Chapter 100 Past events
Li Luo did have a cousin, and her only cousin, named Zhao Xu, who was the child of her aunt Li Fang.
When Li Luo thought of her aunt, she showed a sarcastic smile.
This story started a long time ago with her mother Li Qing.
Li Qing was born in a small county town near City A in Province X. There were three children in her family, and Li Qing was the second oldest. She had an older brother, Li Feng, who was eight years older than her, and a younger sister, Li Fang, who was three years younger than her.
Because the eldest brother Li Feng was admitted to the military academy early and went to study in another province, and his parents were busy with work, most of the time it was the elder sister Li Qing who took care of the younger sister Li Fang, who had suffered from epilepsy since childhood.
When Li Qing was admitted to university that year, all the money had been used to marry her elder brother, and coupled with years of medical treatment for Li Fang, the family really couldn't afford any extra money for Li Qing to go to university. So, Li Qing simply gave up her studies and went straight into society.
She first stayed in the county town for a year, but found that there were too few opportunities to make money there, so she went to the big city alone.
With the salary he had saved after working in the county for a year, Li Qing traveled to several big cities. Finally, she chose her favorite city, City N.
In that era, doing business was the most profitable, and many people chose to go into business. Li Qing also caught the trend, bought a stall, and started a small business selling jewelry.
Although the stall is not big, he makes a lot of money. When most people only earn 2 or 300 yuan a month, Li Qing can earn more than 1000 yuan a day.
Li Qing would send most of the money she earned back home every month. When Li Fang was admitted to university, she also paid for her sister's tuition and living expenses.
But Li Fang had only been in college for a year. For some unknown reason, she refused to continue. Her parents were far away in her hometown and could not take care of her. In the end, Li Qing, as her elder sister, had no choice but to take Li Fang to her side and take care of her personally.
From then on, Li Qing started doing business with her sister Li Fang, but the good times did not last long. At some point, Li Fang met a man named Zhao Jiancheng who was 6 years older than her, and secretly started dating him.
Li Qing was busy with business every day, and when she found out that the two were secretly in love, her first reaction was to disagree.
Zhao Jiancheng is a poor and down-and-out painter who lives near the bungalow rented by the Li Qing sisters. Moreover, he has a very bad reputation and has been involved in bad scandals with several widows in the surrounding area.
The most important thing is that this man has hands and feet, but he doesn't go out to make money. He just wanders around every day, flirting with this and that, and doing nothing. No one would agree to their sister being with such a man.
No matter how Li Qing talked to Li Fang, the latter seemed to be possessed by a demon and would not marry anyone else but Zhao Jiancheng. She was even willing to sever their sisterly relationship with Li Qing. Finally, she even moved to Zhao Jiancheng's house and never returned home.
This made Li Qing very anxious. She stopped doing business and worried about her sister all day long. Her parents and elder brother were not around, and she was the only one with Li Fang. She felt that Li Fang had become like this because of her negligence in discipline. She blamed herself very much and cried all day long, but she could do nothing about it.
Coincidentally, at this time, Ji Hongmao, who had been pursuing Li Qing, learned about this, so he took a few brothers to Zhao Jiancheng's house, beat him up, and brought Li Fang back.
After Li Fang came back, she told Li Qing for the first time that she would listen to her sister and cut off all contact with Zhao Jiancheng.
Li Qing was very happy about her sister's sudden change, and was full of gratitude towards Ji Hongmao.
Ji Hongmao accidentally injured his hand while teaching Zhao Jiancheng a lesson, which resulted in him being unable to work as a chef. From then on, he "depended" on Li Qing and became her follower.
And because of her gratitude to Ji Hongmao, Li Qing did not drive him away as she did before, and let him hang around her every day.
This peaceful life lasted for a long time. Just when Li Qing thought that life was finally getting back on track, one ordinary morning, Li Qing discovered that Li Fang had run away, leaving behind only a farewell letter.
The entire letter was filled with accusations and dissatisfaction with Li Qing, saying that Li Qing had broken up her marriage and prevented her from finding true love. At the end of the letter, she said that she would sever ties with Li Qing and would never have any contact with her again.
Li Qing felt like the sky was falling at that time. She couldn't understand why she had done so much for her sister, but in her sister's heart, she became a bad person.
For a long time afterwards, Li Qing was immersed in sadness and unable to extricate herself. It was also at this time that Ji Hongmao "took advantage of the opportunity" and finally won the beauty.
Later, Li Qing became pregnant. Their parents were both in their hometown and there was no one to take care of Li Qing. In order to allow Ji Hongmao to work and earn money with peace of mind, Li Qing returned to her parents' home alone with a big belly when she was eight months pregnant. She planned to give birth to the baby there and return to City N after the confinement period.
During the few months in between, Ji Hongmao sent money back every month, so Li Qing stayed at home to prepare for the birth of her child, and stayed there until Li Luo was six months old.
In nearly a year, Ji Hongmao had not visited her and the child once, which made the family suspicious. Li Qing helped Ji Hongmao explain that he was busy with his business and the back and forth trips would take up too much time.
It was not until Li Qing returned to her home in City N with her six-month-old baby Li Luo and found a strange woman that she realized her family was broken up.
Later, Li Qing raised Li Luo alone to make a living. When Li Luo was 2 years old, Li Fang found Li Qing with a 3-year-old boy.
It turned out that Li Fang was "kidnapped" by Zhao Jiancheng and taken back to his hometown, a remote village, where she lived in darkness for three years. She regretted not listening to her sister, but she was too embarrassed to come back to find her sister.
The reason why Lifang came back to look for her sister was that she couldn't stand Zhao Jiancheng's domestic violence. This time, Zhao Jiancheng broke three of her ribs. She knew that if she didn't leave, he would beat her to death one day. So, she left that home with her three-year-old son.
After that, the two sisters and their two children lived a peaceful life together for two years until Zhao Jiancheng came.
Because Li Qing and Li Fang had made a lot of money in the past few years, the two sisters each bought a house and settled down in City N.
And Zhao Jiancheng saw exactly this point, so he came to find Li Fang, and once again used sweet words to win back Li Fang.
Li Fang also did this for the sake of her son, and because she really loved Zhao Jiancheng, they continued to live together.
Li Qing doesn't want to care about so many things anymore since she already has a daughter. She has fulfilled all her obligations as a sister to Li Fang. Li Fang is not a child anymore. Since she made the decision herself, no matter how much Li Qing says, it will be of no use.
However, Li Fang didn't know what was wrong with him and started to do some weird things.
Maybe it was because he saw that Li Qing's life was getting better and better, and there was always an outstanding man silently protecting her.
She had to make money, take care of her son, and become Zhao Jiancheng's ATM. Life at home was a chaos.
Li Fang's mentality gradually became distorted, from envy at the beginning, to jealousy, and finally to hatred.
She schemed against Li Qing in business and created all kinds of trouble for her in life. Until one day, she turned her target to Li Luo...
