My dad got me a stepmom. The very first day she moved in, she took me straight to the hospital. "Doctor, how do we treat a child's bad stomach?" But I could hear her inner voice talking to a "System." [Host, the female lead having cute little baby burps is part of her 'delicate wifey' setting. Isn't it adorable?!] [I only know it's a medical condition. It needs to be treated.] I didn't understand what a "delicate wifey" meant. Until later. I met the destined male lead. He tossed a black card at me, arrogant and domineering. "Be my woman." I scoffed. "Count the zeros on that card before you talk so big." 1 "Minnie, from now on, she is your new mom. She'll be taking care of you." Dad squatted in front of me, pointing to the woman behind him. She was gentle and beautiful, just like a fairy from the TV shows. She smiled and waved at me. "Hi there, Minnie." [System, is she the little female lead?] [Yes, Host. The female leads in 'delicate wifey' novels are always starved for affection. Please raise this delicate flower with lots of love until she gets together with the male lead.] I didn't know why I could hear these strange voices. I timidly greeted my stepmom, uncontrollably letting out a burp. Dad affectionately tapped my nose. "Minnie's got the little baby burps again. So cute." I crossed my hands shyly. But I saw a complicated look cross my stepmom's face. [This smell... it's sour and gross. How on earth did her dad manage to compliment that?] I secretly took a sniff. It seemed she was right. It did smell a bit awful. 2 Dad had to go on a business trip. He left my stepmom a black credit card and left the house. My stepmom immediately took me to the best children's hospital in the city. "Doctor, my daughter is six. Her burps smell foul, which probably means a bad digestive system. What's the treatment plan?" System: [The female lead having baby burps is her delicate wifey setting! Combined with her fragile, petite body that's easily dominated, it's so cute!] My stepmom was furious: [Cute my ass!] [It's a sickness, and it needs to be cured!] Dazed, I ended up with a massive pile of nasty prescription syrups. Before I could even get used to the daily routine of drinking bitter medicine, my stepmom enrolled me in Taekwondo. On the very first day, the coach trained me so hard I couldn't even lift my legs, and I went home with several bruises. That night at home. I looked at my stepmom with grievances in my eyes, habitually keeping my mouth shut to let the other person guess what was wrong. She glanced at me sideways. "If you have something to say, say it. Don't act like a mute." I gathered my courage. "Mom, Taekwondo is so tiring and hard. Can I stop going?" "No, you may not." "..." I shouldn't have said anything at all. I ran into my bedroom angrily and called my dad to complain that my stepmom was bullying me. As a result, she walked in, snatched my kids' phone right out of my hand, and reverted to the gentle woman I first met. "Don't worry, honey. Minnie is having a wonderful time with me." "However, today someone made fun of her name. They said her parents didn't love her, which is why they gave her such a small, insignificant name." "I plan to change her name. Let's call her Aurora." I heard that mechanical voice roaring in her head. [Host, why are you changing the female lead's name?! Minnie sounds so sweet and obedient!] Stepmom: [Bullshit!] [Aurora represents the dawn, a brilliant, fierce beginning where she rises above everything. That is a proper name for a girl!] I didn't understand the full meaning of that sentence. I only knew my biological mother passed away giving birth to me. My dad was always busy with work and had no time for me, so he just hired nannies. "Minnie" was just a random nickname he settled on. I silently mouthed "Aurora" in my head, covering my mouth as I giggled secretly. My new name sounded so beautiful! However, my stepmom hung up the phone and confiscated it. She curled her red lips at me, giving a sinister smile. "Aurora, from now on, without my permission, you are not allowed to contact your dad privately. Otherwise, I eat little kids." I hid under the covers in terror. The TV shows didn't lie to me. Stepmoms really were terrifying. 3 My stepmom fired most of the nannies in the house, leaving only one for cleaning and one for cooking. I completely lost my lifestyle of being spoon-fed and dressed by others. I was forced to learn how to dress myself and brush my own teeth. Every day, I bitterly drank my medicinal syrups and practiced Taekwondo... Gradually, I stopped having those stinky burps. My body grew strong enough that I could carry my own chairs. I also welcomed my first day of elementary school. My stepmom specifically bought me a new dress and dropped me off at school. "If you can study, study. If you can't, just eat more at lunch. Mom will come pick you up tonight~" I nodded obediently and walked into the classroom with the other kids. Suddenly, a little boy bumped into me. Cola spilled all over my outfit. "Sorry, I didn't mean it." He was apologizing, but he had a mischievous grin on his face. I felt incredibly wronged. "It's okay..." After wiping the cola off my new dress, I sat gloomily in my chair. The boy sat right behind me, occasionally kicking my chair with his foot. The constant thump-thump was incredibly annoying. Unable to take it anymore, I turned around to stop him, only to find my ponytail had gotten stuck in a wad of chewing gum. He made a cocky face at me. "The little princess got her hair dirty." Furious, I went to the teacher to complain. The teacher didn't care. "Mason Wright is just joking around with you. Don't make a big deal out of nothing." "Besides, why would he prank you and not anyone else? Did you do something to upset him?" I was left speechless by her logic. The teacher shooed me back to my seat. Mason kept kicking my chair. Not knowing who to talk to, I held back my tears and suffered until school ended. Afraid my stepmom would see my ruined dress and hair and scold me, I hugged my backpack against my chest to hide the stain. I clumsily twisted my hair up into a bun. As soon as I got in the car, I was met with my stepmom's piercing stare. I felt incredibly uncomfortable under her gaze. Yet, she asked gently. "Tell Mom, how did your clothes and hair get like this?" I couldn't help but speak up: "It was Mason Wright..." The System screamed: [It's the third male lead! The female lead's childhood-sweetheart-turned-rival! I totally ship them!] My stepmom was unexpectedly quiet. She took me home, changed my dirty dress first, and then meticulously cleaned the gum out of my hair. She looked at me and said, word by word: "Tomorrow at school, if he bullies you again, use the Taekwondo you learned to hit him back." I twisted my fingers hesitantly. "But fighting is wrong." "Then do you want your new dresses to keep getting ruined? Do you want gum in your hair again? Do you want your chair kicked all day long?" No, I didn't want that at all. 4 Early the next morning, my stepmom dropped me off at school. As soon as I sat down in class, Mason started kicking my chair again, saying in a sleazy tone: "The little princess got a new dress." I turned around and looked at him seriously, just like my stepmom had taught me. "My name is Aurora, not little princess." "Please stop kicking my chair, or I won't hold back." He exaggeratedly grabbed his stomach, laughing out loud. "Hey everyone, look! The little princess is mad! She's gonna hit me with her tiny little fists!" I stood straight up, grabbed him by the collar, and flipped him over my shoulder, slamming him to the ground. I ruthlessly pummeled that mouth that never knew when to shut up. I don't know how much time passed before the teacher's shrill scream echoed through the room. "Aurora! What do you think you are doing?!!!" 5 I was taken to the principal's office, and they called our parents. Mason sat in a chair, bawling his eyes out. I stood in the corner, obediently looking down. Before long. My stepmom and Mason's mom arrived at the same time. First, I heard the System's absolute breakdown. [How did my fragile, delicate female lead knock out the third male lead's teeth?!] [Host, look at what you've done! The delicate little vine has turned into a man-eating Venus flytrap!] [They're both plants. What's the difference?] After shutting down the System, my stepmom walked over and rubbed my head. "Good job." I instantly lifted my chin with pride. The teacher said, displeased: "Aurora's mom, you can't teach your child like this. It will ruin her life." "It's normal for kids to roughhouse, but Aurora is too sensitive. Mason played a few jokes on her, and she beat him black and blue." Mason nodded pitifully: "I just thought she was cute and wanted to play with her! How was I supposed to know she was so violent?" Mason's mom angrily pointed a finger at us. "If your daughter can't handle other kids playing with her, then don't send her to school." "My precious boy was beaten like this by your daughter. You must apologize and pay for his medical bills!" My stepmom sneered. "Why is your son allowed to bully my daughter, but my daughter isn't allowed to fight back?" "There are security cameras in the classrooms. How about we call the police and let the officers decide who is at fault?" After saying that, she looked at the teacher. "My daughter told you she was being bullied yesterday, and as a teacher, not only did you refuse to solve the problem, you interrogated my daughter and showed blatant favoritism toward Mason." "I require your school to give me a reasonable explanation." 5 My stepmom didn't even give Mason's mom or the teacher a chance to speak. She called the police on the spot and contacted our family lawyer. The security footage proved Mason had been bullying me first. Citing emotional trauma, my stepmom demanded a massive, multi-zero settlement from Mason's mom. After losing a fortune, Mason's mom was so furious she beat Mason herself and transferred him to another school. And the teacher, deemed unfit for the profession, was fired. Perhaps afraid of becoming the next Mason, the other kids stopped playing with me. But my stepmom bought a bunch of gifts for them, and soon, I had more friends than I could count. I looked at my stepmom with absolute admiration. Only to hear her on the phone with my dad. "Honey, Aurora needs to pay her tuition for next semester. Please transfer me a million dollars." My tuition was nowhere near that expensive. She was lying. A term popped into my head: "Gold digger." But my stepmom never wore heavy gold or silver jewelry. The designer bags my dad brought her from his business trips were just left in the closet to gather dust. I didn't understand what she needed all that money for. Regardless, my after-school extracurriculars multiplied. Equestrian, swimming, painting, piano... My stepmom claimed it was for my "comprehensive development." Mason Wright completely vanished from my life. My days were incredibly fulfilling. My originally porcelain-white skin tanned into a healthy, athletic bronze. In a flash, I was in high school. I was in the AP class, where the academic competition was fierce. To ensure our class maintained a high average score on the next exam, our homeroom teacher paired us up. Good students mentoring the struggling ones. It was a fair random draw. I drew Ryder Brooks. He was dead last in the entire grade, the resident school delinquent who only knew how to get into fights. I immediately got a headache. Reluctantly, I walked over to his desk. He was still sleeping with his head on the desk. "Ryder Brooks, you got every single question wrong on this test. Get up. I'm going over the exam with you." Ryder lazily lifted his head, revealing a strikingly handsome face. He looked me up and down, flashing a wicked grin. "Class Prez, you care about me this much? Do you have a crush on me?"
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