The Abyss of Greed

When I opened my eyes again, I was awakened by the quarrel between my sister, Olivia Wilson, and my mother, Jenny Wilson.

I still had the despair of lying on the hospital bed and having my oxygen tube pulled out by Olivia, but I saw my family's old house.

Looking at the layout around here, this was the room when I was 17 years old.

Could it be that I was reborn?

The sound of glass breaking brought me back to my senses, along with Olivia's crying voice. "I don't want to go to school. I want to work in a factory!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down. You will have a better future if you go to college." Jenny lowered her voice to persuade Olivia, but I still heard it.

"I'm not cut out for studying, so let Alice go. I'll go to work in a factory." Olivia was angry and insisted on her point of view.

This was interesting.

In my previous life, Jenny said that the family couldn't afford to send two children to school, so she asked me to give this opportunity to Olivia. Jenny asked me to work in a factory to earn money to support the family and Olivia's studies.

When Olivia learned that she could continue her studies and had the possibility of becoming a college student in the future, she was overjoyed. She agreed to continue going to school without considering her poor grades at all.

Jenny never thought that my grades were much better than Olivia's and that I was the most likely to be admitted to the university in this family.

Facts from my previous life proved that Olivia was not smart. In addition, she was always thinking about how to dress herself up, forming small groups, and bullying her classmates. In the end, she only had a high school diploma.

Later, I found out that my family didn't need me to work to support Olivia's schooling. Jenny just didn't want to spend the money on me.

I was not her biological daughter but the daughter of Olivia's father's deceased friend.

My biological mother died giving birth to me, and my parents were orphans, so I had to live with my father.

When I was two years old, my father had an accident. Before he died, he handed me over to Olivia's father, Tony Wilson.

Thinking of the huge pension after my father's death and my young age, Tony agreed.

After taking me home, Tony and Jenny didn't tell me anything about my background. Instead, they instilled in me the idea that I was their biological daughter and that I should repay them.

That was why I worked so hard to repay them in my previous life. Later, I learned the truth, but I continued to be used by them to repay their upbringing until I was killed by Olivia.

Thinking of this, I got very angry.

However, according to the story of my previous life, Olivia should have no objection to going to school. Why did she want to work now?

Could it be that she was also reborn?

In my previous life, I was forced to work in a garment factory run by Sam Glen, the husband of Jenny's best friend Sherry Glen. I worked hard and later became the team leader.

At that time, Sam's son Luis didn't go to school but was idle in Sam's factory. Jenny told her to "take good care" of me.

Later, he had a crush on me and wanted to marry me.

Jenny was overjoyed when she heard about this. After all, Luis' family owned a factory, so she could get some money if I married Luis.

In addition, she and Sherry were best friends, and it would be easier for her to ask for benefits from the Glen family.

If this was a good marriage, how could it be my turn? Jenny would let Olivia marry Luis so that she didn't need to go to college.

Luis was one of the hooligans in our area. He relied on his family's wealth to do a lot of bad things.

Facing my refusal, Jenny and Tony took turns to persuade me.

In the end, hearing Jenny say she did that for my good, I softened my heart and agreed. I didn't know that it was because of my softness that I was pushed into the abyss.

After marriage, Luis didn't change his bad habits. He cheated on me many times and even abused me when I was pregnant.

Although I was pregnant at that time, I was still working.

Sam thought that his daughter-in-law should not be just a team leader, and considering my outstanding abilities, he promoted me to the position of general manager.

Taking advantage of the investment, I led the small factory to co-operate with foreign capital, designed new styles, and made a lot of money.

Luis was a loser, and I was his wife, so Sam valued me very much.

Luis continued to live a life of debauchery.

Luis' attention was not on me, which was exactly what I wanted.

I didn't care what he did outside, but he should never hit me.

Even though I didn't have my family to rely on, I was no longer the person who was easily bullied as I was before marriage.

Although I had important foreign investment resources in hand, I was still afraid when Luis wanted to throw the wine bottles at me.

But for my own sake and the baby in my belly, I could only pretend to be calm and explain to him the consequences of his attack. Only then did his mind become a little sober.

Then I ran to Sam and told him the story in tears. Because I was pregnant, finally, Luis and I treated each other with respect.

Luis could play as he wanted outside, but he couldn't bully me, and I was not allowed to ask about his affairs.

In fact, I never wanted to ask about his affairs.

The child was an accident. On the wedding night, Jenny was afraid that I would resist sleeping with Luis, so she secretly put drugs in the water I drank.

I didn't know if it was because of maternal love or hormones, but I developed feelings for the child and decided to give birth to him.

After giving birth, the child was taken care of by Sam and Sherry, who asked me to devote myself to work.

I rarely saw the child, and when I found that he was ill-bred, he said to me, "You are the servant in our family who is responsible for making money."

I couldn't believe that my child was insulting me.

I asked to keep the child with me and was determined to educate him well, but Sam and Sherry refused, and the child was also unwilling to live with me.

I felt sad, but there was nothing I could do.

At this time, I had expanded the original small garment factory into a multinational clothing trading company. Although the Glen family treated me as an outsider, they made me look glamorous on the surface, which made many people jealous that Luis had a great wife.

But no one knew how hard it was to accompany the customers to drink alcohol until gastric bleeding and to work all night long.

Olivia was jealous of my life, so she asked Jenny to instigate Luis' parents to let Luis divorce me and marry her so that she could live a rich life.

Sam and Sherry knew that I was the person who developed their family. Moreover, I was not at fault in the marriage, so they were satisfied with me for the time being.

Besides, they thought it was a joke for their son to remarry another daughter of the same family.

But Olivia was unwilling to give up. She told Jenny to ask Sam to arrange for her to work in the company as my assistant, under the pretext of learning from me.

She didn't do anything in the company and needed me to clean up the mess she made.

She even became jealous of my reputation in the company and spread rumors about me secretly.

She spread rumors that I had been flirting with male employees while working in the factory and that I finally seduced Luis.

Everyone in the company knew about her relationship with me, so some people were led by her words and became part of those who slandered me.

Seeing that I turned a blind eye to her dirty tricks and she failed to persuade Luis to divorce me, she conspired with Jenny to plan a car accident for me.

Unexpectedly, I survived the accident and regained consciousness after lying in the ICU for a week.

But I couldn't move, and only my mind was clear.

The police were investigating the cause of the accident.

Olivia came to my ward and made a mess. Finally, she pulled out my oxygen tube and covered my mouth to prevent me from calling for help. I finally died in despair.

But now I had a new chance. In this life, since Olivia didn't want to study, it was a good opportunity for me to change my fate.

When Olivia slammed the door and walked out, I opened the door and said to Jenny, "Mom, let me continue studying. I want to study!"

Jenny was furious. She looked at me fiercely and said, "Didn't I tell you our family can't afford to support you two to study? Now it's even hard for us to live a normal life."

Really? Seeing the new skirt Jenny was wearing, I showed sarcasm in my eyes, but I still said timidly, "But Olivia doesn't want to study."

"Who said she doesn't want to? This is not your concern. When this semester is over, you can go to work in the factory. I have agreed with Sherry." Jenny said unhappily, not allowing me to continue to study.

I didn't say anything else and turned back to my room.

If Olivia was also reborn, she would take the initiative to get Luis to have a good life in the future.

The next day, I packed my things and went to school.

I hadn't gone to school for a long time. This was the place I dreamed of in my previous life. I had regretted many times for not continuing my studies, and I had suffered contempt in the workplace because of dropping out of high school.

Now, this was still my daily routine.

Fortunately, I still had a chance. It was now the second semester of the junior. After that, I would prepare for the SAT.

Jenny refused to let me continue my studies because the family had no money. If I wanted to go to college, I had to keep getting scholarships.

When I came to my senses, I had walked into the classroom. Looking at the familiar scenes around me, I felt like crying.

After school, Olivia's head teacher found me and asked me why Olivia didn't come to school. I said that I didn't know and then hinted that Olivia might be with Luis. The head teacher left thoughtfully.

When I got home, I had to cook and clean up for the family. After everything was done, I finally had time to start studying.

I hadn't been to school for more than ten years, but the knowledge was still in my mind because I didn't give up studying despite my busy schedule in my previous life. After all, as a high school dropout, I must work harder than ordinary people to convince others.

But in my previous life, Olivia didn't pay attention to this. She only cared about the fact that I had endless money.

In this life, she still didn't realize this. She still believed that my achievements were due to my husband Luis.

At this time, Olivia's mind was no longer on studying.

She showed no sign of being anxious about the upcoming SAT.

She just wanted to get in touch with Luis, but Luis didn't often stay in school, so Olivia had to find him everywhere.

It seemed that she still felt resentful for not marrying Luis in her previous life, so she wanted to take the initiative in this life.

In this life, I was no longer willing to work like a slave for them. I wanted to see how Sam, a pedantic man, and Luis, a brainless man, could expand a small garment factory into a multinational corporation.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the SAT results came out, and Olivia failed.

Tony had no choice but to use his connections to find a college for Olivia, but Olivia took his kindness for granted and still dreamed of becoming Luis' wife. She refused to go to school and insisted on going to work in Sam's factory with Luis.

Day after day, the end of the semester soon arrived.

I was more focused on studying in this life, and with the knowledge I gained from my previous life, I got first place in the junior final exam.

At the same time, I also received scholarships from the school.

My head teacher told Jenny the good news. After all, she was my nominal mother.

When my head teacher heard that Jenny wanted me to drop out of school, she was incredulous and persuaded her, "With Alice's grades, it will be no problem for her to get into a good university, even Harvard University. If her SAT scores are outstanding, the college will also issue a scholarship. If you can't pay tuition due to family difficulties, she can work part-time. Mrs. Wilson, you have to look further ahead. If Alice is successful, she will be able to make money."

Jenny lost her composure as soon as she heard the words scholarship and Harvard University.

Thinking of my weak character and her disobedient daughter Olivia, she quickly made a choice in her heart.

"You are right. I should let Olivia continue to go to school. But Olivia..."