As soon as Zhou Chuan stepped out, he encountered a mother and daughter. This mother and daughter were none other than the original owner's biological mother and her younger daughter, Cao Min, who was fifteen years younger than Zhou Chuan and had remarried.

Looking at the pretty young girl, and then thinking about the original owner's barky face, Zhou Chuan felt sorry for the original owner. They were born of the same mother, so why was there such a big difference?

The original owner's mother, Zhang, was quite beautiful; otherwise, her father wouldn't have caused such a commotion at home just to marry her. Later, Zhang remarried into the Cao family in the same village and quickly became pregnant. She was incredibly lucky and gave birth to a boy, which allowed her to firmly establish herself in the Cao family. Compared to her time in the Zhou family, her life was much more comfortable.

Moreover, the criticism she had faced in the Zhou family completely disappeared after she gave birth to her son, Cao Zhipeng. At that time, the villagers seemed to have suddenly regained their senses and stopped calling her a barren hen. Instead, they all said that Zhou Dahe was unlucky, that he had fallen ill early and ruined his health, which was why he was not destined to have a son...

Not only that, the birth of her son also greatly eased the conflict between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Zhang was good-looking, and her son was naturally better looking than the previous children in the family. This caused her mother-in-law, who had been somewhat dissatisfied with her before, to treat her much better.

As Cao Zhipeng grew older, he learned from Zhang Shi herself how to be sweet-talking and charming. The whole family doted on him, making Zhang Shi's life even easier and arousing the envy of many young wives in the village.

Zhang's youngest daughter, Cao Min, was born five years after she gave birth to Cao Zhipeng. By then, Zhang was already quite old, and Cao Min was essentially her late-life daughter. Zhang, who was living a comfortable life, naturally doted on her late-life daughter.

After her former daughter-in-law remarried, she gave birth to both a son and a daughter, living a better life than when she was in her family. This was a slap in the face to her, which infuriated the original owner's grandmother, who was still alive at the time. She couldn't do anything to Zhang Shi, who had already remarried, but she hated the original owner to the core. Every time she saw the original owner, she would curse her for an hour and a half, saying the most unpleasant and sarcastic things possible.

As a result, the original owner was even less favored by the Sun family. Those who were somewhat superstitious felt that she was somewhat of a hindrance to her parents and would bring them misfortune.

It can be said that the original owner's miserable life was partly due to her mother's influence. Although she may not have done it intentionally, the consequences were indeed caused by her.

Moreover, even though she was doing well later on, she didn't think about helping the original owner out. Even if she didn't, it wouldn't be unreasonable to say something fair. After all, she had raised the original owner, and how could she live with herself seeing her own daughter living such a miserable life?

No, absolutely nothing. They just watched, like strangers watching.

Zhou Chuan quickly went through the original owner's memories of his mother, then coldly glanced at the mother and daughter. They had ignored each other for over twenty years, but today they were deliberately waiting for them on the only way into the mountains. No one would believe they didn't have some ulterior motive.

Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing!

However, Zhou Chuan had no intention of paying attention to them. No matter what their purpose was, she was too lazy to engage with them. Since they hadn't been in contact for decades, she had no reason to help the original owner rekindle any mother-daughter relationship.

Zhou Chuan walked straight up the mountain without even glancing at them.

Zhang hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted her teeth and ran to Zhou Chuan: "Chuan Chuan... Zhou Chuan, I... I'm your mother!"

Zhou Chuan truly didn't expect the mother and daughter to be so shameless. She had made it so obvious, yet they still dared to shamelessly come closer. Well, since that was the case, he couldn't blame them.

Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Chuan slapped her across the face: "Get lost, whoever your mother is, it's not my mother. My mother died a long time ago."

After the slap, I felt much lighter, but a pang of sadness welled up inside me. It seemed that the original owner of this body had also suffered injustice.

Zhou Chuan never imagined she would be hit by her own daughter. She covered her bruised cheek, heartbroken, and cried out, "Zhou...Chuan, it's your mother..."

Cao Min, who was behind her, hadn't expected Zhou Chuan to treat her mother like that either. She carefully examined her mother's injuries while scolding Zhou Chuan, "Big sister, how could you treat our mother like this? We only thought of showing concern for you after hearing about yesterday's events..."

Zhou Chuan kicked her: "Can't you understand human language? My mother died a long time ago!" Who the hell has nothing better to do than have such a scheming sister?

Seeing her little girl had been kicked, Zhang rushed to check on her: "Where did you get kicked? Does it hurt? Should we go to Ma Zi's place and get some medicine to put on it?" Seeing the little girl's face contorted in pain, she couldn't help but scold Zhou Chuan again:

"What are you doing? If it weren't for your sister persuading me to take pity on you, I wouldn't even bother with you. Look at what you've done, you can't even tell right from wrong."

Zhou Chuan stared at the two of them as if they were idiots, but she couldn't be bothered to watch this farce for even a second longer. She pointed at Wu Shi and said, "Remember this, you are not my mother! You have no right to lecture me!"

"Big sister, how can you talk like that? You and Sun are having such a big fight, and you've been divorced and have nowhere to go. If you lend me two hundred yuan, our Cao family can protect you and even give you a place to stay." Cao Min looked at Zhou Chuan with a bit of arrogance.

Zhou Chuan turned his gaze to Cao Min: "Are you deaf? I told you she's not my mother, and you're not my sister either. You have absolutely no connection to me. If you want to scheme against me, you should consider whether you can bear the consequences!"

Looking at the mother and daughter, Zhou Chuan thought to himself, "It seems I'm a hot commodity now, everyone wants a piece of my pie. The original owner of this body is weak and alone, so it seems I need to leave as soon as possible and make plans in advance."

He glared at them fiercely as a warning, then turned and walked up the mountain.

“Why did my sister do this? We were only trying to do what was best for her, but she…” Cao Min looked at the departing figure, feeling somewhat resentful.

Zhang sighed deeply: "Never mind, in the end I'm the one who wronged her!" It seems that her eldest daughter has completely disowned her. Sigh!

Cao Min stamped her foot anxiously: "You are her own mother, how can she treat her own mother like that? Why don't we wait a little longer?" She will definitely have to come down the mountain after she goes up, so they will wait here.

Zhang shook her head helplessly: "Daughter, don't even think about borrowing money from your older sister anymore. You saw what happened just now. She doesn't even recognize me, how could she possibly recognize you?"

Let alone borrowing money from her, it's impossible. But the little girl just wouldn't listen. Now look what happened, she didn't get a single penny and even got slapped.

Cao Min clung to Wu's arm and pleaded, "Mother, I'm getting married next year, and I want to bring a bigger dowry to show off to your family. Mother, you're her own mother. Do you really think she'd be so heartless as to refuse to lend me a single penny? Besides, it's not like I won't pay it back. I'll definitely pay it back when we're better off financially." Two hundred yuan was just sitting there anyway; what's wrong with lending it to her?

Zhang shook her head again: "She...she has no mother-daughter bond with me. I haven't taken care of her for so many years..." Thinking of her neglect of her eldest daughter for more than 20 years, Zhang felt a rare sense of shame.

The eldest daughter has a strong personality. Ever since she showed the slightest impatience with her, she has never come to see her again. Even when she was going through a difficult time, she never asked her own mother for help once. How could her mother have the face to ask someone for money?

Now she's in her thirties, childless, and dumped by the eldest son-in-law of the Sun family. Looking at her thin and frail appearance, her health probably isn't very good either. She'll be living on those two hundred yuan from now on, so how could she possibly ask her for money?

Her youngest daughter said she would pay it back in the future, but whether she would pay it back or when was uncertain. It's not impossible that she might refuse to pay it back at all.

Forget it, she's already wronged her eldest daughter, so let's not upset her this time.

Looking at her fair-skinned little girl, and then thinking of her eldest daughter who had just left, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but feel heartbroken: "Daughter, your eldest sister has had such a hard life. Don't worry about her little bit of retirement money anymore."

Cao Min stared at Wu Shi to make sure she really wouldn't lend her the money, then turned and walked home: "Hmph, if you don't want to lend it, then don't. If you're so fond of that old woman, go find her to be your daughter!"

Watching her youngest daughter storm off in a huff, Zhang regretted spoiling her too much. With such a pampered nature, it was fine at home, but after she got married, if she still had this temper, which mother-in-law would tolerate her?

She walked slowly, recalling the unforgettable days she spent at the Zhou family's house. Those were truly difficult times. If it weren't for Brother Jiang protecting her... Brother Dahe, she felt so sorry for Brother Dahe, so sorry for their daughter...

Zhou Chuan had no idea that Wu Shi had actually had a change of heart in such a short time. But even if she had known, she would have just scoffed at it. The original owner's mother's brief change of heart would probably vanish in less than a day.

No matter how much guilt and shame she felt, it was nothing compared to her wonderful life. Maybe when she returned to her own little home and heard her grandson affectionately call her "Grandma," she would forget everything.

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