her, right? You deserve to be blocked! You should stay in the cold palace forever! I'm going to complain to my senior brother, the tasks assigned to you are still not enough!"

Even Xiaowan restrained herself a lot. She apologized to me sincerely and remorsefully: "I'm sorry, Lin. I only thought about the idol drama coming true, but forgot to consider your feelings. I'm not a good sister. I seem to...still habitually look at things from their perspective...It's terrible..."

I rubbed her head and said, "It's not your problem. You don't need to blame yourself or apologize to me."

Xiaowan's attitude made Mu Zijin realize his problem and he became more restrained, except for the normal care and frequent gifts every day.

It seems like I have found a balance, and my breathing has been much smoother recently.

Because of recent events, Ms. Lin and I have been in contact more frequently. We video chat almost every day so that she can keep me updated on the progress over there.

The police have opened a case to investigate what happened that year, and Ms. Lin’s cooperation in the investigation is inevitable. I also occasionally receive calls from the police.

Although she has tried hard to control her emotions, I can still feel her deep sadness and guilt in the daily videos.

The store's business has reached an unprecedented prosperity because of these things, but Ms. Lin closed the store and suspended business. "I am not in the mood to do business happily when my daughter is bearing all the pressure and fighting against them. I want to fight side by side with my daughter instead of just squatting behind her. I am a mother and it is my job to protect her..."

Ms. Lin mobilized all the connections she had access to and accepted the help offered by Uncle Gu without hesitation. She had only one goal: since her daughter had opened the gap, she must never let those evil people in the Cheng family have another chance to turn things around.

I thought I knew a lot about the situation, but I didn't expect that Ms. Lin's in-depth investigation would reveal even more crimes.

After teasing me about my emotional issues as usual before each video, Ms. Lin got to the point in a serious manner.

"Lin Lin, do you know why Cheng Xingmin is unconditionally on Cheng Antai's side?"

"Why?" I changed into a comfortable position and opened my mouth to take the cantaloupe that Zhui Zhui fed me. The little girl had just cried because she felt that she was not with me when I was so sad. Not long after returning to Ottawa, she skipped class and ran back again.

"He didn't get into university that year. It was Cheng Antai who got into university. No, to be precise, it was Cheng Xingmin who got into university. It's just that the two brothers changed their names. The original Cheng Antai became the current Cheng Xingmin, and the original Cheng Xingmin became the current Cheng Antai."

"So... the two brothers swapped identities? No wonder... everything makes sense now." Cheng Xingmin's unscrupulous favoritism, Cheng Antai's peace of mind in accepting it, and Cheng Antai's previous words "He owes me all that."

"Everyone in the family knows about this, right?"

"No, only the two brothers and your grandmother knew about it. Even your grandfather was kept in the dark." Ms. Lin lowered her head. "When your aunt found out, she fainted on the spot. She could no longer bear all the changes that had happened recently."

I feel very sad. My kind aunt has been hit so hard by these blows...

"Your grandma has always been partial to Cheng Xingmin. He missed out on college, but Cheng Antai did. Cheng Xingmin's grades were better than Cheng Antai's since he was a kid, but he didn't expect that his college entrance exam score was lower than his brother's. He was so upset that he even wanted to commit suicide. Your grandma came up with such a ridiculous idea to save him."

"Then if the two brothers changed their names, wouldn't anyone suspect anything?" I don't quite believe that they were the only three who knew about this. Maybe they all knew about it, but because they are all family, they just kept it a secret. Or maybe they thought that they were brothers anyway, looked alike, and had the same name, so they just changed it.

But for Cheng Antai, what changed was not only his name, but also his life.

From the moment they exchanged identities, Cheng Antai's mentality might have been distorted. He believed that everything Cheng Xingmin later obtained originally belonged to him, so he naturally carried out his own calculations.

Ms. Lin also said that Cheng Antai agreed to swap identities because his grandmother promised him that when the land was divided, the share that originally belonged to his grandparents would also be given to him. But Cheng Antai wanted more, not only did he take his grandparents' share, he also took advantage of Cheng Xingmin being drunk and made him sign the land donation contract. Cheng Xingmin didn't say much after he sobered up, but he felt sorry for his brother.

The complicated and tangled entanglement between these two brothers is really eye-opening.

I was saying, there are three brothers in the Cheng family, and Cheng Antai's family is not the largest in population, so how come he is the only one with more than ten acres of farmland, Cheng Fuqiang only has six acres, and Cheng Xingmin has even less, less than three acres? Even if he is a public official, he shouldn't have that much...

"Hmph, I get angry when I think about how they made you do countless farm chores when you were a child! How old are you, and you have to stay under such a scorching sun for such a long time? Why doesn't Cheng Xindan have to do it! I actually thought that it was a way to train you. How stupid I was!!!" Every time Ms. Lin scolded the Cheng family, she would scold herself at the same time.

"After Cheng Antai found out that Cheng Xingmin didn't graduate successfully, he went to have a quarrel with him, accusing him of not cherishing this opportunity that he had given up. If he had known this would happen, he would have... Well, what's the point of saying this now? He is the one who is jealous of us, and he is also the one who hurt you. Cheng Xingmin did him wrong, so he attacked you. What kind of logic is this!"

There is no logic. On the one hand, he enjoys Cheng Xingmin's unconditional kindness, and on the other hand, he persecutes Cheng Xingmin's daughter who he doesn't care about. He is willing to do anything as long as it is beneficial to him.

Cheng Xingmin and Cheng Antai were just rotten people from the beginning to the end. How can you reason with rotten people?

But Cheng Antai himself didn't expect that after all his planning, he would end up being planned against by his own wife.

I heard that when Cheng Antai was investigated, he looked haggard and listless, and he answered whatever the police asked him.

Yes, he thought that he could make me fall into the abyss by initiating a cyberbullying, but I didn’t expect that he was the complete clown in the end. The daughter he raised for so many years turned out to be his brother-in-law’s...