Chapter 1

The most painful thing in life is that it ends before it even begins — Little Fish Loves Dancing!

To my manuscript that was cleared before it even began!

The originally sunny sky suddenly turned gloomy. In front of a villa in the suburbs, a father and daughter were arguing heatedly.

"You stop talking. When your mother divorced me, we agreed that she would take you, and everything about your future would have nothing to do with me." The middle-aged man in a suit and tie roared at a little girl who was about 1.5 meters tall.

"You... you..." The little girl was so angry that her teeth ached, but for the sake of her family, she had to endure it.

"It's been so many years since your mother left, and you still bring her up. Are you even a man? I don't care, but you have to give me the money today!" The little girl spoke with her lips tightly clenched.

If it weren't for her grandfather's serious illness, she wouldn't have bothered to come to this man.

Strangely, the past few years had been extremely unlucky for her family, with one thing after another going wrong.

"Daydreaming, huh? My money doesn't grow on trees. You little brat, how dare you come to my house and cause trouble? Get someone to drive her away!"

Just as the little girl stubbornly refused to leave, she was suddenly pushed to the ground by a woman.

"No... don't..." A figure flew over to where the little girl had fallen.

Unfortunately, her action was a step too slow, and the little girl's head hit a stone, causing blood to gush out immediately.

"Why are you getting so angry with a child? Let's just go inside." Just as the two were about to enter the house, the man who had come with the little girl arrived. However, upon seeing the little girl lying on the ground, he exploded in anger.

"Liu Jianmin, you scoundrel, you even hurt a child. If you don't give the money, fine, but to injure a child like this, may you be struck by lightning!"

"Nuan Nuan, Uncle said he would find a way. Why are you so foolish!" The man trembled as he reached out to cover the little girl's head.

Seeing the blood flowing continuously, his face was streaked with tears.

"I'll watch my mouth because you're my elder brother. Otherwise, I'll let the dogs bite you." Liu Jianmin, hearing this, immediately ran over to the man, his anger flaring.

"You still let the dogs bite people? Look at what you've done to Nuan Nuan. Don't forget that my sister was driven to her death by you. Now you've injured her only daughter. Aren't you afraid she'll come to haunt you at night?"

Seeing her brother's desperate cries and her daughter's near-death state, the woman's tears flowed freely. Her weakness had harmed her family.

"Who said I drove her to her death? She just couldn't handle it and blamed me. You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want, or I'll make sure you can't survive in this South City." The woman, who had already walked into the courtyard, looked down at the two people on the ground with arrogance.

"You... you fox! If it weren't for you, my sister wouldn't have died!" The man, unable to contain his anger, spat out a mouthful of blood. His sister's death was a pain for the family.

"Aunt, Aunt, didn't you say Mom went to a very far place? Mom can't be dead, she can't be dead..." Hearing her aunt's words, the little girl, who had been dreaming of her mother's return, fainted.

"Brother, Nuan Nuan, no..." A mournful cry echoed through the sky.

In the unseen sky, the shadow that had been wandering for many years turned into a speck of dust in the sky.

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"No, no..." In a thatched cottage in a small mountain village, a girl was muttering to herself, her face flushed.

"Lu Xiaohua, get up, one man isn't worth you abandoning your father, mother, and me!"

The girl, still immersed in her nightmare, frowned at the angry voice.

It was truly a case of misfortunes never coming singly. Her brother's daughter had just fainted, and she needed to find a way to save her. But unexpectedly, a chattering voice rang in her ear.

"You damn girl, get up, get up!" Before Lu Xiaohua could open her eyes, her body was shaken again.

After wandering for so many years, her body was untouchable by others. This shake made her organs vibrate, and her chest began to churn.

"Ugh... ugh..." Lu Xiaohua lay on the edge of the bed, trying to vomit everything out of her stomach.

"You have a strong fate, you didn't die even like this!" The girl, while scolding, gently patted Lu Xiaohua's back.

"Die? I..." Lu Xiaohua's mind was blank, not understanding what the person next to her was saying.

Before she could see what was happening, another angry voice rang in her ear.

"You want to die? I'll tell you, if you dare to die again, I'll make sure you die with your eyes open. I won't even give you a coffin, and I'll take your body to the mountain to feed the vultures." The girl spoke while crying.

Due to a high fever, Lu Xiaohua was weak and could only open her eyes slightly.

In a blur, she saw a girl in a plaid shirt. The girl wasn't particularly pretty, with a square face and two thick, black braids hanging over her shoulders, making her face look even larger.

This girl was very familiar to her. It was Tang Xiaodi, who had grown up with her since childhood, truly living up to her name with a boyish personality.

But she remembered that her stepmother had married her to the old mountain. How could she be here? Could it be...

"Did I really scare you into a stupor?" Tang Xiaodi, seeing that Lu Xiaohua was silently staring at her, immediately reached out to touch her forehead.

"You still have a fever. I don't know if Grandma found any herbs."

"Xiaodi, why are you here?" After a long time, Lu Xiaohua finally found her voice.

However, due to her weakness, her voice was weak and breathless.

"If I'm not here, where else would I be? I was only gone for a little while, and you tried to kill yourself. If I had gone further, I might not have seen you one last time. I don't understand why you want to marry Liu Jianmin so badly. If Grandma disagrees, don't marry him. Throughout history, marriages have always been arranged by parents and matchmakers. Why did you have to go against the norm? Now look what happened. I don't think you'll dare to threaten them again." Tang Xiaodi looked at her with a disappointed expression.

"Huh..." Lu Xiaohua felt like they weren't on the same wavelength.