Chapter 1

I gave birth to my son prematurely on a train, and my fiance sold both of us off to go live with my parents’ real daughter.

After I reincarnated, I watched my parents find their real daughter again, and I could not stop my tears as well as laughter.

Not only did I personally get my fiance drunk, I sent him my sister’s way, and he got her pregnant.

I tied up the person I hated the most in the train carriage.

The station ahead was the one where I got trapped in a small village for the entirety of my last life.

In this life, it was going to be her turn.

Her and her child’s!

Chapter 1

When I opened my eyes again, I was dressed in pajamas covered in tulips print. I was in my luxury childhood bedroom.

I looked out the window. My father had parked the car in the garden, which was rare. My excited mother rushed toward the car when the car door opened.

She started sobbing, overwhelmed by the emotions of reuniting with her daughter that went missing for a couple of decades.

However, the teenage girl in my mother’s arms seemed to be oblivious to that. She looked up and sized me up with her dark eyes.

Lynn Grant had returned home.

In my last life, I pitied her for having to live in a small village for almost twenty years after being kidnapped. Hence, I let her have her way. However, she seduced my fiance and tricked me onto a train that sent me to a small village.

At that time, I was already seven months pregnant.

Because of what she had said, my in-laws did not visit me at all.

I could only believe William and follow him to the outskirts to live with his relatives.

However, he brought me to a wrinkly old man instead.

The house was run-down, dark, and covered in spider webs.

The old man was afraid that I would escape, so he put a dog collar around my neck.

However, I had just given birth. How could I have the energy to escape?

I could only look at William helplessly. I no longer had tears to cry.

“Where is our son? Did you sell him?”

My blood had soaked the train seats because of a premature delivery.

It was only after a lot of difficulty that I finally gave birth to our tiny son.

The King family cared about their offsprings, so I believed I would be able to marry William after giving him a son.

I did not expect him to sell me to the old man for merely two thousand dollars! He laughed at me and said that I was not the real daughter of the Grant family, so my son was a love child!

“Why would I want your son? I want Lynn to have my son instead!”

It was only then that I knew that my identity as the adopted daughter of the Grant family meant nothing to him. I could be easily discarded like an empty drink bottle.

I grabbed onto William’s thigh as I begged him to not leave me at the old man’s place.

I pleaded, “I can give you all my savings! I’ll cut ties with the Grant family when I go back. Please, for old time’s sake, take me with you!”

However, William replied with something that made my blood run cold.

“It was the Grant family’s idea to sell you off!”

Chapter 2

I felt my body go ice cold. I had become the old man’s plaything.

He said that if he was not poor, he would not have purchased me who had already given birth.

He told me to give birth to a daughter so he would have someone to fool around with when she got older.

I was drenched in cold sweat. I knew that if he did not die, my life would be a living hell.

My fingernails that used to flip musical scores were all broken.

I clenched my teeth and used all my might to strangle the old man.

However, I got slapped in return.

He stepped on my abdomen and beat me with all he had.

He cursed me for being disobedient and invited all the other single men in the village to his place.

I was terrified and cursed them all to burn in hell.

Days passed as my attempts to kill myself failed continuously.

I was slowly going insane.

Finally, my bodyguard appeared. He always looked so serious.

He brought the police with him.

He also sent me to a mental hospital.

I did not know what it felt like to die.

But I knew how it felt like to live in hell. I had gotten a good taste of it for over ten years.

I felt wronged. If I had another chance, I would make them go through what I had been through!

The sound of glass breaking pulled me back to reality.

I saw shattered glass on the floor when I went downstairs.

The piano that I practiced on every day was covered in orange juice.

Lynn wrapped her arms around my mother’s neck as she said in a timid and soft voice, “Mom, I didn’t break the bottle on purpose. I just wanted to take a look at the piano. Will Harper be mad at me?”

She bit her lower lip to pretend that she was scared and made her voice tremble.

She saw me in her peripheral vision and cocked an eyebrow at me tauntingly.

If I had noticed that in my last life, things would have been different.

She was hostile toward me. From the moment she returned home, she was planning to take everything away from me.

I sat down before the piano and stared at it.

Music started to play as my fingers danced on the keys.

“It’s fine if the piano’s ruined. You have just returned home, so let me play a song to welcome you back…”

Chapter 3

Lynn’s expression changed when she heard the melody.

She charged forward and grabbed my collar before she started to hit me.

My mother was shocked. She did not expect her long-lost daughter to be a savage.

My father rushed over and stopped Lynn.

It was only then that Lynn calmed down.

She looked guilty as she hung her head and apologized to my parents.

A hint of disappointment flashed across my mother’s eyes when she looked at me, who was playing the piano, and then at Lynn.

I did not stop playing the familiar piece.

My parents did not know why Lynn had such a sudden breakdown.

However, I knew the reason why.

There was not much entertainment in the village. In the evening, the speakers would play a piano tune to indicate that it was nighttime and everyone should go home.

Then, moaning could be heard from each house.

At Lynn’s age, she could already be a mother in the village.

Hence, she was frightened when she heard that melody. It transported her back to her nightmare.

I smiled brightly and slowly walked toward Lynn.

I touched her face. “You’ll get used to it in time. I play the piano every day!”

Lynn slapped my hand away with red eyes.

She was trying to contain herself.

I smiled, but I felt cold inside.

This was only the first day. She was going to have a hard time containing herself from this day onwards.

My mother looked at us: her obedient adopted daughter and her savage biological daughter, and wiped tears with her sleeves.

My father sighed and slowly said, “Lynn, you’re no longer in the village. You should work on your temper.”

Only I knew that a person’s temper could only change under extreme duress and that person be turned into an obedient pet.

The doorbell rang and stopped our conversation.

A servant went to open the door and came back with a huge bouquet of red roses.

She passed the roses to me excitedly. “William sent you such a big bouquet of roses despite the fact that he’s going to see you soon. It’s so hard to find such a good boyfriend!”

My smile froze when I heard the sender’s name.

I snapped myself out from my thoughts and pretended to stomp my foot in embarrassment. “Don’t be silly. Quickly throw the flowers away. What if there are insects in them? They’ll scare Lynn!”

My mother’s eyes were fixated on the red roses, and she seemed deep in thought.

Lynn had never seen such a big bouquet of roses. She stared at it greedily.

I would not give her anything that she wanted!

My mother came back to her senses first. She put her arm around my shoulder and advised, “Harper, I haven’t seen William in a long while. You should invite him to join us for dinner tonight.”

I was thinking the same as I secretly chewed the name.

“Alright, I’ll invite him so he can meet Lynn as well!”

Chapter 4

William, the husband that my parents approved for me and my boyfriend, was asked to serve Lynn some food.

He glanced at my expressionless face as he hesitantly served a chicken drumstick to Lynn.

He said carefully with a charming smile on his face, “Lynn, you should try this tasty drumstick…”

Lynn took a bite obediently and smiled sweetly at William.

“It’s yummy! I also want…”

My father wanted to say something, but my mother stopped him.

She served the other chicken drumstick to Lynn.

Without looking up, my mother said, “You don’t have to worry about Harper. She prefers seafood. It’s all yours.”

It was then that I noticed there was not a single seafood dish. There was not even a vegetarian dish.

Lynn had to love to eat meat.

That made sense. In the village, she could only have meat when it was the new year.

She would have never had two chicken drumsticks in a single meal.

Looking at the meat feast, I felt a little nauseated.

I covered my mouth and left the dining table.

I heard Lynn ask in her high-pitched voice, “Is Harper pregnant?”

Of course I was not pregnant. How could I let that happen to me in this life?

However, Lynn should have a taste of getting pregnant out of wedlock and the nervousness that came with it.

It was a good day, so I took out a wine bottle from my father’s collection.

I then mixed a few different kinds of alcohol together.

Lynn looked at me excitedly when I returned. She bumped her elbow against my mother’s hand.

“Is Harper really pregnant?”

She widened her eyes and looked at me with a gloating expression.

My mother looked at me then William and frowned.

My family was very conservative, so my parents would feel embarrassed if I got pregnant before marriage.

My expression darkened.

“Do you think I’m that easy? I wouldn’t get pregnant before marriage.”

I placed wine glasses into Lynn and my mother’s hands. I put my arms around their shoulders and pretended to be close to them.

“I don’t want to get married just yet. I want to stay at home to accompany you and Lynn…”

My mother’s eyes turned red from having both her daughters by her side. She drank the wine in one go.

She sighed in pity when she looked at her biological daughter. “I don’t know when Lynn will be able to find a good husband and get married!”

I held my own wine glass as I watched them drink and converse.

I told myself to be patient. It was going to be an interesting night!

Chapter 5

Lynn got drunk and started acting out. No one could stop her.

William could not stand the sight and carried her up the stairs.

My father sighed in disapproval, but my mother held him back while mumbling something to him.

They had waited for Lynn’s return for too long.

When William wanted to take his leave, my mother told him to stay because it was too dangerous to drive at night.

“Just stay in the guestroom tonight. After all, you’re our future son-in-law.”

She then patted his hand.

William seemed to understand her meaning, and he gestured that he would come find me later.

Why would I let him do that? He had fooled me in my last life and sold me off to an old man for just two thousand dollars.

He had also kicked my abdomen despite hearing my pleas.

My heart tugged in pain when I recalled that.

I was going to give him and Lynn a big gift tonight. I turned around and switched off the main power plug.

The house that had never experienced a black-out was now in complete darkness.

I could hear the clock ticking.

My mother told us to head to bed since the electricity went out.

It sounded like she was smiling.

I went to the pool in our garden to fish and stared at the dimmed candlelight on the second floor.

William did not come out for a long time. He had placed Lynn in my bedroom.

My fiance and my younger sister were fooling around.

A voice interrupted my thoughts.

The person standing behind me sounded angrier than I was. “Harper, do you want me to take you to catch them in the act?”

I knew this voice.

After my long wait in the village, I was used to watching the sunrise and sunset.

I was not afraid of the blinding light.

If I actually became blind, I would not have to see what was happening to me.

However, before I went blind, someone saved me.

I was shocked and my fishing rod fell into the water.

I reached out to grab it but I only grabbed a handful of mud.

The person behind me quickly took out some tissues and wiped the mud off my fingers.

His attractive voice said, “I know you’re angry. Your nails are broken. How are you going to play the piano like that?”

He understood my emotions…

He was always like that, wiping my face with a handkerchief.

He looked regretful, and his eyes were filled with pain when he looked at me.

A single drop of tear fell onto his arm.

He froze and tossed the handkerchief aside.

He met my gaze. “Let me bring your parents to see what those adulterers are doing.”

Chapter 6

My fingernails were covered in black mud, and it was hard to wipe them clean.

Even if I exposed the two now, they would not be embarrassed.

My mother might even praise William for having the ability to tell the difference between the princess and the pauper!

I gave Joe Anderson an address, and he immediately disappeared into the darkness.

Joe was my bodyguard. When my father saw everyone else get a bodyguard, he hired one for me too.

I did not expect him to be the only loyal one out of the entire family.

The night ended as the sun rose.

It was time.

I walked back into the living room when my parents were already having breakfast. They were a little shocked to see me.

“Harper, why aren’t you asleep?”

My mother passed me a cup of tea. “Your hands are so cold. Did you not get a good sleep last night?”

How could I get a good night’s sleep knowing my fiance was sleeping with my younger sister?

“Lynn has finally found her real parents. I was too happy on her behalf to sleep. But why isn’t she here for breakfast?”

My mother was momentarily stunned when I asked that. She covered up by saying that Lynn had too much to drink, so she should sleep in. She told me she would bring me shopping later.

It was obvious that she was trying to distract me.

I simply ate some bread when I heard a slight commotion at the door.

Before I could stand up, I saw a woman dressed in a patterned-shirt barge into our house with her feet covered in mud.

When she saw my well-dressed mother, she was momentarily stunned, then grabbed my mother’s hand.

“So you’re my in-law! It’s fine for Lynn to not call me mother anymore, but she should still take care of her kids…”

When the newcomer saw that my mother was too shocked to reply, she pushed my mother aside and started yelling in a loud voice.

“Lynn, I’m here to see you! Lynn, stop hiding from us…”