Eighteen was an abandoned child who had been living in the orphanage since she was a child.
There were many children in the orphanage, but the funds were limited. The director could only use the limited funds to find ways to let all the children live a good life.
Eighteen was still a child, but she still had to help the director take care of the other children in the orphanage. Every morning, she had to help the kitchen auntie prepare breakfast for the children. When she arrived at school, it was almost time for the morning class.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she was always busy. Eighteen didn't have time to tidy up her image, so her hair was always messy. Due to the limited funds of the orphanage, she didn't have new clothes of her own since she was young. She was wearing old clothes donated by others. No matter how clean she washed them, they were always dusty, and some were even heavily patched. Even if she tried very hard to straighten her back, she still revealed a shabby air caused by poverty.
Eighteen had no friends from primary school to junior high school.
In the third year of junior high school, the orphanage had to raise money for an orphan with advanced heart disease. Eighteen had to drop out of school and work, even though her grades were good enough for her to be admitted to the best high school in the city.
Eighteen's first job was to hand out flyers at the entrance of a shopping mall as a doll.
In the hot summer, she wore a heavy doll and walked under the hot sun. Soon, she was sweating profusely.
She had to be busy for more than ten hours every day, but because she was young, even if she put in enough work, her salary was only a little more than a hundred yuan. But with an extra hundred yuan, there was more hope. No matter how hard or tiring it was, Eighteen would not refuse.
It was at that time that Eighteen met Zhou Jinnian.
Zhou Jinnian was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and a pair of black casual pants. With a mischievous smile on his face, he handed Eighteen a bottle of iced Coke with a smile.
It was the first time that Eighteen had drunk Coke in her life. It was also the first time that Eighteen felt the kindness of a stranger.
It was so simple and sudden, but Eighteen was so moved.
In the following days, Zhou Jinnian came to see Eighteen every few days.
When Eighteen was busy, Zhou Jinnian stood aside and watched for a while. When Eighteen was not busy, Zhou Jinnian would give Eighteen the things he brought. Occasionally, he would chat with Eighteen. Soon, they became friends.
Eighteen took Zhou Jinnian to the orphanage and took him to see the director.
Zhou Jinnian directly donated a sum of money to the orphanage. Not only did everyone have new clothes and meat to eat, but those who were sick also received proper treatment.
Eighteen finally agreed to adopt Zhou Jinnian's parents.
For Eighteen, Zhou Jinnian was her Prince Charming who could take her away from that muddy world.
With the financial support of the Zhou family, Eighteen finished high school and college. When she graduated from college, Eighteen accepted Zhou Jinnian's proposal and got pregnant.
If all the good things began when Eighteen met Zhou Jinnian, then all the bad things began when Eighteen gave birth to the child.
At first, Zhou Jinnian only said that he was busy and would not go home. Later, Zhou Jinnian did not even have an excuse. In the end, Zhou Jinnian directly threw out the divorce agreement. The reason he gave was that he did not love her anymore.
However, the two of them had been together for ten years, from the age of sixteen to the age of twenty-six. How could they stop loving each other just like that?
She recalled that a month before she gave birth, Zhou Jinnian had excitedly told her that he would bring her to celebrate after she finished her confinement.
It had only been a month, but Zhou Jinnian had a change of heart. Even if he fell out with her, it would not be so fast.
Eighteen wanted to meet Zhou Jinnian and talk to him face to face, but Zhou Jinnian did not want to see her. Worse, the child was taken away by the Zhou family. She was directly sued for divorce.
After Eighteen graduated from college, she married Zhou Jinnian and became a full-time housewife. She had no source of income at all. Naturally, the child was awarded to Zhou Jinnian.
What was worse was that Eighteen signed a prenuptial agreement with Zhou Jinnian, so she did not get a single cent.
In just a few days, Eighteen fell from heaven to hell.
What made Eighteen most desperate was that when she returned to the orphanage, she heard the director's mother talking on the phone.
It turned out that it was not a coincidence that she met Zhou Jinnian. It was the director's mother who made it happen.
And she was just a bargaining chip that the director's mother used to exchange for those benefits.
Zhou Jinnian and the director's mother were businessmen, and she was the commodity that was clearly marked with a price.
Now that she had been squeezed dry of her value, she was mercilessly abandoned by them like trash.
Eighteen had lived in the orphanage since she was a child. Even though she had become a beautiful girl with Zhou Jinnian's financial support, Eighteen habitually hunched her back and had a sense of poverty.
Whether it was in high school or college, she had no friends. In her life, other than the director's mother, she only had Zhou Jinnian and his family.
But now, the person she trusted the most had betrayed her. Eighteen broke down.
Eighteen jumped off the bridge. When she closed her eyes, she thought of the child that she had not been able to take a good look at after he was born.
When Jiujiu opened her eyes, she saw a white world in front of her. Her nose was filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant.
Because she had slept for a long time, her body was stiff like a mummy. Her eyeballs were like wooden beads. She rolled her eyes twice in her eye sockets. She only felt a little better after tears flowed out.
Soon, doctors and nurses came in.
The nurses and doctors gave Jiujiu all kinds of examinations while telling Jiujiu about her current physical condition in a low voice.
Eighteen had suffered a lot in the orphanage since she was a child. Even after Zhou Jinnian helped her recuperate, she was still weak. When she was pregnant, the doctor suggested a cesarean section because he was worried that Eighteen's body was too weak to give birth.
Eighteen listened to Zhou Jinnian's suggestion and chose to give birth naturally. After giving birth, she encountered Zhou Jinnian's divorce and the director's mother's betrayal before she had time to recuperate.
She jumped into the water before her confinement. Her poor body was even worse. She was 25 or 26 years old, but her body was 45 or 56 years old.
Looking at Jiujiu's weak face, the doctors could not reprimand her. They could only comfort her and leave one after another.
Jiujiu had been in a coma for a week, and there was a drip in her hand.
Feeling the chill when the cold drip entered her blood vessels, Jiujiu turned her head and looked out of the window.
The leaves outside the window had turned into a dazzling yellow. With a gust of wind, they spun in the air and slowly fell to the ground.
Jiujiu laughed, closed her eyes, and began to think about the future.
Eighteen wanted her child. Although she did not say it, Jiujiu knew that Eighteen hated the director's mother and Zhou Jinnian's family for their heartlessness. She wanted to get her child back and take revenge on those who had let her down.
However, Jiujiu had nothing now. Even the clothes she wore when she jumped into the water to commit suicide were bought by Zhou Jinnian's family.
Jiujiu now had no chance of winning against Zhou Jinnian. It was like throwing an egg against a stone.
However, an ant's nest could destroy a thousand-mile dike. No one could say for sure that the small could win the big.
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