Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

As time goes by, Li Ye was admitted to a key middle school as he wished with his unremitting efforts.

During his days on campus, he was the first to arrive at school and the last to leave. He was never late or left early. He took dense notes in class and completed his homework meticulously.

Hard work pays off. At the end of the semester, he won the perfect attendance award, and the gold-plated words on the certificate sparkled in the sun.

At that moment, he felt that he was one step closer to his goal of providing a roof over his family's head.

However, fate did not seem to let this suffering family go.

As the saying goes, a hemp rope breaks at the thinnest part, and misfortune favors the unfortunate. My sister's congenital heart disease is getting worse and worse, like a time bomb that has entered the countdown.

Not long after Li Ye entered high school, his sister was rushed to the hospital due to critical illness.

In the ward, my sister's face was as pale as paper, and her thin body looked even more fragile on the hospital bed. The "beeping" sound from various monitoring instruments struck Li Ye and his mother's hearts like a death warrant.

The doctor told the mother in a heavy voice that there was a huge gap in the cost of follow-up treatment. The astronomical bill made the mother collapse to the ground in an instant.

With no other options left, Li Ye supported his mother and came to Huang Tianjiao's residence with the last glimmer of hope.

It was a heavily guarded mansion. They waited at the door for a long time before someone finally reported them.

However, after hearing their purpose, Huang Tianjiao ruthlessly refused to meet them. The heavy door slammed shut in front of them, completely blocking out their hopes.

When darkness completely engulfed the home, a ray of light quietly seeped in.

My sister's attending physician, a doctor with compassion in his eyes, is often heartbroken during his daily rounds when he looks at my sister's tender face, which is similar to that of his own daughter.

He knew very well that if he didn't lend a hand, this young life would immediately disappear from the world.

So, with a sense of justice in mind, he sat down with several medical staff in the department to discuss the matter. Driven by the benevolence of doctors, they all made a decisive decision: save the life first, and discuss the cost later.

Outside the operating room, Li Ye and his mother held hands tightly, their knuckles turning white. They prayed with all their hearts, hoping that their sister could survive this life-and-death crisis.

Time seemed to stand still, and every passing second was like a heavy hammer, hitting their hearts hard.

However, fate was not kind to her. The lights in the operating room eventually went out and my sister was unable to defeat the disease. Her little body forever lay sleeping on the cold operating table.

At that moment, the mother's shrill cry pierced the sky. Li Ye felt as if his heart was burning, his brain went blank, and the world seemed to collapse in an instant.

Misfortunes never come alone. Perhaps the pain of losing her daughter was too heavy, like a huge rock pressing down on her head, and the mother's already fragile heart could no longer bear it.

In the following two months, my mother's condition took a turn for the worse and she was hospitalized repeatedly.

Li Ye stayed by his mother's bedside day and night, watching her increasingly haggard face. He prayed to God countless times, willing to give up everything he had in exchange for his mother's health.

But in the end, his mother passed away quietly in a quiet morning, leaving Li Ye alone to face this empty world.

That year, Li Ye was only 15 years old, but in just a few months, he witnessed the two most important people in his life pass away one after another.

The once warm home is now only fragments of memories.

From the moment his sister closed her eyes and his mother passed away, Li Ye knew that he no longer had any family in this world that he could rely on.

Li Ye stood blankly in the empty house, his eyes empty and confused, roaring in his heart with sorrow.

What did I do wrong? What did we do wrong?!

My mother was kind and gentle throughout her life, but she was brutally defiled by a villain and was forced by fate to struggle in the abyss of pain for half her life.

My younger sister was even more innocent. She had not even had a chance to see the world before she was mercilessly taken away by the disease.

Why did this family, who were so well behaved, have to endure such a devastating disaster? Where was justice?

After the hasty funerals of my mother and sister, the liveliness and warmth in the home were replaced by dead silence, and every inch of the air was filled with sadness.

Li Ye was like a body without a soul, sitting mechanically in a dim corner. At this moment, an unexpected knock on the door suddenly broke the silence.

He opened the door, and never expected that the person who came was Huang Tianjiao - the devil who destroyed his family and made him hate him to the core.

Huang Tianjiao had a false look of apology on his face and spoke in a hypocritical manner:

"My child, your mother is gone and you are all alone. I really can't bear this. Come back and live with me. I will take care of you in the future."

The tone of his voice sounded as if he was a kind-hearted man with great compassion.

But how could Li Ye be fooled so easily?

Afterwards, he made inquiries from many sources and finally found out the ugly face of Huang Tianjiao.

It turned out that this man was a playboy and indulged himself when he was young. Now he was getting his retribution and ended up with impotence and could no longer have children.

Seeing that the family line was about to die out, he suddenly remembered his son whom he had abandoned many years ago. He actually wanted Li Ye to continue the family line for him, take care of him in his old age, and see him to the end of his life.

When Li Ye learned the truth, he was so angry that he was shaking all over. The hatred in his eyes seemed to be able to cut Huang Tianjiao into pieces. He secretly swore that he would never let this scum succeed.

Li Ye looked around, his heart filled with sadness and helplessness. He had no relatives or friends to turn to for support. Under Huang Tianjiao's strong coercion, he was involuntarily taken to the luxurious villa that had ruthlessly shut him and his mother out.

The gate is still luxurious, but it is cold and strange everywhere, as if every inch of brick and stone is telling of past humiliation.

As soon as he entered the room, Huang Tianjiao acted like a parent. He looked at Li Ye's flamboyant yellow hair, frowned and scolded him, demanding that he dye his hair back to black. He even tried to make him change his surname and formally return to his ancestral home.

Li Ye was furious. He had lived with his mother and sister for so many years and suffered so much. How could this person who started it all want to wipe out everything and become his father? It was impossible!

He refused mercilessly, his eyes revealing stubbornness and determination, and his yellow hair seemed like his battle flag to defend himself.

Not only that, he even performed a series of unorthodox actions. He used to be afraid of the pain and dared not to get his earrings pierced, but now he did it in one go with six in a row.

In order to move out as soon as possible and escape from this suffocating cage, Li Ye simply gave up his studies and did nothing all day.

In his heart, it is better to venture out alone than to live under someone else's roof and suffer humiliation, even if the road ahead is full of thorns.

Huang Tianjiao was angry and helpless when he saw that he was so stubborn, but he finally compromised.

He agreed to let Li Ye move out and live alone, but was only willing to give him the minimum living expenses, trying to use the shackles of money to lock Li Ye down and force him to turn back until he was willing to recognize this so-called father again and change his surname obediently.

However, Huang Tianjiao really underestimated Li Ye.

After leaving the villa, Li Ye rented a small, dim house and started his road to counterattack in a damp and moldy environment.

He gets up before dawn every morning to memorize words and formulas. He uses fragmented time, such as during breaks at work and on the bus, to review his lessons every minute.

At night, when the city was asleep, he would stay up all night with a dim desk lamp, studying difficult problems. In less than a month, he made up for all the courses he had missed with amazing perseverance.

In the semester exam, he scored full marks in theory, beating everyone else and taking first place in the grade.

Behind this glory is the perfect combination of determination, talent and hard work.

He was determined to change his destiny and break free from Huang Tianjiao's control.

God also favored him and endowed him with extraordinary intelligence.

He himself has made efforts that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

Because of his outstanding performance in school, Imperial Capital High School listed him as a top student for key training.

In his senior year of high school, the president of the Imperial University, the respected Grandma Jiang Zi, saw Li Ye's potential and personally gave him a Charmander as his starter Pokémon.