Chapter 2

Where am I? Ouch…why does it fuckin' hurt?" groaned Rong Zian as he woke up from a coma. Every part of his body was in agony as if he had just come out of surgery and the anaesthetic was just wearing off. He studied his surroundings diligently though stuck in a daze. The last thing he remembered was hanging out in a park whilst drinking five-year-old scotch cursing out his mother for leaving him with such a callous family.

His life was nothing to be envious of, he had been dumped at his father's doorstep and raised by his fierce stepmother. One would assume having birthed her own children, she would have been more caring but it didn't quite work out that way. The woman had become viler with each child she bore. Rong Zian had become the focus of her frustrations which were meant for her husband, who had only married her out of convenience. Be it an academic award of excellence or a medal for best athlete, she always emphasised that her son Rong Erzi deserved the prize.

Her obsession had gone as far as using correction fluid to erase Rong Zian's name and replace it with her own son's so she could show off to every guest that walked through her door. In all this, Rong Zian's father had chosen to stay silent as though it had nothing to do with him but in reality, he despised Rong Zian because he reminded him of his first love who left him with no explanation.

Feeling trapped, Rong Zian thought the only way he could earn his freedom was slaving through school to get a scholarship for any university furthest from home. His dream was to become a chemical engineer specialising in innovation and production of personal care products.Each time calamity besieged their home, he would always find a sense of calm in creating new things, be it a new hand cream or perfume, it always mellowed down the crazy. When he got accepted into one of the top five universities on a full scholarship, he thought his karma had finally changed and could now distance himself from his family to live his own life but that was furthest from the truth. When Rong Erzi was rejected to all the institutions he had applied for, his mother to save face, saw it fit to take everything away from Rong Zian resulting in him acquiring a criminal record.

He was accused of assaulting a relentless girl by the name of Xia Hua, she was one of his many admirers who had constantly confessed to him but had been endlessly rejected. In high school, Rong Zian was well known for his good looks and a day wouldn't go by without at least one girl delivering gifts and asking him out. With an alluring smile and angelic eyes, his answer would always be the same. Whether it was because he hadn't found the right one or maybe because girlfriends' were expensive, no one knew the real reason.

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