Chapter 5

I immediately took out my phone and called the legal department:

"Come to my parents' suburban villa right away with your people..."

Before I could finish, Lavinia snatched my phone and smashed it hard on the ground:

"You bitch, why are you so good at acting?"

"'Your parents' villa'? This is the fucking villa my mom bought for me!"

The classmates also hurled contemptuous insults at me:

"No wonder everyone stays on campus but she's always making excuses not to. I thought she was busy with important stuff, turns out she was being a parasite at Lavinia's house, stealing someone else's mom. Disgusting."

"Exactly. Her own parents died, so she goes looking for other people's rich parents. If her parents knew how shameless she is, they'd probably come back to life from anger."

"Some people are just that low. The moment they see rich people, they do everything to get attention, trying to climb their way to success through a benefactor."

"Lavinia, you're still too nice. If someone tried to steal my parents, I'd tear them apart!"

I ignored everyone's mockery and looked at Lavinia, saying sternly:

"I advise you to call your mother and ask her properly whose villa this actually is."

Hearing this, Lavinia's expression darkened. She immediately grabbed my collar:

"You bitch, don't think I don't know—you're just taking advantage of my mom's soft heart, trying to trick her again to benefit yourself!"

Suddenly, she looked at my neck, her eyes lighting up:

"That jade necklace looks expensive. Did you trick my mom into buying it for you too?"

With that, she yanked hard, viciously tearing the necklace from my neck.

Lavinia's movement was so fast and fierce I couldn't react—the necklace was in her hand.

Seeing this, my face changed drastically: "Give the necklace back!"

Seeing my sudden panic, Lavinia looked at me with vicious eyes:

"So nervous? Looks like this necklace cost my mom quite a bit, huh?"

I panicked and quickly said: "It was from my mother. It's not valuable, but it's very important to me. Give it back."

I reached out to grab it.

This jade necklace was a protective charm my mother obtained for me with her life.

I was sickly as a child. At ten years old, I was critically ill and comatose in the hospital.

The doctors told my parents to prepare for the worst.

My mother couldn't accept it and went to a temple to pray for me.

To show sincerity, on a sweltering summer day with temperatures over 100 degrees, she prostrated herself step by step from the foot of the mountain to the summit.

She kowtowed until her knees were bloody, exposing white bone, banging her head until it bled and she became delirious, finally obtaining this jade necklace.

Perhaps even heaven was moved by my mother.

I, who had been comatose, miraculously woke up, but my mother fell gravely ill as a result.

Before dying, my mother placed the necklace in my hand, instructing me to keep it safe.

I treasured this necklace immensely and carried it with me from childhood.

It was something my mother traded her life for, and my forbidden treasure.

I absolutely would not allow anyone to damage it!

"The more you want it, the more I want to destroy it."

Before I could touch it, Lavinia threw the necklace hard on the ground.

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the necklace shattered into pieces.

Fragments scattered everywhere.

"No!"

Watching the jade necklace my mother traded her life for break like this, my heart felt like it was being cut by knives. I couldn't breathe.

"You bastard!"

Unable to bear it any longer, I slapped Lavinia across the face.

"You bitch, how dare you hit me?"

Lavinia covered her face and shrieked: "Teach this bitch a lesson!"

"Whoever does the best job gets a million dollars from my mom!"

Hearing this, the classmates' eyes lit up as they punched and kicked me.

"How dare you hit Lavinia? Her mom is the richest person in our city—who do you think you are?"

"Exactly. What kind of necklace could a poor person like you afford? That was obviously something you conned from Lavinia's mom. She's destroying her own property—why are you so worked up?"

"Shameless bitch. Not only do you steal someone else's mom, but you dare hit Lavinia. You're asking for it."

"How dare you mention your own mother. Your parents deserved to die early for raising a shameless bitch like you!"

I was beaten to the ground, trembling with rage, and said through gritted teeth:

"You'll regret this!"

Hearing this, everyone present burst into laughter as if they'd heard the biggest joke.

"Hilarious! Lavinia's mom is the richest woman in the city. What are you to make us regret anything?"

"Exactly. You're at most a lowly orphan who lives in other people's houses. You already depend on finding parents everywhere to survive, and you dare threaten us?"

"A bottom-tier poor person without even her own house can only rage impotently like this."

Those people held me down on the ground, mocking and humiliating me without restraint.

Lavinia, supported by the crowd, grabbed my hair and said arrogantly:

"Regret? I've never regretted anything in my life. I'll just wait and see how a poor person like you can make me regret it!"

As soon as she finished speaking, luxury cars sped over and stopped at the villa entrance...