After graduating from college, I turned down a job opportunity at a renowned Fortune 500 company in the bustling "Magic City" to move to Hang City. I took up work in an obscure little company. In less than two years, I progressed from an ordinary worker to the company's Public Relations Director.
Behind my back, many people labeled me a cunning vixen, claiming that I wove my way into big contracts by sleeping my way to the top, making me no different from a common whore.
But I didn’t care. For me, honor was worthless. My sole purpose in life was to reclaim everything that Xu Changsheng stole from me and to make him pay for his ruthless greed...
Xu Changsheng, my uncle, was the only brother of my father. But I knew him for what he truly was - a cold, self-centered, ruthless wolf who reduced my family to ruin.
I could never forget my eighth birthday. I clearly remember Xu Changsheng, who was then my father's assistant, driving us—my parents and me—to a hillside in the outskirts for a hike. Midway, he handed the wheel over to my father after receiving a call, hurriedly leaving.
Less than half an hour after my dad took over the steering wheel, the car broke down with a brake failure, uncontrollably crashing through the roadside guard rail, and plunging off a cliff...
My parents, realizing the danger, huddled me into their arms, protecting me beneath their bodies...
As the car crashed with a painful groan and an immense impact, I felt their warm blood slowly seeping out, drop by drop into my mouth, the nauseating stench of blood filling the entire cabin. Overwhelmed by abject terror and excruciating pain, I screamed and cried, calling out to my parents again and again. But the only reply was their gradually cooling bodies...
From that day on, I became an orphan. When the rescue team arrived, they wrestled to drag me out from beneath my parent's tight embrace.
This is an image I will never forget. My parents, their bodies pierced by a massive shard of glass, had essentially mangled wounds due to the delay in rescue. My mother's eyes were wide open, her mouth slightly ajar; she seemed to have something left unsaid, unwilling to leave...
Thanks to their protection, the glass hadn't reached any vital parts of my body, leaving a triangular scar on my back. I screamed and passed out. The bloody, gruesome scene of the accident haunted me forever, turning me into a quiet, reticent individual waking up each night from nightmares, harboring hatred and suspicion towards everyone.
I became withdrawn, locking myself in my room all day, with only the daily delivery of meals by the housekeeper as company. The only survivor of the accident, my uncle Xu Changsheng, seemed to have vanished from existence, not visiting me even once.
It was not until I received the court's judgment that I saw him again.
He was no longer a mere assistant in my father's company, nor was he the kind and loving uncle that used to pamper me.
He had taken guardianship over me, taking control of my deceased parents' property and compensation.
Once all the financial matters were settled, Xu Changsheng was quick to discard his pretense, revealing his greedy and despicable nature.
Under the guise of guardianship, his family elegantly moved into my family's mansion. They cared for me and asked about my wellbeing in the presence of others. But, once the door shut on guests, I became their human punching bag. Each day, I'd be bruised blue and purple. Even his son followed in his footsteps, constantly hitting and belittling me, calling me a burden. Since then, I went from being the little mistress of a mansion to a Cinderella, despised by everyone...
