Thrown into the River by My Own Mother

After I won the lottery worth 10 million dollars, Della Barker, my mother, who never took me seriously, knelt in front of me.

She let me help Caleb Barker, my young brother, pay off his gambling debts.

I did as she wished.

Later, I also agreed when she asked me to buy a house for Caleb.

On the sixth day of the New Year, everyone was enjoying their wonderful time.

At the same time, my family gave me a grand funeral.

There were four million dollars left on my bank card.

All of it was inherited by Caleb.

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Waking up again, I found it was the night I won the lottery.

The fear of suffocation started to close in on me.

I breathed in fresh air desperately.

The next moment, I found myself lying on the bed of the rental house opposite the company.

Patting my face with my hand, I realized that I was reborn.

I, Zoe Barker, was a jinx in the eyes of my parents.

They complained that my birth was bad luck for the Barker family.

They never liked me since I was a child.

To make my parents smile, I studied hard and did housework diligently.

It was something that I desperately wanted, but I could only see it after Caleb was born.

But luckily, they often smiled at him rather than me.

I could even feel their happiness from the smiles on their faces.

As Caleb got into trouble as a child, my parents often took me to apologize to the injured party.

They let me kowtow to them.

When Caleb was in the first grade of junior high school, I was in that of high school.

He smashed the man's head.

I was in class when Della rushed into the classroom and dragged me away.

At that moment, I knew Caleb was in trouble again.

In the view of my parents, as a sister, I should take responsibility for dealing with trouble for Caleb in advance.

This time, the other party continued to argue.

Della said in anger, "What else do you want now?

"Since my daughter is here, why don't you just take a brick and punch in her head?"

Meanwhile, she handed them a brick.

The teacher didn't want to get involved at first, but when Della behaved like a crazy woman, he thought she was mentally ill and rushed to persuade her.

Later, it was left unresolved.

In my opinion, I had bad luck since I was a child.

I never hit the jackpot in any case.

Even when the company laid off low-level employees randomly, I was the first one to be chosen.

I suppressed my emotions and then bought a lottery ticket.

Anyway, I wouldn't win a prize.

I just hoped that it could take away my bad luck.

Unexpectedly, I was told that I had won 10 million dollars in the lottery while waking up in the rental house.

I could get eight million dollars after paying taxes.

All my life, I had never seen so much money.

With the money, I returned to my home which made me unhappy.

When I got home, they were watching TV. Seeing me come back, they just looked up at me.

It looked like I was a stranger.

Suddenly, we heard a sound coming from the TV.

"This year's luckiest lottery winner in the city is Zoe Barker."

My face then appeared on the screen.

Before I could react, Caleb exclaimed, "Oh my, Zoe! You won 10 million dollars!"

I was so scared that I kept shaking my head.

"You're mistaken..."

"You wicked girl! Why don't you dare to tell us about your winnings?"

In the next second, Della was about to slap me in the face.

I had gotten used to it during these years.

To my surprise, I only felt a gust of wind on my head. Next, I looked up and saw that it was Caleb who grabbed her hand.

"Mom, don't hit her." He then turned to me. "Zoe, I'm begging you for something. My business failed so that I owe half a million dollars."

I understood it in an instant.

In fact, I knew that he didn't do any business but gamble.

"No, I can't give it to you. I know you're gambling, and you'll face severe consequences in the end. Stop gambling!"

Caleb fell to his knees with a thud.

Seeing the scene, Della lifted him up.

"You're a man! I'll kneel for you."

Having finished speaking, she knelt in front of me with a plop.

"His business failed, so what if you helped Caleb? How can you accuse him of gambling?"

"Okay then! Stop it! I'll give it to you!"

After saying that, I transferred one million to him under their gaze.

"Since you're rich now, how about buying a house for your young brother? It costs only over two million."

They then took me to see the house, and I bought it immediately.

Later, they began to plan and decide how to decorate.

However, there was not a single house that belonged to me.

I had always lived in the storage room at home, even if the house had three bedrooms.

It was just because Caleb wanted a room to play on the computer.

I lived in the storage room all the time and didn't deserve a bedroom of my own in the house.

With the remaining four million dollars, I planned to look for a job after the New Year.

I also intended to buy myself an apartment opposite the company.

On New Year's Eve, Della held a family dinner suddenly.

Before we started eating, she stood up and announced.

"Zoe won 10 million dollars in the lottery and bought a house for Caleb. I invite you to dinner to share the good news."

After that, my relatives praised me for being filial, saying that I knew how to share the burden with my parents.

They thought that my parents were blessed to have me, who won 10 million dollars and brought good luck to the family.

I lowered my head and remained silent.

After the meal, those people started to get down to business.

"Zoe, can you give your cousin 500 thousand dollars to buy a car? After all, you two grew up together."

"Zoe, we just bought a house. Can you lend me 200 thousand dollars to renovate it?"

"Zoe, I'm short of one million dollars to open a factory. Can I ask you to lend some money to help me out?"

...

They were talking at once, and before I could say something, Della brought over piles of imported fruit platters that she had bought from somewhere.

"Oh, it's not a big deal. Since Zoe has made it big, she will definitely not forget all of you."

I stammered, "No, I can't give it to you. I need to buy myself a house."

Everyone in the whole room burst into laughter.

"It's unnecessary for a girl to buy a house. After all, you need to get married sooner or later."

"That's right! It's important to marry a nice guy. I'll introduce you to some rich men later. You don't need to worry about anything after you marry him."

"I have no plans to get married yet."

Della glared at me fiercely and gave an order to me.

She asked me to find a marriage partner within one day.

At night, she brought Cato, a man with a ferocious look back suddenly.

He smiled at me with a fat face.

Della told us to live in harmony and then locked the door as she went out.

I looked at the wretched old man and asked in fear, "How old are you? Are you still unmarried?"

"Hey, I'm just 38. You don't need to worry about food and clothing after you marry me."

I was so nervous that I quickly drank some water.

For an instant, I didn't know what to say.

Five minutes after drinking it, I suddenly felt dizzy.

I remembered that I had drunk the water Della prepared for me.

It was too late to regret.

I felt myself thrown onto the bed with great force.

A powerful pain then came over me.

It made me feel so weak that I couldn't move, leaving tears of regret.

Opening my eyes again, I was lying naked on the bed.

Some people surrounded me, condemning me for my bad conduct.

They blamed me for making an appointment with someone at my home.

I locked myself in my room without eating or drinking for two days.

In the end, I was so hungry that I fainted.

Suddenly, I felt like I was put into a bag.

At this time, I couldn't see anything but blackness.

It was very windy outside and my clothes were thin, so I felt very cold.

All of a sudden, the bag on my face was taken away.

Before I could react, someone threw me into the water with a splash.

At a young age, I fell into the water with Caleb.

Because everyone went to save him, I could only grab a branch to save my life.

After being rescued, Caleb was sent to the hospital, while I was severely beaten.

They thought it was me who didn't take care of Caleb well.

I never went near water since then.

Back to reality, I experienced this familiar feeling again.

I tried desperately to grab a branch, but I broke it.

The cold icy water soaked me, and it clouded my mind gradually.

My body became lighter and lighter, and my spirit floated up. I could only watch it sink to the bottom of the river.

On the fourth day of the New Year, my body was found by the river.

Everyone was pointing at my body.

My parents were called and had to collect my body.

I witnessed that they tried to shed tears while pretending to be sad.

They promised to give me a grand funeral.

On the sixth day of the New Year, others were enjoying their wonderful time, while my family held a memorial service for me.

To receive a cash gift, they seized the chance to invite their friends and relatives.

I spotted Cato, the bald man, in the crowd at a glance.

He approached Della and whispered.

"Didn't you promise to give me 200 thousand dollars after that incident? Transfer the money to me quickly."

"Well, well, well. I'll call you after the funeral of the jinx. Her money hasn't been transferred to Caleb yet."

I knew that throwing me into the river was their conspiracy, but it turned out that Della was the one who had drugged me before.

A strong feeling of suffocation came over me.

I suddenly sat up from the bed in my rental house.

It seemed like I was reborn.

This time, I would make them all pay the price.

An hour later, I received a call informing me to receive the prize just like what had happened in my previous life.

I covered myself to get my money.

No one could see what I looked like this time.

The first thing I did after getting the money was to go house hunting. Later, I spent four million to buy myself a house in a school district.

After buying the house, I went straight to buy a car worth 500 thousand dollars.

By the way, I also posted it on the social media. Generally speaking, I shouldn't show off, but I didn't follow the rule this time.

I knew that if I didn't spend it, my family would let me give it to them after finding out the truth.

In addition, every year when I went home, Caleb would take away my savings for the year on the pretext of doing business.

After saving two million dollars in the bank, I went home happily with 1.5 million dollars.

I drove my newly bought car to the village entrance and honked the horn. From a distance, I saw Caleb coming out to greet me.

Maybe he saw my posts, which was my initial intention.

As I got home, Caleb kept following me around, and all he wanted to know was how much my car was worth.

Hearing me mention half a million, he became excited suddenly.

I knew the truth that he owed exactly half a million now.

As for Della, she immediately questioned me.

"How did you get so much money? Did you date a rich man?"

It was ridiculous. In their eyes, if I had money, I must rely on men.

Only in this way could I get rich.

I immediately made with the tears.

"How could that be, Mom? Why would a rich man be interested in me?

"I saved for a year to pay a down payment, and it costs me tens of thousands of dollars. I still need to pay off the debt for a long time."

"Humph, as I expected, you didn't have that ability."

I thought in my mind that I didn't have the ability but was lucky.

Normally, they were trying to take my car away now.

The next second, Della said directly, "You're going to get married soon anyway, so it will benefit others. It's better to give it to Caleb, and I will find a good family for you."

I knew they would ask me for the car but didn't expect them to be so direct.

"Caleb, do you want to buy this from me? Yet, I just bought this car. If you like it, I can take you to buy a new one.

"After all, it is what I used. It would be inappropriate to charge you any amount of money. Thus, let's buy a new one for you."

"Did you want to charge? This is your blessing to give the car to Caleb. From now on, whenever he drives this car, he will think of you."

I continued to play dumb.

"No way! Didn't you all say I was unlucky when I was young? Wouldn't it be bad to use my car?

"Besides, I still have a car loan to pay off. If I transfer the ownership to him, he will also have to pay it back."

After I finished speaking, they were obviously stunned.

Maybe the three of them were used to seeing me being submissive in the past, and now they were unaccustomed to it suddenly.

Later, there would be many things that they would be unused to.

"Why don't you just give it to him? What's wrong with helping him pay off his car loan?"

Caleb fell to his knees again.

Seeing the scene, Della lifted him up.

"You're a man! I'll kneel for you."

Having finished speaking, she knelt in front of me with a plop.

What a familiar scene!

I pretended to look at my phone and ignored them. They had hurt me so much in my previous life, so they deserved to kneel for a while now.

Seeing that it was time to compromise, I pretended to agree with reluctance.

As a result, they excitedly pulled me to transfer the car's property to Caleb.

The next day, I watched Caleb leave the house.

I followed him in the dark.

Sure enough, he went out to sell the car.

My car was purchased in full.

After that, he went straight to an underground casino.

He acted as if he had just earned half a million dollars.

I kept watch on him all night, and he came out dejectedly in less than three hours. Judging by his expression, I knew he had lost again.

I turned around and went home.

The next day, my parents started arranging blind dates for me, and each candidate was more terrible than the last.

To earn some money for the bride price, they took great pains.

During the process, I met Cato, that man who teamed up with Della to drug me.

I wondered why they still wanted to kill me. After all, they didn't know that I won the lottery.

The moment Cato saw me, he started to make advances to me.

After bringing us two glasses of water, Della locked the door and went out.

The man then started talking nonstop.

He bragged about how rich he was.

He finally lifted my face with his fingers.

"I think you're pretty. Why not marry me?"

I felt nausea but suppressed the emotions in my heart.

I pushed his fingers away calmly.

"I'm sorry, but you shouldn't judge people by their appearance when you go on a blind date."

"I know. I like your figure too."

Seeing his lustful look, I couldn't help but say.

"I mean, you still have to take a look at your appearance. When you came in, I saw you looked familiar, like the garbage bag I threw out yesterday. Since I treat you as a human being, can you please act like one?"