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Chapter 239 Fulfilling Your Wish
"I wish I were disabled, then I wouldn't have to go to school anymore." The boy lay on the hospital bed, the room empty except for him.
"If only I were truly disabled, I wouldn't have ended up like that!" The slightly older girl stood outside the door, glanced at Liu Yaozu with a complicated expression, and then turned and ran away.
Qi Yuan arrived just in time to overhear their conversation. In a good mood, he readily granted their wish, making Liu Yaozu truly disabled.
At this moment, the boy was still in bed thinking about how to pretend to be lame so that he wouldn't have to go to school and could get that money-loser Liu Ruyan to support him. The boy had a good plan, but he never expected that from this moment on, he would really become disabled.
It's not just a simple case of being lame in one leg and able to walk with a cane; it's paralysis of the lower body, with no movement below the waist, yet there is sensation and pain, but the body truly cannot move.
"My son! It's all because of your sister, that jinx! If it weren't for her bringing bad luck on you, you wouldn't have fallen. It's all her fault!" As soon as Liu's mother entered the room, she threw herself at Liu Yaozu. This was the boy she had given birth to after having five daughters; he was her precious darling!
Following behind, Liu's father watched his son suffer and looked him up and down with displeasure. Not seeing Liu Ruyan, he frowned and asked, "Yaozu, where is your sister?"
"I don't know, I didn't see her!" After saying that, he realized he should pretend to be in pain. His expression changed, and he started to grimac and cry out in pain. He said that he couldn't feel his legs, and that he couldn't feel his legs at all. This scared Mr. and Mrs. Liu so much that they quickly called a doctor.
"The patient's legs are fine. The inability to stand up may be due to psychological reasons. Why don't you take him to see a psychiatrist?" The doctor looked at Liu Yaozu, who looked to be in his teens, and didn't think he was lying. He even gave advice.
After everyone left, the doctor glanced down at the medical record and realized that Liu Yaozu was only eight years old. However, judging from his height and weight, he didn't look like an eight-year-old at all. People would believe he was twelve. He was clearly a well-nourished child.
Liu Ruyan is fifteen years old this year. She is thin and small, and looks like she is about ten years old. She still has three years before the college entrance examination, when she will be able to leave this family completely. However, she has been reborn and knows what will happen in the future. Whether to leave now to make a living or to endure humiliation and stay at home to study has become something that Liu Ruyan needs to think about.
In her past life, because Liu Yaozu was faking illness, Liu Ruyan had to take care of him and also study. Her grades dropped significantly in high school, and she only got into an ordinary first-tier university in the college entrance examination. She didn't get a scholarship, and her parents didn't pay for her tuition. She had to take out a loan to pay for her university tuition herself.
During her four years of university life, Liu Ruyan was reluctant to eat or dress well, and she worked part-time every day, running between school and other places. Her life was incredibly hard. As a result, right after graduation, she was tricked into returning home by her parents.
Seeing the locked door and hearing the family of three outside discussing who they wanted to sell her to for more money, Liu Ruyan tried to escape through the window, but was caught red-handed by Liu Yaozu, who was smoking outside.
The siblings looked at each other in shock, and three seconds later Liu Yaozu let out a scream.
"Dad, Mom, that money-losing girl is running away! My dowry!"
Liu Ruyan didn't care why Liu Yaozu was able to stand up. She tried to climb down the water pipe, but Liu Yaozu grabbed her. Liu Ruyan was afraid that if she was caught, she would be sold to the deep mountains and forests. With a struggle, and because Liu Yaozu, who had been waited on hand and foot, was not strong, Liu Ruyan fell down.
Before landing, Liu Ruyan was still thinking that dying like this was better than being tormented for a lifetime.
Unexpectedly, when she opened her eyes, she found that time had returned to the day Liu Yaozu fell and was injured. Her hand, which was on the doorknob, loosened, and she needed to think about what to do.
"Ouch, that hurts! What are you doing!" The doctor slapped Liu Yaozu's thigh hard, and Liu Yaozu screamed. He glared at the doctor with hostility. Liu's parents also glared at the doctor and cursed.
The doctor had never seen such ungrateful patients before, and following their lead, he sent them away immediately.
"Tsk, these parents are just stupid, they can't see that the kid is faking it... But what does it have to do with me? Next one!" The doctor shook his head. He had seen this kind of thing many times, so he didn't care.
Liu Ruyan rummaged through her belongings at home and found her ID card. She then pulled out an iron box from the bottom of her parents' wardrobe, took all the money, and secretly left home. Recalling the scene before her death, Liu Ruyan felt that her education level was no longer important.
The fact that Liu Yaozu's parents weren't shocked at all that he could stand up meant they already knew. So, no matter how hard she tried in this life, she couldn't escape this family's exploitation. She might as well take advantage of the fact that the internet isn't as developed now and leave this place quickly. Maybe she could even escape this family completely.
At this moment, Liu Ruyan had no idea that Liu Yaozu was truly unable to stand up; of course, everything she did was for her own benefit.
In the hospital, Liu Yaozu was still happy that his lie hadn't been exposed. It was just that his parents were suffering. Looking at their precious son who was disabled for some unknown reason, they were already planning to have Liu Ruyan take care of his younger brother. Once Liu Yaozu came of age, they would marry Liu Ruyan off in exchange for a dowry.
Unbeknownst to them, the bride price they considered a dowry had already been loaded onto a train heading north with the family's savings. In her previous life, Liu Ruyan had always heard that the north did not discriminate against women, and having suffered greatly from the patriarchal ideology, she also wanted to go and see for herself.
"You stay here with Yaozu, I'm going home to get the money, and I'll go look for that brat..." Father Liu left, leaving Mother Liu with red and swollen eyes from crying, looking at Liu Yaozu with teary eyes, sobbing and choking, which annoyed Liu Yaozu so much that he pulled the quilt over his head.
"Old Liu is back? How's Yaozu?"
"It's nothing, she's just scared and can't stand up for now. The doctor said she'll be fine once she calms down... Hey? Old Li, have you seen my brat? Her brother's in trouble, they can't even find him!" Old Li wasn't surprised to hear the words 'brat.' Which family doesn't favor sons over daughters? In this area, just ask around, and you'll find that every family wants a son. As for daughters? They're considered a waste of money.
"That's good, that's good. I didn't see it..."
"Okay, Yaozu is still waiting for medical expenses at the hospital. I'll go home to get the money first, and we'll talk later."
When Mr. Liu got home and searched the house, he realized something was wrong. Where had all the money gone? Had a thief broken in?
They didn't suspect Liu Ruyan, since only the three of them knew where the money was kept. How could that good-for-nothing Liu Ruyan know?
Three thousand yuan—that was three thousand yuan in the late 1980s, no small sum. Just like that, it was gone. Mr. Liu wanted to call the police, but the money here wasn't exactly honorable; it was all obtained by selling his four daughters. If the police asked, he wouldn't know what to say.
In a daze, they went to the hospital. Seeing that Liu's mother was still crying, Liu's father slapped her across the face and yelled, "Cry, cry, cry! You've cried away all our good fortune! If it weren't for you, you jinx, our family wouldn't have lost our money! What are you standing there for! Get Yaozu out of the hospital right now!"
"What? The money's gone? How could that be? That's..."
"Shut up! Who's the only one who opened their mouth? Hurry up and lend a hand, let's sneak out of the hospital."
Half asleep, Liu Yaozu was placed on his father's back, and the family of three slipped out of the hospital while the doctors and nurses were busy.
"Honey, we have to call the police! So much money! Who the hell did this?" Liu's mother kept chattering all the way. Liu's father was already annoyed, and hearing what Liu's mother said made him want to cover the mouth of this idiot even more.
"Go ahead and call the police. When they ask where the money came from, let's see what you say! Tell them it came from selling children? They'll arrest you! Let's see if you want your money or your life!"
Hearing what Mr. Liu said, Mrs. Liu finally remembered where the money came from. Over time, she had even fooled herself, completely forgetting that she had not only given birth to two children, but also had four children who had been sold to different places, making it difficult to find them later. However, if Mrs. Liu cared, she wouldn't have sold the children before they were even a month old.
Liu Yaozu listened half-asleep on his father's back, not paying any attention. He even turned his face away because he found it noisy, and covered his ear with his other hand.
"That brat hasn't come back even though it's dark. Could she have died somewhere? Yaozu, did you see your sister today?" Mother Liu was furious, but she couldn't vent her anger on Father Liu and Liu Yaozu, so she was anxious to find Liu Ruyan. In this family, Liu Ruyan had the lowest status, followed by Mother Liu. When superiors suppress subordinates, they naturally need to find a scapegoat.
"No, I told her this morning I wanted to eat mushrooms, so she carried a bamboo basket up the mountain. Could it be that she found some pheasants or rabbits on the mountain and hasn't finished eating them yet, which is why she's not coming down? Dad, Mom, when she comes back, you must give her a good beating!" As he spoke, Liu Yaozu raised his fist, as if he wanted to do it himself.
Mr. and Mrs. Liu agreed with smiles.
Liu Ruyan did not return home that night, and the two of them did not go out to look for her. They just said a harsh word before going to bed, saying that they would beat Liu Ruyan to death when she came back.
The next day, before Liu Ruyan returned, Liu's mother, who hadn't cooked for over a decade, started yelling at Liu Ruyan at the door again. She did it again at noon. When Liu's father returned home in the evening and ate the meal prepared by Liu's mother, he frowned unhappily.
"Why are you cooking? Where's that brat?"
"I wonder where she's gone." Liu's mother pouted. She didn't want to cook either. Ever since Liu Ruyan was three years old and could stand on a small stool to cook, Liu's mother hadn't cooked for the family. More than ten years had passed, and when she suddenly started cooking, it was naturally unpalatable. In the morning, Liu Yaozu complained that it was bad. When he saw that Liu's mother had cooked for him again at noon, he crawled into bed and refused to come out in anger, which made Liu's mother very distressed. She scolded Liu Ruyan one sentence after another.
"Could that brat really have died outside?" Father Liu frowned, put down his chopsticks, and got up to go out and look for her.
"Hey? Husband? What are you doing out so late? Let her die out there. I don't believe this family can't function without her!" Mother Liu shouted at the door, but Father Liu was nowhere to be seen.
Liu's father wasn't actually going to see Liu Ruyan. He clearly found the food unpalatable and ran away to eat alone. Now that the family is broke, he naturally has to spend the money he's hiding himself, and he won't even share it with his son.
After downing a glass of strong liquor, Mr. Liu was reminded of the lost three thousand yuan. Under the influence of the alcohol, he couldn't help but blurt it out. There were still quite a few people in the small restaurant at the time. Hearing this, they curiously stepped forward to try and get more information. After hearing that Mr. Liu had bought his four daughters to get the six thousand yuan, the group exchanged glances. A man with a crew cut took advantage of Mr. Liu's inattention and ran out.
"Hey? Brother Liu, tell us again about your way of making money, and how you found buyers..."
As Liu's father was being coaxed into drinking one cup after another, he became increasingly unrestrained in his speech, answering whatever anyone asked. Suddenly, the door was opened, and several policemen appeared in front of everyone.
"Someone has reported that someone is trafficking women and children."
As soon as the policeman finished speaking, seven or eight people in the small restaurant, including the owner, simultaneously raised their fingers and pointed at Liu's father.
"You, come with us." The policeman stepped forward and tried to pull the man away, but Liu's father, who was drunk, thought Liu Ruyan was provoking him. He raised his hand and slapped the policeman across the face, cursing incessantly.
The police officer's face was flushed. He wanted to do something to Mr. Liu there, but remembering the recently issued documents, he restrained himself from retaliating and, together with his colleagues, took Mr. Liu, who was still cursing, back to the police station.
"Thank you for your report. We're cracking down on criminals recently. If you encounter a similar situation in the future, remember to call the police." Before leaving, an older policeman came over to say this.
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