Rebirth: My Father Is a Cross-Dressing Master

My grandmother, Emery, wanted to drown me.

She thought I, an ominous child, was the reason why my mother, Natalya, couldn't get pregnant.

They had no idea that Matthew was a cross-dressing guru.

He secretly had three boyfriends behind Natalya's back.

One went bankrupt for his sake.

One abandoned his wife and children for him.

And the remaining one gently touched Matthew's round belly, waiting for the baby to be born.

1

I was an abandoned kid. Natalya found me by the river.

She had been married to Matthew for five years, but she never managed to get pregnant. My appearance undoubtedly fulfilled her desire for a child.

But Emery despised me.

After all, a local pastor said I should have been sacrificed to God.

By adopting me, Natalya was like competing with God for the offering.

So God became furious and cast a spell to stop the Smith family from carrying on.

For Emery who was eager to have a grandson, it was undoubtedly a heavy blow.

She was so scared that she hit the ceiling.

The Smith family only had Matthew as the only descendant. If I caused the Smith family to have no descendants, she would disappoint the ancestors of the Smith family after she died.

When no one was around, Emery took the opportunity and tricked me into finding her shoes by the river.

Emery never bothered to look at me. It was the first time she called my name affectionately.

Just when I was complacent about the fact that Emery was close to me all of a sudden, someone behind me pushed me into the river viciously with a big hand.

"You little bastard. Don't even think about cutting off the carry-on line of the Smith family..."

Her turbid eyeballs bulged as she stared at my struggling movements attentively. She was afraid that I wouldn't die.

Only after my head was half submerged in water did she gradually stop stirring the water.

She grinned with yellow teeth and pretended to kneel on the ground, shouting.

"Siena fell into the water. Someone! Come here quickly!!!"

I tried hard to swim to the surface and call for help. The water rushed into my throat as soon as I opened my mouth.

The rhythm of my breathing became more and more chaotic. It was as if a huge stone tightly oppressed my chest.

A large group of villagers quickly gathered on the bank.

Emery secretly glanced at them with a trace of cunning flashing in her eyes. Pounding the ground, she was crying more and more sadly.

"God, if you want to punish someone, punish me, an old woman. I am willing to bear all the punishment for my granddaughter. Give my granddaughter back to me..."

She was so sad and mournful that not only the onlookers, but even I, the victim, felt a little trance. The onlookers and I couldn't help but shed tears for the deep and sincere family affection.

No one cared about how I had drowned. Everyone tacitly assumed that God had intervened.

But Natalya didn't believe in those false theories.

She pushed through the crowd and ran to the river, crying and shouting. She was calling my name...

She was going to jump into the water to save me. Luckily, someone pulled her back in time.

Her neatly arranged hair was soaked with tears. A few buttons on her tightly fastened clothes were torn off in the crowd, making her look disheveled.

Having a moment of convulsions, she almost fainted from grief.

I suppressed my sadness. I wanted to go forward and hold her trembling body, comforting her.

"Mom, don't cry. I'm here..."

But I couldn't do anything.

As soon as the crowd dispersed, Emery stopped acting and angrily scolded Natalya. Poking her head, she said, "Stop crying. What's there to cry about?"

"It's good that the wild girl is dead. She eats and lives for free at home every day. She's not even your child, why do you care about her..."

2

When my mom heard this, she was unhappy. She said, "Mom, Siena is not a wild child. She is my daughter!"

"I don't care if she is your child or not. I only recognize the Smith family's bloodline."

"I'm telling you today. If you can't bear children, you will end up like her, so you'd better leave now!!!"

My mom fell to the ground in despair. Sorrow engulfed her.

She had been married to Matthew for five years, taking care of a grand family with all her heart and effort. At a young age, she had turned herself into an old hag.

But in my grandmother's eyes, no matter how well my mom did, a woman who couldn't have children was worthless.

Moreover, my mother was carrying a burden.

As soon as I came to this family, Emery didn't hide her malice towards me at all.

When my mom was not around, she didn't even give me food to eat.

I was so hungry that I had to fight with a group of chickens for leftovers. There was no extra room for me to stay at home. She lied to my mom, saying that I could sleep with her.

In reality, she sent me to sleep in a pigsty. On freezing nights, I could only curl up and cover myself with a few dry grasses.

She woke me up and sent me to do work before dawn.

She was afraid that my mom would find out that she was abusing me.

I had never told my mom about these things. I didn't want to cause her more trouble.

Emery had always despised my mom for not giving birth to a child.

The greatest humiliation she had inflicted upon my mom was that she made the decision herself and found a new wife for Matthew, regardless of my mom's feelings.

Matthew's new wife was called Scarlett Cork, and Emery liked her very much.

Scarlett had a big and round butt.

In the eyes of the older generation, a woman with a big butt and a round waist was good at giving birth.

So Emery brought Scarlett home.

The way she treated Scarlett was different from how she did to my mother. Reluctant to let Scarlett do heavy work, she treated her well. She provided her with delicious food and drinks every day, cherishing her like a treasure.

But she couldn't bear to let my father divorce my mom. If my mom left, no one would do the housework at home.

While my mom worked herself to death as free labor, all Scarlett needed to do was eat and drink well and give birth to a bot for the Smith family as soon as possible.

My grandmother was planning to give my mom's and Matthew's room to Scarlett as a bridal chamber. She was waiting for the day when Scarlett was pregnant. Then she could openly kick my mom out.

I was the only one who knew that Emery would never realize her wish of having a chubby grandson.

3

I opened my eyes again.

Emery pulled me to the river again.

This time, I quickly turned around and hugged her thigh. Crying loudly, I said, "Emery, I dare not make you angry anymore. Please don't let me die, Emery..."

"I am afraid..."

I cried loudly.

Hearing my crying, the villagers who were farming in the field quickly turned their heads towards me.

A trace of astonishment flashed in Emery's eyes. She immediately grabbed my ear and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You little brat..."

"When did I tell you to go die?"

I endured the pain in my ears and tearfully begged Eileen Hawk, who was watching the show beside me, for help.

"Eileen, please save me. Emery wants to throw me into the water and kill me!"

"Ouch, I don't want to die..."

Eileen was well-known in the village for being a big gossip. For anything she saw, everyone in the whole village would know it within a day.

In my previous life, Emery used my death as an excuse to gain a good reputation. Eileen's spreading words were indispensable for that.

"Don't cry, Siena. With me here, your grandmother won't harm you."

"Ouch, thank you. Eileen, you're so kind."

My crying look made Eileen sympathize with me. She shouted at my grandmother, "Emery Lee, Siena is still just a child. You, an old woman, are insane. How dare you try to drown your granddaughter?"

"Everyone, come and see. There's going to be a tragedy!"

More and more people gathered around. Emery was furious. She said, "Don't be fooled by this brat's nonsense. She's my granddaughter. I love her. How could I harm her?"

"Yes, you love me so much that you like to see me suffer."

"In my previous life, whenever you were in a bad mood, you would mercilessly beat me with a stick full of thorns, causing my skin to split open and leaving me in excruciating pain."

"Afterwards, you would grab my ear. You would threaten me that if I dared tell my mother about you hitting me, you would let my father divorce her and kick both of us out of your house!"

"For a married woman, it is always a disgraceful matter to be driven away by her husband's family."

In my previous life, I endured it to not burden Natalya...

This time, I proactively lifted my leg, which was covered in bruises from Emery's beatings. I said, "Eileen, I don't want to go home with Emery. She will kill me. It hurts..."

4

My hideous leg was exposed in front of everyone, and they all sighed.

No one would have thought that the body of a skinny little girl would be covered in bruises and scars.

The gossip and judging from the people around made Emery look more and more gloomy.

I sneered from the bottom of my heart.

"The public opinion helped Emery get whatever she wanted in her previous life. It can verbally abuse her so much as well in this life."

"Do you think I will still be your bully for Natalya like in my previous life?"

"Don't even think about it. This time, I will take Natalya away with me. "

5

After returning home, I tried my best to persuade Natalya to leave the house.

After all, in my previous life, my soul floated around Natalya for a while after I died.

So, I knew that after Natalya found out that Emery had been abusing me all along, she was disappointed. Then she resolutely left this house.

With the memories of my past life, I had the confidence to persuade Natalya to leave here.

Facing my urgent gaze, Natalya fell silent.

She made it clear that she would never leave this home.

I looked at Natalya in confusion.

I asked anxiously, "Why? Look at how Emery treats you. You do all the dirty and tiring work in the house. She doesn't treat you as a daughter-in-law at all. I bet she's just waiting for the day when Scarlett gives birth to a child before kicking you out!"

"Mom, just take me and leave. We can support ourselves. Why do we have to stay here and be bullied by them..."

At my words, Natalya's face suddenly changed. She panicked and covered my mouth, looking around.

After confirming that there were only the two of us here, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She, who had always been gentle to me, suddenly turned indifferent and pointed at my nose.

She warned me, saying, "Siena, remember this!"

"Whether Scarlett is pregnant or not, I will not leave this home. From now on, I don't want to hear you say such words ever again!"

My mind suddenly went blank.

I couldn't believe what I had heard.

I didn't understand why we had to endure it when Emery and the others were bullying us.

"Is she afraid of being gossiped about by the villagers after the divorce?"

It wasn't until I sneaked into Natalya's room that I found a bed full of red hundred-dollar bills under her mattress.

6

"That's right. It's all money."

"There are tens of thousands of dollars inside."

They were pressed down by the heavy mattress and covered by the bedsheet. No one had ever discovered them.

"Where did this money come from? Could it be that Natalya stayed in this house because of the money?"

The doubts that troubled me could never be resolved.

Then...

I saw Matthew hugging and kissing another man affectionately in public.

7

Matthew was wearing a white dress and a black wig. He, who was short and had a small build, could easily dress himself up as a girl.