My childhood sweetheart, Jack, accidentally killed someone while trying to save a life and was sentenced to ten years in prison. Before he went in, he begged me to take care of his parents. I thought he entrusted me with this heavy responsibility because he saw me as his future wife, so I tearfully agreed. For ten years, I worked tirelessly, taking care of his parents without complaint. I even sold my blood and a kidney to pay for his mother's medical bills... all to fulfill my promise to him. It turned out he didn't accidentally kill anyone; he took the fall for someone else. When he got out, he brought back not only a hundred thousand dollars but also a woman and a ten-year-old child. "Sunny, thank you for taking care of my family these past ten years. Here is a thousand dollars as my gratitude and compensation. In the future, you'll still be like a sister to me!" Only then did I realize I had misunderstood him. He only asked me to take care of his parents, not to marry him. But all these years, I poured my heart and soul into his family, ruining my health. How could a mere thousand dollars compensate for that? Already exhausted and sickly, I died from spitting blood in a fit of rage. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day Jack begged me to take care of his parents. 1 Late Autumn, 1987: I curled up in the leaky woodshed of the Walker family, watching the bloody foam on my palm turn an eerie pink in the halo of the oil lamp. Laughter came from the main house. "That fool Sunny Song really thought she was the Walker family's daughter-in-law... Little did she know, she spent ten years taking care of my parents for me!" "I told her to help me take care of my parents, and she came running. I never said I liked her or wanted to marry her. She cheapened herself!" "My son is truly capable. With just one sentence, that desperate Sunny Song became our free maid for ten years!" "Fred Song always suppresses me at the factory, but his daughter served my family like a slave. In this life, I, Arthur Walker, am indeed more blessed than him!" "Daddy, Mommy, is Sunny like what people call a slut?" ... For ten years, I worked hard without complaint in the Walker family. I never expected to end up like this. "Hehehe..." I laughed low, feeling my life was a joke. In a trance, the kind and doting gazes of my parents and brother and sister-in-law appeared before my eyes. I reached out: "Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister-in-law..." The next second, I felt a sweetness in my throat, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out. The moment I closed my eyes, I secretly swore that if there was a next life, I would never have anything to do with the Walker family again. 1976: "Sunny, my case is going to trial. Although it was accidental manslaughter, it's still killing someone. The lawyer said I might get ten years." "We grew up together. You are the person I trust most. Please take care of my parents in the future, okay?" A man's voice pulled me back from my memories. I looked up and saw Jack Walker sitting opposite me in prison uniform, my eyes wide with shock. Didn't I die? How come...? The calendar on the wall showed it was July 8, 1976. I... I was reborn!!! Reborn back to the day Jack entrusted his parents to me! In my previous life, because I liked this neighbor brother since childhood, I sympathized with his situation. I thought his entrusting his parents to me at this time was trust, treating me as family. Not only did I agree to his request, but I also waited wholeheartedly for him to come out, marry me, and live a good life together without asking for anything in return. Unexpectedly, he already had a girlfriend. It was none other than my high school classmate, Jessica King. At this moment, Jessica was already pregnant with his child. The compensation he received for taking the fall also went entirely into Jessica's pocket. She used that money to start a business, riding the wave of reform, and soon became the richest person in their village. In my previous life, when Jack's mother was sick and times were hardest, I went to her house to borrow money. But she didn't mention a word about her and Jack, watching me kowtow to every household until my head bled to borrow medical fees for Jack's mother, Grace Miller. Afterwards, I questioned her. Since she took Jack's compensation, why didn't she take out the money when Jack's mother was sick? Clearly, she was the daughter-in-law of the Walker family. Why did she leave the two elders for me to support? Unexpectedly, she said Jack taking the fall was under a confidentiality agreement and couldn't be exposed. She didn't take out the money for Jack's sake. As for the Walker parents, they knew about Jack's relationship with her and knew she had given birth to a son for Jack. The reason they didn't tell me was that they knew my feelings for Jack and were afraid I would be agitated if I knew. All this was for my own good. Looking at the happy family of five in front of me and their hypocritical faces, I couldn't help but laugh low. "Hehehehe... for my own good?" "Jack Walker, Jessica King, Grace Miller, Arthur Walker! Do you four take me for a fool?" Only then did I realize that the Walker family had long colluded to take advantage of me. Afraid I would be agitated? All fake!!! They just wanted to trick me into serving their family like a slave. Fortunately, God has eyes and let me live again. Opposite me, seeing me dazed, Jack grabbed my hand tightly, his eyes full of hope. Looking at the face of Jack that once fascinated me, I withdrew my hand indifferently. "Jack, this isn't appropriate, is it?" "Although we are childhood friends and our families are close." "But I'm still an unmarried girl. I'll get married sooner or later. I'm afraid I can't take care of your parents." "I'm afraid my future in-laws will gossip." My words made Jack slightly stunned, frowning, a strange expression on his face. "You... you want to get married? But aren't you..." I played with my braids, asking innocently: "Aren't I what?" Jack found it hard to speak: "Don't you have feelings for me..." I realized what he meant and blushed instantly: "Jack, why bring this up?" "Who doesn't know you're already with Jessica King from the King family in your village?" "I saw her with a big belly going for a checkup a few days ago. It must be your child, right?" "Her belly is pointed; it must be a boy. Just wait to be a dad!" My words left Jack shocked and uncertain: "You... what did you say? Jessica is pregnant?!" "Why didn't she tell me?" After saying that, he realized he let it slip, hurriedly covering his mouth, looking at me with apprehension. Seeing him like this, how could I not understand? He deliberately hid the fact that he had a girlfriend to trick me into being a sucker! I immediately said: "It's okay! Jack." "I admit I had some thoughts about you before, but I, Sunny Song, am not an unreasonable girl. Since you have a partner, I shouldn't pester you." "Don't worry, I'll tell Jessica King what you entrusted. From now on, your parents are her responsibility!" "It's getting late. I'll go back first. I'll visit you next time!" Then, ignoring Jack's anxious face, I got up and left. 2 Leaving the detention center, the bright sun overhead felt warm on my body. Thinking that in my previous life, I worked like a beast for that scumbag Jack for ten years. Although less than thirty, I looked like I was forty or fifty. Because I sold a kidney to treat Jack's mother, I became disabled, couldn't do heavy work, and was despised by his mother for eating for free at home, forced to live in the woodshed. Thinking of this made me feel suffocated and angry. The thought that I disappointed my parents and family for such a thing made me ashamed. I immediately bought a ticket home. My parents were dual-income workers, and the family lived in the family compound assigned by the unit. Along the way, ignoring the neighbors' pointing fingers, I excitedly called out to my parents. "Mom, Dad! I'm back!" As soon as I entered the door, my dad's shoe flew out, brushing past my ear. "Damn girl, you still have the face to come back?" "Didn't you die in the Walker family and abandon me and your mom?!" My dad, Fred Song, was a skilled worker at the steel factory. Accustomed to physical work, he was impatient and loud. But since childhood, he loved me, his daughter, the most and never mistreated me. His anger this time was entirely because I ignored the family's opposition, gave up the job at the cotton mill my family found for me through connections, and insisted on going to the rural Walker family to take care of Jack's parents. Knowing my dad meant well and was angry, I hurriedly picked up the shoe on the ground and leaned in pitifully. "Dad, don't be angry." "It's because Jack just went in. I was afraid his parents would be sad and something would happen, so I went to help for a few days." "As soon as this was done, I came back immediately!" My dad, Fred, took a hard puff on his pipe and said coldly: "Don't think I don't know, you came back to ask for money and tickets again, right?" "Didn't I just give you so many food stamps and twenty dollars a few days ago? Spent so quickly?" My dad's monthly salary at the steel factory was only forty dollars. Twenty dollars was half his monthly salary. But although he was angry at me for subsidizing the Walker family, when I asked for money and tickets, he still took out the family's rations and gave them to me. My mom, Lily Song, came in with a basket of eggs at this time. Seeing me, her face was full of worry. "Yes, daughter, I know you like that kid Jack." "But he is a murderer now! Who knows when he will get out after going in." "You are only eighteen this year. Are you going to delay your youth like this?" In my previous life, whenever my parents mentioned Jack was a murderer, I would get anxious. Saying he accidentally killed someone while acting bravely for a just cause, he was a hero. But now I knew my parents were the ones with foresight. They were really doing it for my own good! I immediately said: "Mom, I just came back from seeing Jack. He said he might be sentenced to ten years!" "Although we are neighbors with the Walker family and grew up together." "But as the saying goes, help the emergency, not the poor. I can't take care of his parents for ten years just because he won't be back for ten years, right?" "So I came back!" As soon as I finished speaking, my sister-in-law Luna Qin's voice rang out. "Sunny Song, you money-losing goods, you want to help Jack raise the Walker parents for ten years?" "Do you have any shame as a girl?" "What are you to the Walker family? Did Jack save your life in a previous life?" Sister-in-law Luna Qin was an obstetrician at the county hospital, beautiful, fashionable, and a college graduate. In this era, she was a proud daughter of heaven, a perfect match for my brother, a company commander. Originally, my brother had found a job for her in the military hospital, but she wanted to take care of my parents and me nearby, so she didn't move with the army. The two were separated often, only meeting during holidays, so they hadn't had children after being married for almost two years. In my previous life, because of inferiority, I felt this sister-in-law looked down on me, suppressing and crowding me out because of her good job and education. Unexpectedly, when I fainted in the field due to wound infection from illegally selling a kidney, it was my sister-in-law who saved me regardless of past grudges and took out the money she and my brother had saved for years to buy a house to pay for my medical bills. Later, due to railway realignment and demolition compensation, the price of the house they originally fancied rose dozens of times. They missed the chance to get rich because of this. Thinking of this, ignoring the disgust on my sister-in-law's face, I threw myself into her arms. "Sister-in-law, you are right to scold. I was too self-deprecating and shamed our Song family!" "I swear, I will never go to the Walker family to take care of the Walker parents again, nor will I take things or money to their house." "If I lie, let me... die without a burial place!" 3 Hearing my words, my sister-in-law's face became a bit unnatural. But soon she darkened her face. "Sunny Song, cut it out!" "You like that Jack so much; I don't believe you would suddenly change your nature." "Tell me, is this your delaying tactic? Wanting to appease me and your parents first, then find a chance to make us help the Walker family?" My parents also seemed to think she made sense, looking at me with hesitant eyes. I knew this was because I ignored their persuasion and opposition before, fleeced the family, and insisted on subsidizing the Walker family. They were thoroughly disappointed in me. To not disappoint my family again, I immediately said: "Sister-in-law, Mom, Dad, what I said is true!" "Jack said he only treated me as a sister and didn't mean to date me!" "He has a girlfriend, Jessica King from the King family in their village! We were classmates in high school!" "Since he has a girlfriend, why should I rush to get involved?" My parents were stunned hearing my words. "What? Jack has a girlfriend? How did you know? You can't accuse people without reason!" In my previous life, I focused on taking care of the Walker parents, working day and night to support them, with no mind to pay attention to other things. Later Jack came back, bringing Jessica King into the house. I learned that their dating was no secret; many people in the village knew. It was the Walker parents and the King family who greeted everyone, hiding it from me alone. So I pretended to stammer: "I saw them going shopping together." "Many people in the village know; I'm not lying!" My dad heard this and exploded, knocking his pipe: "If he has a girlfriend, why doesn't he let her take care of his parents instead of entrusting you?" I shrank my neck aggrievedly, tears swirling in my eyes: "Probably because his girlfriend is pregnant, and he feels sorry that she can't work..." My mom heard this, face red with anger: "That little bastard Jack, is he human? Feeling sorry his girlfriend is pregnant and can't work, so he uses my daughter?" "Is my daughter, Lily Song's daughter, a maid raised for their family?" Then she grabbed my hand: "Let's go! Let's go to Ocean Village and reason with the Walker family!" "You took a lot of things from home to take care of those two old people these months. These things were saved from our teeth. Make them return everything!" I naturally intended this too, but I was blinded by lard before, coaxed by the Walker parents, obedient to them. I couldn't be too obvious now. Just said: "Dad, can we get the money and things back?" "Although I gave them because I didn't know about Jack and Jessica, it counts as voluntary..." My dad cursed: "What voluntary? You were kept in the dark!" "Back then, when Jack's dad made a mistake and was fired from the factory, driven back to the countryside, he borrowed a hundred dollars from your mom and me for settling down!" "I thought, since you liked Jack, we would be family in the future, so I didn't ask them for it!" "Now, that kid wronged you first; why should I care about that?" Sister-in-law said: "Right! Make the Walker family pay back!" "Mom, Dad, Sunny, wait a moment. I'll call Sunny's brother and ask him to take a few days off from the army!" "Daring to take advantage of our Song family! Dream on!" My brother's army base wasn't far from our county town. Sister-in-law called the army. A few hours later, a military vehicle stopped at the gate of our family compound. I hurriedly went out to welcome: "Brother, you're back!" Unexpectedly, a stranger got out of the car. The man looked about twenty, tall and straight, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. Wearing a military uniform, he looked very tough and handsome. Seeing me, he looked me up and down, grinned, showing white teeth: "Hello, comrade, you must be Sunny Song?" "I'm your brother Victor Song's comrade, my name is Logan Brooks." "Your brother was assigned by superiors to participate in a secret mission." "Hearing your family encountered difficulties, and I happened to be on official business in the county, he entrusted me to see if you need any help." Logan Brooks? I was stunned. If I remember correctly, this person is the grandson of the old chief of my brother's army, a big shot with a boundless future! 4 Originally, I was a bit worried about our family going to someone else's village to make a scene. Now with Logan Brooks backing us, the chances of winning instantly increased. Not to mention anything else, just parking his military jeep at the village entrance would make the ground of that remote Ocean Village tremble three times? I immediately shook his hand fawningly: "Comrade Logan Brooks, hello!" "I'm Victor Song's sister, Sunny Song. Since you are my brother's comrade, I'll call you Brother Logan?" Logan's face blushed slightly, then he nodded. "Mn." With Logan's help, our whole family went to Ocean Village. As soon as the car arrived at the village entrance, it attracted the onlookers of the villagers. "Look! It's a car! Seems... like a military car!" "Did county leaders come to inspect? Didn't hear about it!" "No, look who's in the car?" "Isn't that Arthur Walker's Sunny Song?" ... The car stopped at the village entrance. As soon as I got out, a sister-in-law grabbed me. "Sunny Song, why is it you? Is this your brother, the company commander, back?" "Back to your parents' home to get good things for your future in-laws again?" "Jack is really blessed to have a fiancée like you in his previous life!" Then she looked at Logan beside me. "The whole family is here. Are you here to discuss the wedding?" Hearing this, my face sank immediately! "Don't talk nonsense. I have nothing to do with Jack!" The sister-in-law was surprised: "Jack just went in, and you moved into the Walker house. Not his future wife? Then what are you after?" "You've taken care of Arthur and Grace meticulously in the Walker house for these months. Who believes you have nothing to do with Jack?" She wasn't wrong. In my previous life, that's what I thought. But it wasn't until I vomited blood and died that I knew it was all my wishful thinking! At this time, someone in the crowd muttered: "Yeah, but pity Jack likes Jessica King." "Sunny Song is just a money-losing goods posting herself upside down!" "I saw Jessica King and Jack drilling into the cornfield several times. Jack even took her to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things!" Someone next to him quickly pulled him: "Keep your voice down. Uncle Walker and his wife explained that this matter cannot be known by Sunny Song..." Hearing this, my anger rose instantly. In this Ocean Village, not only was the Walker family rotten, but others weren't good people either! I immediately raised my voice and sneered: "Why am I so good to their family? Of course because I'm beautiful and kind, a good person!" "Back then, when Uncle Walker was working in the steel factory and was neighbors with our family, what's wrong with me helping when their family was in trouble?" Logan also said on the side: "Comrade Sunny Song is right. How did her helpfulness become posting herself upside down in your mouths?" I looked at Logan in surprise. On the way, he learned the ins and outs of the matter. He actually spoke for me along my lines? I thought soldiers were all rigid like my brother! Seeing me look at him, Logan blinked at me. I didn't know why my heart skipped a beat, hurriedly lowered my head, feeling my cheeks hot. Logan looked really upright. Although Jack was also good-looking, he had a completely different temperament. How to say... it was the nobility from the bones. My parents heard the villagers discussing me, already fuming with anger. Said to me: "Daughter, don't waste breath with them! Go to Arthur Walker's house!" I nodded, mustered up courage, and led the family to the Walker house.
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