As someone who has been striving alone in the provincial capital, I finally saved enough money for the down payment on a house. However, my mother and younger brother from my hometown opposed my plan to buy a house. When they came to the provincial capital, I discovered that behind my mother and brother's opposition was actually my brother's girlfriend, who was the one "planning" against me! Is my family really not supposed to be a "brother-savior"? Why do my mother and brother want me to give up on buying a house for myself and instead use my money to help my brother buy a house and get married? It seems that this is all some scheme orchestrated by my brother's girlfriend. My money didn't come easy; it didn't just blow in with the wind! My family isn't made up of people that anyone can bully! Everything changed when I returned to my hometown...
I came from a small county town, and through my own efforts over the years, I had finally managed to establish myself in a big city like Rethuesia.
Although I was already twenty-seven and still unmarried, But I did have a few admirers.
I was not the type of woman who relied on men. This might be because my father passed away when I was young, and my mother favored my younger brother, leaving me to rely on myself to get to where I was today.
So, I had made up my mind to pay the down payment for a house myself in the coming months, right here in Rethuesia, a place where I never imagined I would belong.
I had almost saved enough for the down payment, and now I was just waiting for the property I liked to be listed.
I shared my plan to buy a house in Rethuesia with my mother back home, and at first, she agreed. But who would have thought that a week later, my mother called again.
On the phone, she completely changed her attitude and began to strongly oppose my plan to buy a house here, even breaking down in tears over the phone.
I was very confused, wondering what could have caused my mother's attitude to change so dramatically.
When I went to the train station to pick up my mother and others, who had come to Rethuesia specifically to stop me, I finally understood. It was all orchestrated by my brother's girlfriend!
My father passed away unexpectedly when I was in my first year of high school. My mother, an ordinary laborer little formal education, raised my brother and me on her own.
Since my father's death, I became exceptionally mature. This wasn't just my own assessment, but what the neighbors in our county town praised.
From my first year of high school, I started doing odd jobs in the town to earn some tuition money. Later, I got into a university in Rethuesia and left my hometown. After graduating, I chose to stay in Rethuesia.
I started at the bottom rung of the company ladder, and step by step, I worked my way up to become the department supervisor. This was all achieved through my relentless hard work, earning me the nickname "the relentless worker" at the company.
I didn't care about nicknames; as long as I could make money, that was all that matters. After all, I worked to earn money, not to make friends.
The reason I wanted to buy a house was to bring my mother to live with me. After all, she had spent all those years taking care of me and my brother on her own, which had been incredibly tough for her.
My brother was four years younger than me and now worked at an office in our hometown. This job was stable but his income was rather modest. Because my brother's situation wasn't as good as mine, I wanted to bring my mother to enjoy a more comfortable life with me.
I thought my plan was perfect, but who knew that at this crucial moment, the problem would arise with my mother? This was the one part that should never have gone wrong.
I was at the station to pick up my mother, along with my brother and his girlfriend.
My brother's girlfriend was quite tall, probably around 5'6", and she was quite attractive. But her thin lips made me think that she must be the type of person with a harsh personality.
"Vivian Willis, this is your brother's girlfriend, Jolene Douglas," my mother introduced her with a smile.
I returned the smile and nodded at Jolene, greeting her.
But my brother seemed displeased, saying, "Vivian, what's going on? Jolene came all this way with us, and you're being so cold. What's that supposed to mean?"
As I listened to my brother's complaints, I felt a surge of anger inside. Did he really think I didn't know it was this Jolene who manipulated things, influenced my mother to completely change her attitude towards me buying a house?
And he still expected me to be warm and welcoming to her?
Becky endured three years of marriage to the cold-hearted Rory. In all that time, she naively reasoned that one day, he'd gradually come to like her. But the second he forced her to kneel down and humiliate herself, she knew she had been wrong about him. This man had no feelings for her at all. So why should she still love him? When Rory gave her the choice between kneeling down and divorcing, she didn't miss a beat and chose the latter. After all, why should she waste her youth on this scumbag? Wouldn't it be nicer for her to just have fun every day with her billion-dollar family fortune?
There was only one man in Raegan's heart, and it was Mitchel. In the second year of her marriage to him, she got pregnant. Raegan's joy knew no bounds. But before she could break the news to her husband, he served her divorce papers because he wanted to marry his first love. After an accident, Raegan lay in the pool of her own blood and called out to Mitchel for help. Unfortunately, he left with his first love in his arms. Raegan escaped death by the whiskers. Afterward, she decided to get her life back on track. Her name was everywhere years later. Mitchel became very uncomfortable. For some reason, he began to miss her. His heart ached when he saw her all smiles with another man. He crashed her wedding and fell to his knees while she was at the altar. With bloodshot eyes, he queried, "I thought you said your love for me is unbreakable? How come you are getting married to someone else? Come back to me!"
After hiding her true identity throughout her three-year marriage to Colton, Allison had committed wholeheartedly, only to find herself neglected and pushed toward divorce. Disheartened, she set out to rediscover her true self-a talented perfumer, the mastermind of a famous intelligence agency, and the heir to a secret hacker network. Realizing his mistakes, Colton expressed his regret. "I know I messed up. Please, give me another chance." Yet, Kellan, a once-disabled tycoon, stood up from his wheelchair, took Allison's hand, and scoffed dismissively, "You think she'll take you back? Dream on."
When Zora was sick during the early days of her pregnancy, Ezrah was with his first love, Piper. When Zora got into an accident and called Ezrah, he said he was busy, when in actual fact, he was buying shoes for Piper. Zora lost her baby because of the accident, and throughout her stay at the hospital, Ezrah never showed up. She already knew that he didn't love her, but that was the last straw for the camel's back, and her fragile heart could not take it anymore. When Ezrah arrived home a few days after Zora was discharged from the hospital, he no longer met the woman who always greeted him with a smile and cared for him. Zora stood at the top of the stairs and yelled with a cold expression, "Good news, Ezrah! Our baby died in a car accident. There is nothing between us anymore, so let's get a divorce." The man who claimed not to have any feelings for Zora, being cold and distant towards her, and having asked her for a divorce twice, instantly panicked.
To the public, she was the CEO's executive secretary. Behind closed doors, she was the wife he never officially acknowledged. Jenessa was elated when she learned that she was pregnant. But that joy was replaced with dread as her husband, Ryan, showered his affections on his first love. With a heavy heart, she chose to set him free and leave. When they met again, Ryan's attention was caught by Jenessa's protruding belly. "Whose child are you carrying?!" he demanded. But she only scoffed. "It's none of your business, my dear ex-husband!"
Rumors said that Lucas married an unattractive woman with no background. In the three years they were together, he remained cold and distant to Belinda, who endured in silence. Her love for him forced her to sacrifice her self-worth and her dreams. When Lucas' true love reappeared, Belinda realized that their marriage was a sham from the start, a ploy to save another woman's life. She signed the divorce papers and left. Three years later, Belinda returned as a surgical prodigy and a maestro of the piano. Lost in regret, Lucas chased her in the rain and held her tightly. "You are mine, Belinda."