This is not my work and no plagarism was intended. Credit goes to the rightfull author/owner author: sweet seven

The pain woke Shen Xi up. The searing agony that tore through her flesh resulted in spasms across her body.

There were people speaking beside her.

“Dad, beat her to death. Despite Wanwan’s kindness to her, she’s a cruel b*tch and treated her horribly!”

“Dear, I’ve already told you not to take her back, since you wouldn’t understand the temperament of a child whom you haven’t brought up on your own. Yet, you didn’t listen.”

Gradually, everything went dark before Shen Xi’s eyes, and her vision blurred. To her, the scene that unfolded in front of her seemed funny.

The three people standing by her side were, in name, her blood relatives.

Nevertheless, the looks they cast her were nothing but indifference, disdain and anger. They could not wait to get rid of her.

They did not treat her as their kin at all. Instead, they regarded her as their enemy.

The handsome, middle-aged man who carried a whip in his hand was her father, Su Yi.

The beautiful woman next to him with a cold expression and a pair of bloodshot eyes was her mother, Li Jingran.

There was another young man with a charming face yet a dangerous gaze in his eyes. He was her second elder brother, Su Muyan.

She had undergone a rebirth. After she had completed her mission of traveling through 66 astral planes, she returned to the place where it all began, back to the Su family that was bereft of love but filled with apathy and desolation.

This time, however, she was no longer the same Shen Xi who allowed herself to be bullied and humiliated. She was now a different kind of Shen Xi , one who was a force to be reckoned with and back with a vengeance!

It was probably due to her prolonged suffering at the Su family’s hands that she remembered the events that transpired very clearly.

It happened on her seventeenth birthday. As the true heiress of the Su family, it was already the second year since she had been brought home to them and spent her first birthday there.

Her birthday fell on the same day as Su Ruowan, the fake heiress of the Su family. The latter was five years older than her.

The whole family had prepared for Su Ruowan’s birthday party a month in advance to give her a surprise.

Yet, Shen Xi’s family members seemed to have forgotten about her presence.

Yesterday, her eldest brother, Su Muxuan, tossed her a teddy bear. It had a pretty pink color.

She was overjoyed and assumed it was a birthday gift from her eldest brother. As such, she treated it with love and care.

Unfortunately, this morning, Su Ruowan snatched her teddy bear away.

Shen Xi confronted her and wanted her teddy bear back. During the argument, Su Ruowan slipped and tumbled down the stairs.

Su Ruowan cried and explained that it was a misunderstanding, and she had no intention of snatching her belonging away. The newly bought teddy bear was dirty and she only wanted to clean it before returning it to her sister.

See, such a magnanimous excuse and such a great elder sister who was always thinking of the younger one.

Shen Xi’s family pinned the blame on her and accused her of pushing Su Ruowan down the stairs. They condemned her for being evil and ungrateful.

As if this was not enough, after coming home from the hospital, Su Yi struck her violently with a whip until she fell unconscious without saying another word.

Coincidentally, Shen Xi was reborn the moment after she fainted.

“Dear, I think she has fainted,” Li Jingran commented with a frown as she regarded the girl, who was lying on the floor, with a look of disgust.

She fainted after a few whips. Because of her, Wanwan broke her leg, and she dared to pass out!

This daughter who came from the village was not raised by her. Li Jingran had no love for her and found her to be a pain.

“Fainted? I think she’s playing dead to wriggle out of this mess!” Su Muyan walked towards her with a basin of water in his arms. “Dad, excuse me, I’m going to wake her up.”

Why did she not die? It was all because of her that Wanwan suffered so much!

Nobody noticed that Shen Xi, who was lying on the floor, opened her eyes without warning. Her gaze was chilly and determined, tinged with a blatant desire to mock those around her.

With a wicked laugh, Su Muyan stood before Shen Xi and was about to pour the basin of cold water onto the girl.

All of a sudden, the unconscious Shen Xi got up and plucked the whip out of Su Yi’s hand.

The Su family was horrified.

A hint of a smile appeared at the corners of Shen Xi’s mouth. Then, using all of her strength, she cracked the whip at Su Muyan’s face.

As an idol and a singer, Su Muyan’s face was his prized possession. His face was insured for up to fifty million yuan!

“How dare you!” Su Muyan roared in anger. There was a painful, burning sensation on his face.

Due to the unexpected force, he spilled the basin of cold water onto himself and his clothes were drenched.

“Too bad.” Shen Xi heaved a long sigh as she looked at Su Muyan coldly.

“Shen Xi!” Su Muyan gritted his teeth.

“Too bad I just woke up. I’m still weak and don’t have the strength.” Shen Xi sighed again and toyed with the whip in her hands. “I couldn’t kill you with a single whip!”

Su Muyan was shaking with rage.

No, it could not be.

Shen Xi was not that sort of person!

She was like a dog that wagged its tail and begged. She appeased them all the time and had not an ounce of dignity.

No matter how they treated her, she would still stick around them like a repulsive fly that could not be shooed away.

Li Jingran’s heart ached when she saw the wound on her son’s face. She glared at Shen Xi, “Are you crazy?! Don’t you know that you…”

“Shut up!” Shen Xi returned a threatening stare and scorned, “You’re so noisy!”

Li Jingran was shaken by her intimidating gaze and swallowed her words. When she realized what was going on, she was about to burst into flames. “Shen Xi!”

“I said you’re very noisy!” Shen Xi frowned and threw her a look of contempt.

“Get out, get out from here!” Li Jingran’s expression was twisted with fury. She pointed at Shen Xi with a trembling finger. “Dear, get her out of here, I don’t have her for a daughter! I’ll just pretend I never gave birth to her!”

“That’s for the best.” Shen Xi beamed happily. “I’ll also pretend that I never had you for a mother. I only have one mother, and her name’s Yun Jinping!”

Her past self had naively assumed that one day, they would notice her and like her if she was nice to them and obeyed them.

Nonetheless, that day never came. No matter how hard she tried to express herself and how much she excelled, she was nothing compared to Su Ruowan.

Since the start, all of her efforts had been for naught.

To them, she was just a parasitic and pathetic dog who had to kowtow and submit to her family whenever they gave her a bone.

Su Ruowan was their precious baby.

As the true heiress of the Su family, her presence was often overlooked and her personality was tough and unwavering. She was not loved by her parents and was constantly disregarded by her brothers. Moreover, she was despised, abused, and harmed by Su Ruowan.

Su Ruowan once sobbed and whined to her eldest brother, Su Muxuan that since her leg broke, she could not dance properly. She realized how excellent Shen Xi was at dancing and how much the teacher complimented her talent.

One day, Shen Xi got into an accident and broke both of her legs. She was able to stand up, but she could not dance again. On rainy days, her legs would hurt terribly.

Su Ruowan moaned to her second elder brother, Su Muyan about how little she looked like her family members. Outsiders said that she was not the daughter of the Su family, but Shen Xi was.

One day, Shen Xi was locked in the restroom by her classmates. Someone poured a bottle of acid onto her face and it disfigured her permanently.

Su Ruowan told Su Mushi enviously that Xixi was skilled in drawing and playing musical instruments. She was jealous of her sister’s hands.

One day, Shen Xi was kidnapped and her hands were crippled, resulting in fractures in her arms. From that day onwards, she could never draw or play any instruments again.

Shen Xi kept telling herself that those incidents were mere coincidences.

Until she was diagnosed with leukemia, her family members told her that they had undergone bone marrow match tests but none of them were suitable donors. They told her not to give up and that they would keep searching for a match for her.

Ravaged by her illness, she could do nothing but lie on her bed as her life slowly seeped away from her day by day.

When Su Ruowan came to visit, she showed her the bone marrow match test reports. Apparently, all three of her brothers served as suitable donors, but not one of them was willing to save her.

Su Ruowan told Shen Xi that what happened to her legs, hands, and face were not accidents, but a plot masterminded by herself.

Back then, Shen Xi badly wanted to kill her and every member of the Su family.

Yet, she was sickly and dying. Thus, there was nothing to do but to watch as her enemy carried on with her life happily.

After she died in sorrow, regret, pain, loneliness, and misery, she realized that she was living in a book titled “Lady Luck”.

Su Ruowan was the female lead who was adored by everyone. Her future was bright; Her parents and brothers spoilt her; Her affectionate and powerful fiancé loved her. All was rosy and well for her familial relationships, love life and career. She was sailing towards the peak of her life.

As for Shen Xi, she was just the pitiful supporting character who complemented the female lead.

Su Yi’s face darkened. He raised his hand to slap her.

Shen Xi reacted in time and deflected his slap with a swing of the whip.

The air around them cracked loudly as if she had torn through a hole in the atmosphere.

Su Yi withdrew his hand in fright.

Su Muyan growled nastily, “Dad, she’s obnoxious and has no respect for her elders. She isn’t fit to be one of us at all!”

Shen Xi let out a cold laugh. “Exactly, I’m not one of you. You’re a bunch of maggots in a pile of sh*t. How is it possible for you to produce an innocent little sweetheart like me?”

Regret?

Pain?

Nothing.

What was left in her was disdain, contempt, and hatred towards them!

In this lifetime, she would not be controlled by her fate and die a miserable, lonely, and painful death.

She wanted to leave the Su family, live a good life, and make them understand how it felt like to have a fate worse than death.

Su Yi was vexed. “Look at yourself, you b*tch! It’s true that whatever that comes from the village is lowly and shouldn’t be regarded highly!”

“So what if I come from the village? The person who came from the village is here to annoy you. Three generations ago, your grandfather also came from the village,” Shen Xi jeered.

“Dad, see how rude she is!” Su Muyan was shaking with fury.

“Feisty little c*nt, you must have been infected with a bunch of diseases in the village.” All her life, Li Jingran had despised people like her.

Shen Xi mocked, “You’re just an opportunistic homewrecker. What right do you have to badmouth me? I came from the village and I know all about morals. I’ll never wreck someone else’s family and become a mistress!”

Li Jingran was so furious that she felt her veins tightening. Her vision began to blacken and she lost her footing. Had someone not caught hold of her, she would have passed out on the spot. She placed a hand on her forehead as she said, “Dear, I can’t take it anymore. You take care of her and get her out of my sight. I don’t want to see her ever again!”

How did she know?

Who told her these things?

Li Jingran and her husband were a power couple in show business. Nobody knew that her husband had remarried!

Su Yi told Li Jingran to get some rest. For the first time, he looked at his daughter, who had been home for a year, in the eyes. “What do you want?”

A year had passed since her return, yet he did not know what she looked like. Upon observation, he realized that she almost had his wife’s brows and eyes.

His wife was a beauty. Naturally, Shen Xi had inherited her genes and her appearance was not bad.

However, when Su Yi gazed deep into the depths of his daughter’s eyes, he saw the indifference, coldness, and careless mockery in them. They made her look like a bad and unlikeable person.

As a girl, she ought to be gentler, kinder, and more caring, like his wife or Wanwan, so that people would like her.

“Fifty million.” Shen Xi knocked on the table nonchalantly. “As a payment to sever all ties between me and the Su family. Of course, I won’t tell the public that your wife got to the top as a mistress, and neither will I tell the Gu family that Su Ruowan is a fraud.”

When the Su family brought her back, they told outsiders that she was adopted. On the contrary, Su Ruowan was the real heiress of the family. They even wanted her to keep the secret to protect the marriage between the heirs of the Su and Gu families.

“Are you so poor that you lost your mind?!” Su Muyan boomed.

Little b*tch, it was daylight robbery!

“Muyan, draft us a contract.” Su Yi interrupted his son. Why was he so impulsive? He looked at Shen Xi. “I hope you’ll keep your promise.”

Fifty million? Fine, the Su family was in no shortage of money. He merely treated it as severance pay!

Or else, with a crafty troublemaker like her who was constantly stirring sh*t up, he wondered what she would do to harm Wanwan again.

Shen Xi signed her name. After receiving fifty million yuan, she strode out of the house haughtily while the Su family stared at her scornfully.

It was bright and sunny outside.

She lifted her head to glance at the sunlight. Great, she had money now. Suddenly, she felt refreshed and energetic, and the wounds on her body no longer ached.

“Little Sis.” Unexpectedly, Su Ruowan’s voice appeared behind her. She sounded tender and meek. “Mom, Dad, please talk some sense into her. If anyone is to leave, it’s me. How could you let her go?”

Su Yi and Li Jingran remained quiet. Instead, they glared at Shen Xi viciously.

Su Ruowan eyed Su Muyan in a pleading manner. “Second Elder Brother, I believe Little Sis didn’t mean to push me. I merely broke my leg. How could all of you chase her away?”

Su Muyan clenched his teeth. “Wanwan, she’s not fit to be your sister!”

Su Ruowan regarded Shen Xi pitifully and begged her, “Little Sis, don’t you want to participate in “National Idol”? I’ve told Mom and Dad that I won’t be participating in it, but you will.

My leg is broken and there’s no need for me to head there. You can join the competition and make your dream come true. Please don’t leave, I beg you.”

The other members of the Su family directed furious stares at Shen Xi when they heard this remark. Their gazes were like sharp knives that were launched at her continuously. They desperately wanted to shred her into pieces.

That evil girl pushed Wanwan down the stairs just because she wanted to participate in “National Idol”. What a heartless individual!

Shen Xi nearly threw up when she heard her sister’s words. She turned around and addressed Su Ruowan with a smile and a wave of her hand. “Sis, can you come over here? I have something to tell you.”

“National Idol” was a talent show and Su Yi was its biggest investor. The whole family had everything laid out for Su Ruowan so that she could make her debut in the central role.

As soon as Shen Xi got wind of this, she went to Su Yi and pleaded that he put her on the show as well. However, he flatly denied her pleas and scolded her for being greedy.

Su Ruowan was taken aback and her gaze shifted with uncertainty. Still, as her parents and brothers were around, she thought that Shen Xi would not dare to do anything to her.

Shen Xi noticed that Su Ruowan had come forward. The other members were obedient, too, and did not follow suit. She inched closer to her elder sister and said, “Su Ruowan, stop pretending in front of me.”

Frankly, Su Ruowan was not a pretty girl. Although her heart-shaped face was the size of a palm, her features were not exactly attractive. Her brows were too thick; Her eyes were not big; Her nose was a bit flat and her lips were thin.

Nevertheless, she was good at makeup and the result was similar to that of plastic surgery. It covered all of the flaws on her face and it made her look beautiful.

Su Ruowan’s leg was wrapped in a plaster cast and she was sitting in a wheelchair. When she heard her reply, her gaze hardened for one fleeting moment. Then, it softened and she looked at Shen Xi meekly, “Little Sis, what are you talking about?”

Instead of engaging in the conversation, Shen Xi grabbed Su Ruowan’s arm and hauled her up from the wheelchair. She gave the latter a tight slap on her face, then shoved her away with a kick.

It was all carried out perfectly in one swift movement.

A horrified Su Ruowan screamed. She had already landed on the floor and placed a hand on her stomach. Her organs hurt terribly and she cried, “Little Sis, why did you do that to me?”

Shen Xi grinned. “I’m off. I bet you’re the happiest one here, you can be the heiress of the Su family in peace. Since you are rejoicing, do you want me to help celebrate by lighting a few firecrackers?”

The Su family glared at her in resentment while they surrounded Su Ruowan anxiously, coaxing and consoling her.

“Shen Xi, I’ll kill you!” Su Muyan’s eyes were red with fury.

Shen Xi threw him a sideways glance, raised the whip in her hand and warned, “Don’t anger me, or else I’ll expose every single one of you b*stards! I’ll tell everyone that Su Ruowan’s debut in the central role has been planned from the very beginning!”

Su Muyan stopped in his tracks. He gritted his teeth exasperatedly as he watched her maniacal laugh, her domineering stance, and her savage stare.

He would not let this vile c*nt Shen Xi off the hook!

For certain, he would make her pay for what she did today!

Shen Xi had just approached the doorstep when a handsome young man ran towards her, bearing a stern expression on his face.

Perfect!

It was Su Ruowan’s fiancé, Gu Xiaohan!

Her enemies had all arrived!

Gu Xiaohan was rather good-looking and had a snobbish, arrogant personality. When he realized it was Shen Xi, he raised a hand to slap her. “Shen Xi, you b*tch, how dare you bully Wanwan!”

Shen Xi’s reaction was quicker than his. She delivered a slap on his face and kicked him in the stomach.

The force sent Gu Xiaohan two meters away from her. He landed at the doorstep with a loud thud.

Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the road.

A car zoomed towards the entrance at an incredible speed, as if the driver had lost control of it. The car was directed at Gu Xiaohan, who was still lying on the floor.

Gu Xiaohan’s eyes widened in alarm, and he could not bring himself to scream. He watched as the car sped towards him.

A sharp, piercing sound could be heard.

The car braked suddenly and stopped as soon as it was about to hit Gu Xiaohan. Obviously, the driver was skilled at maneuvering the car.

Gu Xiaohan had been scared senseless by this incident and flopped onto the ground.

Shen Xi pointed at Gu Xiaohan and laughed hysterically.

The car window was rolled down, partially revealing the charming face of a man. He turned his head slightly to regard Shen Xi, who was standing at the entrance and looked a mess. His voice was deep and hypnotic as he spoke, “Where are you headed? I’ll give you a ride.”

Shen Xi caught a glimpse of the driver and her eyes lit up with glee. She got into the car calmly and sat on the passenger seat. “To Golden Sea Bay.”

Everybody was somebody’s precious baby, and she was no exception. She wanted to find her adoptive parents, Madam Yun from her home and Old Shen, the people who loved her most in this world.

“Alright.” The man nodded. Without asking further questions, he drove away.

Gu Xiaohan watched as the car left, then he threw a fit of anger and roared as he pointed at the car, “Shen Xi, Yuan Yu, just you wait!”

Naturally, Shen Xi ignored the beastly cries behind them. She cocked her head and looked at the man beside her. “Big Brother, do you want revenge?”

The charming man next to her was her half-brother, who shared the same father with her but a different mother. He was the son of the poor ex-wife who was betrayed and neglected by Su Yi; who had her husband stolen by Li Jingran; who got depression in the end and committed suicide by jumping off a building!

Shen Xi knew that he was back to seek his revenge from the Su family.

Yuan Yu was surprised. He scanned the girl by his side and a tiny, upward curve appeared at the corners of his mouth. “They are your biological parents.”

Shen Xi shook her head and smiled. “Not anymore.”

Yuan Yu listened to Shen Xi’s plans enthusiastically. As he listened, the nonchalance on his face disappeared and it was replaced by curiosity.

Ever since his youngest sister was brought home, she never felt a sense of belonging but was instead bullied and despised by her family members.

When the Su family organized the birthday party, they only mentioned their beloved daughter, Su Ruowan, on the invitation cards. Shen Xi, on the other hand, had been ignored on purpose.

“Big Brother, think about what I’ve just said. I have money now.” Shen Xi looked at him. “You’d better give me an answer within two days, don’t delay me from finding a partner.”

Yuan Yu grinned. “No need, I agree.”

Her plans included starting an entertainment company and making it the biggest in China and, perhaps, in the whole world. She would get involved in everything, from movies, TV shows, variety shows, music to fashion. In short, she would monopolize the entire entertainment industry.

She would hit the Su family where it hurt by defeating them in their proudest field. She would crush their pride, rip their disguises apart and end their lifeline.

Her ideas happened to be the same as his!

“Well, Big Brother, I’ll whip up a proposal for you within two days. You ought to prepare the required documents to start up a company, too. If you need anything, just look for me.” Shen Xi proffered her hand and eyed him seriously. “No regrets!”

Yuan Yu held her hand. “Of course, once we have started, there’s no going back!”

Shen Xi smiled slyly. “Here’s to a pleasant partnership.”

Yuan Yu regarded the girl with fascination while she sank into her own thoughts. An urge to smile showed up on his face.

A pleasant partnership?

All of a sudden, his younger sister had become a completely different person. Many of her ideas were ahead of her time, bold, creative and well thought out. He found them to be impressive and interesting!

…

When Shen Xi reached the entrance to the villa once more and saw the multiflora roses creeping on the walls, her eyes reddened, and she was on the verge of tearing up.

In midwinter, all that was left of the roses were its vines. Through the metal gate, she could see that the door to the living room was ajar and that someone was inside.

Madam Yun was not used to the heat in the north. When the heat was supplied to her residence1 in the winter, she would often leave the door slightly ajar for some fresh air.

At this time, Old Shen was riddled with debt and the villa was about to be mortgaged by the bank.

Before her rebirth and after she was brought back to the Su family, she had a hard time there. However, she was too ashamed to come back.

After her death, she discovered that Old Shen had chased her away because there were problems with his business. He did not want her to suffer with them.

Later, Old Shen went bankrupt and Madam Yun was diagnosed with cancer.

When Madam Yun passed away, another two years went by before Old Shen learned about Shen Xi’s death. He lost his will to live and brought a can of petrol with him to the Su family, ready to kill them and himself there and then.

Yet, the Su family had Su Ruowan, who was a wealthy and famous woman. Instead of killing himself and the Su family, Old Shen joined forces with the latter.

Shen Xi took out her phone and sat on the steps to the house. She dialed a string of numbers. “Mom, it’s me.”

“I’m not your Mom, you’ve gotten the wrong number.”

The woman’s voice on the other end was hostile and firm.