Lan Ziqing was 26 years old when she died. It was the best time for a woman. If those things hadn't happened, she might have married her boyfriend and even had a cute child who looked like her boyfriend and had a gentle temper like her. However, all of this was ruthlessly destroyed by her family.
Lan Ziqing came from an ordinary family in a second-tier city. Her grandparents had passed away before she could remember anything. Now, only her parents, her brother, and her were left in the family.
Ever since she was young, Lan Ziqing was always ranked behind her brother, Lan Zihang, in terms of food, clothes, and even daily necessities.
The food that Lan Zihang didn't like belonged to Lan Ziqing. The daily necessities would only belong to Lan Ziqing after Lan Zihang used them. As for clothes, Lan Ziqing grew up wearing Lan Zihang's clothes. It wasn't until she was about to enter junior high that her parents started buying her girls' clothes.
However, the clothes her parents bought for Lan Zihang were all branded. A pair of sports shoes easily cost five to six hundred yuan. The clothes they bought for Lan Ziqing were basically from discounted stalls that no one wanted. The best pair of shoes Lan Ziqing's parents gave her was bought for eighty yuan during a special discount. Lan Ziqing's mother nagged for a few days, saying that she had spent money on Lan Ziqing and that Lan Ziqing should be filial to her in the future.
When she was young, Lan Ziqing never understood why her parents treated her brother so well but not her, even though she and her brother were both their children.
Lan Ziqing always thought that it was because she wasn't outstanding enough that her parents didn't like her and didn't treat her well.
In order to gain the favor of her parents, Lan Ziqing worked especially hard in her studies since she was young. However, hard work paid off. Lan Ziqing's grades were especially good since she was young. She was always first in class in every exam and would definitely get first place in every competition.
However, no matter how hard Lan Ziqing worked, her parents were especially cold to her. It wasn't until she gave her parents the money for her part-time job that her parents smiled at her for the first time. They even kindly told her that she was really capable.
Lan Ziqing was a child who lacked love. When she received a word of affirmation from her parents, she was overjoyed. From then on, she would work part-time every holiday and give the money to her parents just to get a word of praise.
However, people were greedy. As Lan Ziqing's studies became more and more onerous, Lan Ziqing had to get the highest score in his exams and give money to his parents. Naturally, he couldn't have both. For the sake of his future, Lan Ziqing chose to study and give up on working.
Since there was less work, the money given to her parents was naturally less. Lan Ziqing's parents were naturally unhappy. Every day, when they saw her, they pulled long faces and scolded her indirectly.
Lan Ziqing was extremely upset after being scolded by her parents. However, she knew that studying was her only way out. She could only brace herself and choose to ignore her parents' scolding.
After Lan Ziqing's college entrance exam ended, she started working again.
In contrast to Lan Ziqing's excellent character and studies, her brother, Lan Zihang, was a complete weirdo.
When he was young, he was spoiled by his parents to the point that he didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was. In junior high, he was directly involved with gangsters outside and was a bully in junior high. When he entered senior high, he was in love all day long and had no interest in studying. If it wasn't for Lan Zihang's parents threatening him with not giving him money, he would have dropped out of school long ago.
However, because his grades were too bad, he stayed back for two years and was the same age as Lan Ziqing.
However, during the college entrance exam, Lan Ziqing got into A University with the highest score in the city. Lan Zihang couldn't even get into a specialist school. In the end, Lan Zihang's parents spent money to send him to a private school to learn technology.
Lan Ziqing got into A University with the highest score in the city and was the pride of the school. The school directly rewarded Lan Ziqing with five thousand yuan. In addition to the bonuses from the county and the city, there were more than twenty thousand yuan.
However, before Lan Ziqing could use this money, Lan Zihang's parents bought a new computer, a new phone, and new clothes for him.
This money should have been Lan Ziqing's, but in the end, it all became Lan Zihang's.
Lan Ziqing was afraid that Lan Zihang's parents would be angry, so she didn't dare to say that she also wanted a computer, clothes, and phone.
When school started, Lan Zihang's parents directly gave Lan Ziqing a month's worth of living expenses and sent her away. They even said that she was already eighteen years old, so she should pay for her own tuition and living expenses in the future.
After Lan Ziqing's parents sent her away, they personally sent Lan Zihang to the private school.
They were at the beck and call of the 20-year-old Lan Zihang. They even prepared the bedsheets and blankets for Lan Zihang and gave him 2,000 yuan before they left worriedly.
Four years in university.
Lan Ziqing went home a total of three times. Every time she went back, the first thing her parents said when they saw her was to ask for money.
Lan Ziqing's originally yearning for kinship dissipated in disappointment again and again. She yearned for love instead. She thought that when she had children, she definitely wouldn't treat her children the same way her parents treated her.
After Lan Ziqing graduated from university, she got a boyfriend. The two of them were together for a year. Just as they were talking about marriage, her parents spoke.
Their betrothal gift was at most a hundred thousand yuan, but her parents asked for two hundred thousand yuan.
Lan Ziqing's boyfriend's family background wasn't particularly good, but because he really liked Lan Ziqing, he agreed to this request. However, the day before the betrothal gift exchange, Lan Ziqing's parents raised the price again and asked for three hundred thousand yuan.
Lan Ziqing's boyfriend's parents directly rejected them. They weren't spendthrifts. Furthermore, they had already agreed on the betrothal gift. What was the meaning of going back on their word? Were they fooling them?
When their request was rejected, Lan Ziqing's parents flew into a rage out of humiliation. They even scolded Lan Ziqing's boyfriend's parents in front of them. Since he didn't have money, why did he have to marry a wife?
Lan Ziqing's boyfriend's parents naturally felt embarrassed when they were scolded like this in public. They immediately left.
No matter how Lan Ziqing tried to stop them, it was useless.
The next day, Lan Ziqing's boyfriend broke up with her.
Lan Ziqing only found out later that her parents suddenly asked for so much money because her brother, Lan Zihang, wanted to buy a car.
Lan Zihang had been in a private school for four years. After graduation, he found a job with the help of his parents. However, after two days, he felt that the money was too little and he had too many things to do. He just stayed at home and played games.
Lan Zihang didn't do anything. He relied on others to support him more than anyone else. His phone had to be the latest model, and his computer had to be of the highest quality.
Lan Ziqing didn't even know how many phones and computers she had bought for Lan Zihang. This time, it was even worse. He directly asked for a good car.
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