Chapter 5 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

A family storm was about to occur, and everyone in the family—including Song Yuanzhi—viewed this norm as an entertainment show. They waited to see Song Ye get beaten up and watch her as she cried and went to wash the dishes.

Lu Lan raised the broom in her hands high up. Her gaze was cruel, and she heartlessly moved towards Song Ye. However, in mid-air, her wrist was stopped by a cold hand.

The surrounding air stopped, and the atmosphere became weirdly quiet. Everyone in the Song family opened their eyes wide and could not believe Song Ye in front of their eyes.

She actually retaliated.

“I’m not weak and easily bullied; I just value you as my family. If you think we aren’t family, you don’t need to chase me out. I can go out by myself,” Song Ye said it calmly without any raise in her voice. However, her words made everyone’s heart panic.

Lu Lan’s face changed, and the anger rising up on her chest was halted by Song Ye’s calm and close-to-cold gaze. Until the door closed with a bang, Song Yuanzhi stood up and hollered, “She really thinks that she’s big. If you dare, don’t come back. If you die, just die outside.”

The houses far away could also hear his curses.

Song Ye, who had walked in between, broke into a cold smile.

It was not because Song Yuanzhi was high up in the air that he was not violent towards her; on the contrary, he was the first person who could not tolerate Song Ye’s existence. All these years, he did not even blink as he saw Lu Lan being harsh on her. Now, this punching bag was disobedient, and he almost burst out.

However, after so many years, she had no more hopes for these familial ties. Now, to her, the Song family was no different from strangers.

The first thing she had to solve was filling her stomach and her pocket.

The town was desolated and behind times; not to mention a wool market, it did not even have a high-class accessory shop. In her memory, there was only a jewelry shop near the secondary school in the city.

The town was a few miles away from the secondary school so, normally, all the students would take public transport to school. However, Lu Lan was harsh towards her and let her walk to school in the name of exercising; when in reality, she just wanted to save money.

Currently, Song Ye was penniless so she could only count on her two bare feet to walk. After walking for three hours on an empty stomach and arriving in the city, her face was pale. She was merely counting on her willpower to carry on and not faint.

When she found the jewelry shop in her memory, she found out that the shop was closed. It was already close to evening, and the shop was closed earlier.

As Song Ye watched the hues of the sky, she did not have the strength to continue walking so she huddled at the stairs to rest. She held the gemstone and sighed gently. This road of revival was not that easy to walk.

When she was feeling emotional, a black car suddenly drove over and stopped right in front of Song Ye. The car window rolled down, revealing a man’s square face. “Little girl, what are you doing in front of my shop?”