Rebirth to Save Myself

Chapter 126 Sister

Su Xia's summer vacation was incredibly enjoyable. She slept in until she naturally woke up, then had a nice brunch. She edited videos, browsed the web, and went out on dates with her boyfriend if he asked. Otherwise, she could just relax at home and feel perfectly content.

Looking at Su Xia like this, Chen Yuan couldn't help but mutter, "I should have taken the postgraduate entrance exam too."

“It’s not too late for you to start preparing now. There’s no rule that says you can’t take the postgraduate entrance exam after you start working. Besides, you can also take the civil service exam. Do you need me to help you prepare the materials?” Su Xia looked at Chen Yuan earnestly. As long as Chen Yuan nodded, she could find the materials for her.

"Let me think about it some more." Chen Yuan was actually unsure. She had never really considered taking the postgraduate entrance exam, so she went straight to an internship during her senior year. She felt that taking the civil service exam would be even more difficult, and she really didn't want to be assigned to a small rural village even if she finally passed.

"Alright, if you figure it out and need the materials, I'll help you find them."

"Okay, I'm going to work."

"Bye-Bye."

Su Xia returned to her room, edited and uploaded the videos she had taken a few days ago to the platform, and then picked up her phone to see if Lu Jingnian had sent her any messages. She saw a red icon next to the friend request section.

"Who is it?" Su Xia asked as she clicked to view the message, which read:

Yue has requested to add you as a friend.

Yue: Sister, I'm Su Yue

Yue: Sister, please help me. I'm really desperate, that's why I'm calling you.

Su Xia looked at the message from the person claiming to be Su Yue, weighed the possibility of it being true or false, and finally accepted the friend request. At worst, she could just block her later if she found out something was wrong.

It's no wonder Su Xia was so wary. Ever since she went to high school, she had blocked both her parents. Then they started calling her from different numbers and adding her as a friend, trying to keep their daughter, whom they hadn't really raised, under their control so they could later use her to get dowry money for Su Yaoche.

Chen Jianguo suggested changing Su Xia's phone number to prevent this from happening again, but Su Xia refused. The way her parents reacted when they learned she had cancer in her previous life, and their decision to forgo treatment and prevent her from returning home, still haunted her. Her intuition told her that if she changed her phone number now, her parents wouldn't be content, and they might do something even more extreme. It was better to keep them hanging on, giving them a glimmer of hope, like a donkey staring at an apple, thinking it could be eaten if it just walked a little faster.

Coffee to Keep Me Alive: Are You Really Su Yue?

Coffee for Life: Where did you get my account?

Coffee to Keep Me Alive: What do you want from me?

Coffee to keep me going: Could it be that your parents sent you to ask me for money?

Yue: I really am Su Yue. If you don't believe me, we can verify it via video.

Yue: I secretly looked through Mom's phone and found your number there.

Yue: It's not my parents who benefited, it's my own idea.

Coffee to keep you going: So where is your phone from?

Su Xia's parents only bought her a cell phone that cost a few hundred yuan when she was in college. At this point in time, Su Yue is still in high school, and they would never buy her a cell phone, claiming it wouldn't affect her studies.

Yue: I borrowed her unwanted phone from a classmate, and I also secretly got the SIM card.

Coffee for Life: Nonsense! You're not even an adult yet, how can you get a phone card? Tell the truth!

Yue: Yes, it's an anonymous phone card I bought online.

Coffee to keep you going: Where do you get the money?

Yue: It comes from saving money on meals.

Coffee to keep you alive: I don't believe it.

Yue: Sis, is it convenient for us to video chat? I'll talk to you directly.

Su Xia thought for a moment. It wasn't time to use AI to deceive people yet, so she sent a video call, which Su Yue answered instantly. Su Xia stared at the screen, completely different from Su Yue in her previous life, and was momentarily stunned. The Su Yue on the screen had messy, dry, yellow hair that spoke of malnutrition. Her face was very dark and she was extremely thin. What Su Xia didn't know was that in her previous life, with her older sister taking care of all the household chores, Su Yue hadn't ended up like this.

"Sister, I've finally met you." Su Yue was so excited that she almost shed tears, but afraid of displeasing Su Xia, she quickly wiped her eyes.

"Why did you suddenly come to see me?" Su Xia asked calmly.

"Sister, you really have to save me. I really can't stay in this house anymore." As soon as Su Xia asked, Su Yue immediately said in a fountain-like manner, "Ever since you lost contact with Mom and Dad, they have been constantly looking for people and ways to find out about you. They even went back to their hometown to find relatives of the family that adopted you, to find out where you are."

"And then?" Su Xia knew about this. Chen Jianguo had already taken care of his relatives back home, so they definitely hadn't gotten anything.

"Then, they didn't find it. Things gradually faded away. I didn't do well on my high school entrance exam. Dad originally wanted me to work in a factory, but Mom said she'd send me to study nursing so I could get married easily in the future. So now I'm in nursing school, I'm a junior in high school this year, and I want to take the college entrance exam next year. I want to continue studying." Su Yue quickly continued, hearing her sister's interest.

"Mm," Su Xia replied casually.

“But my mother disagreed. She said that once I graduated, I would be an adult and should go out to earn money to support the family. She even wanted to marry me off directly. I said that I should go out and earn money first so that I could support the family. If I got married, all the money I earned would definitely go to my husband’s family.” Su Yue sighed as she recalled that her mind was constantly racing at the time, afraid that she would say the wrong thing and be married off.

"So?" Su Xia raised an eyebrow. Su Yue was clear-headed and knew where her mother's weakness lay. Her words pleased her mother.

"Mom originally agreed, but that gossipy old woman next door told Mom while I was at school that she had a good resource and wanted Mom to marry me off to her." Su Yue said with resentment, feeling disgusted just thinking about that gossipy old woman's face.

"What kind of good resources?" Su Xia felt that these so-called good resources were probably not that great, at most the same as the one she had before, where a lot of money was spent, but the family or people had problems.

"Pah! What a 'good resource'! If it were, why wouldn't that old hag let her daughter marry him? She introduced him to a man almost fifty, and he has two children, the older one being about my age! Sister! That damned old hag is just jealous that my grades are better than her daughter's, she's taking revenge on me! I'm not marrying him, I'm going to be his maid! That old man already has a son and a daughter, he'll leave all the property to his children, what am I going to get!" Su Yue became angrier and angrier, starting to speak recklessly. She felt that she couldn't compete with his two children after marrying him, and she would have to serve this old man. What was the point?

Su Xia frowned, feeling that something was off about Su Yue's words, so she retorted, "If this old man didn't have any children, or if his children were still young, would you still think this man is a good person?"

Su Yue, who had always been good at reading people, noticed that something was wrong with her sister and quickly distanced herself, saying, "How could that be? No matter what, I will not marry that old man. I'm only eighteen next year, and that old man could be my father."

Su Xia's expression softened a bit after hearing Su Yue's words, and she asked, "So, your parents agreed to your marriage?"

"Not yet, but Mom seems quite satisfied. That old man's wife died and he received a large sum of compensation, so he's willing to offer 200,000 yuan as a bride price, which Mom and Dad are very happy about." Su Yue knew her parents' personalities; with such generous terms, they would definitely agree unless there was something better.

"Okay, I understand. So how would you like me to help you?"

"You promised to help me, right? You really are my sister, my dear sister."

"I haven't agreed yet. Tell me first, and I'll make a decision after I hear your answer."

"Oh, well, could you ask the family that adopted you to adopt me too? That way I can get rid of this family. Your family is quite wealthy, they've already adopted you, so they won't miss out on me. Besides, we're sisters, wouldn't it be better if we were together?" Su Yue stammered, then looked at Su Xia expectantly.

"Impossible." Su Xia refused directly without any hesitation.

"Sis, why did you refuse without even asking?" Su Yue retorted to Su Xia, sounding a little anxious.

"I said it's impossible, and it's impossible." Su Xia's tone became serious, her smile vanished, and she looked at her coldly.

"Haha, sis, I was just kidding! It's just that I don't want to get married. Can you help me? I still want to go to school and learn more."

"Let me think about it, I'll hang up now." After saying that, Su Xia hung up the phone without waiting for Su Yue's reply.

Yue: It's okay, sister. You have something to do first. I'm only a junior in high school now, and my parents want me to get married when I graduate from high school.

Yue: Sister, you have to help me!

Coffee keeps me going: Study hard.

Yue: Okay, sis.

Only now did Su Xia recall her past life. Back then, she went to study in Pucheng, where Su Yue had already made friends. Having grown up there, she had many friends, and Su Xia's arrival alleviated Su Yue's situation. As a result, Su Yue later became confident and successful, getting into high school and then a junior college, completely avoiding the fate of being unable to attend school and forced to marry an older man in this life.

She didn't know why her parents, who had acted somewhat normal in her previous life, had become so unreasonable and greedy for money in this one. At this point in time, Su Yaoche was only in junior high school. Even if they married Su Yue off to an older man for a dowry of 200,000 yuan, it wouldn't be enough for Su Yaoche to get married. These days, most girls expect a house before marriage; a car is secondary, and these aren't even included in the dowry. Were Su's parents planning to have Su Yue continue to subsidize her family later?

If that's really the case, then she's overestimating Su Yue. An eighteen-year-old fresh out of college, could she possibly outmaneuver a man nearing fifty, and then conveniently take all his money to support her family? Isn't she being incredibly overconfident? With Su Yue's obviously malnourished little frame, would a man really be so infatuated with her that he neglects his own children?

And then there's the uncle's two children. Judging from Su Yue's words, the older son should be in his teens, and not much younger than Su Yue herself. His wife died, and he can still get compensation. Either his wife died in a workplace accident, or she died in the hospital and the hospital paid out, or he had insurance for her. Regardless of the reason, this money is what his wife left behind. What man with a conscience would spend the money on his children? If he had no conscience, he certainly wouldn't spend the money on Su Yue.

In her previous life, she and Su Yue didn't spend much time together. After they both started working in different cities, Su Xia wasn't the type to initiate conversations, so Su Yue was usually the one who reached out to her. Not to mention, when Su Yue learned she was sick, she traveled a long way to be with her; she always remembered that kindness.

She would help Su Yue, but she was also clueless right now. She had been away from that home for too long, so long that she found so many things different from her previous life. She didn't know if it was because of the hurricane caused by her, like a butterfly flapping its wings. She needed to figure all of this out before she could make her next decision.

So Su Xia decisively opened the ticketing platform and bought a high-speed train ticket to Pucheng. She wanted to go there and see for herself. Only by seeing things with her own eyes could she avoid being swayed by the opinions of others.

"You're going to Pucheng? I'll go with you. I'm worried about you going alone." Lu Jingnian was a little worried when he heard Su Xia mention this.

"No need, two people would be too conspicuous." Su Xia shook her head. Her parents lived in a remote rural area. The sudden arrival of two strangers would definitely arouse the suspicion of the locals, and she didn't want to be discovered by her parents and have to renew her family ties.

"But wouldn't it be too dangerous for you to go alone?" Lu Jingnian was still worried. He didn't have a good impression of parents who abandoned their daughters.

"Don't worry, I'm still going to see my sister this time. She came to me for help, and I need to understand what's going on before I can decide whether to help her or not."

"Alright then, you must come to me if you need anything."

"alright, I got it."

Although Su Xia told Lu Jingnian that she was going to Pucheng, she did not tell Chen Jianguo and the others. When the Su family wanted to marry her off, Chen Jianguo and the others were particularly nervous. If they found out this time, given Chen Chunqi's personality, they would definitely hire bodyguards for her.

So Su Xia told them that she was going to find Chen Wanying to help with some things for her wedding.

“Your roommate is pretty quick; she’s getting married right after graduation,” Chen Chunqi said, glancing at Chen Yuan and Chen Jianguo.

"Why get married so early? You've just graduated, why not enjoy life a little before stepping into the grave of marriage?" Chen Jianguo was displeased with Chen Chunqi's words and said sarcastically.

"So, you think you made a mistake marrying me?" Chen Chunqi glanced at him coldly.

"I didn't mean it. Our marriage is not a grave. Honey, don't misunderstand me. Come and have some fruit." Chen Jianguo was swept over by that look and quickly moved closer.

"You've never even met Xiaxia's roommate, so how can you say that getting married so early is like stepping into a grave?"

"No, I misspoke, I'm sorry."

"Okay, Xiaxia, you can go then. How many days will it take? When is her wedding?"

"About two or three days, the wedding is scheduled for August."

"Oh, it's July now, so it's bound to be busier."

"Yes, I'm one of the bridesmaids, so it's only right that I help out."

"Uh-huh."