Chapter 2
The moment the double-color ball lottery numbers were announced the next day, Fan Yunshi was so angry he spat blood. 5 million yuan had slipped through his fingers, which could have been his chance to turn his life around.
He was so furious that he gave Su Baiwei the cold shoulder all night. Su Baiwei noticed something was off with him and tried to appease him carefully. She didn't expect it to erupt like this.
"Can you stop pacing around the room? It's already small. Does tidying up make you look virtuous?"
Fan's parents also rushed out. Although they didn't like Su Baiwei, she was carrying their Fan family's flesh and blood. If anything were to happen to her, they would feel terrible.
"Yunshi, what's wrong? Can't you just say it nicely? Your wife is pregnant," Fan's father said indignantly.
He had worked hard outside all day and had to listen to his wife nag at home. Now, as he was about to rest, his son wouldn't give him any peace. None of them were worry-free.
"Dad, Mom, you're both tired from a long day. Go back and rest. You don't need to worry about our matters," Su Baiwei said, looking wronged.
Fan Yunshi was even more infuriated seeing her like this, acting like a bullied victim. If people didn't know better, they'd think he was mistreating her and throwing a tantrum.
"Mom, do you know that the lottery ticket he ruined yesterday won five million? If it weren't for her, we could have moved out of here."
"What? What did you say, 5 million! Oh, heavens, what kind of mess is this?"
Fan's father almost couldn't stand. He used to work in an office, but now that he was older, companies wouldn't hire him. He had been doing moving jobs recently.
If he had 5 million, would he have to work so hard every day? Thinking of this, he wished he could tear the woman in front of him in half. This woman had first caused their family to go bankrupt, and now she couldn't even take a lottery ticket out of her pocket before washing clothes.
"It's a sin, a sin. I shouldn't have let this live-in jinx into our home."
The family argued noisily, all blaming Su Baiwei. Some neighbors knocked on their door, asking them to stop the commotion. They even started yelling back at the neighbors.
Su Baiwei cowered in a corner, not daring to say anything. She inwardly asked the system, "What is going on? Do you know something and deliberately made me do that task?"
"Please do not slander this system. You were the one who didn't wash clothes carefully. You didn't even take the lottery ticket out of your pocket. What does it have to do with me? I only issued the task because I saw the host was too poor and wanted to give you an opportunity to earn some extra cash."
"If what you're saying is true, then why didn't you just give me the money? Do you have a secret you haven't told me?"
"Money only has meaning when it's earned through one's own labor. Host, please do not think about getting something for nothing. This is very much against the system's core values. Due to the host's suspicion of the system, a 5-minute electric shock reward will be given."
"System, wait a minute..."
Crackling sounds ensued, and Su Baiwei began to twitch uncontrollably. Fan Yunshi, who was not far away, was startled, thinking she had been electrocuted. He rushed to turn off the circuit breaker.
But Su Baiwei did not recover. She started foaming at the mouth. Fan's father and mother hurried over. If this continued with her being pregnant, it would be dire.
They had to poke her with a stick, but there was still no reaction. There was nothing around that could have caused an electric shock, which made the Fan family very confused.
Fan Yunshi had already called 120. By then, the ambulance had arrived. Su Baiwei stopped shaking, and they took her to the hospital. The baby in her womb was also affected, but it survived stubbornly.
The mother and four children were hospitalized. Fan's mother personally took care of her, constantly bringing nourishing soups. Fan's father couldn't afford the high medical expenses alone.
Fan Yunshi had to find a construction site nearby to work as a laborer, mixing cement and mortar all day. He was covered in dust like a mud figure, no longer exuding the aura of a domineering CEO.
By the end of the first day, his legs felt weak when he walked, and his shoulders and back ached fiercely. He collapsed as soon as he got home, too weak to even eat. But he had to go to work the next day, otherwise, his first day's work would be in vain.
Every time he took the bus, the ignorant children would keep a distance from him, showing disgust. Having been pampered for years as a domineering CEO, he had forgotten what it felt like to be subservient. Every day he was ordered around by foremen and senior workers at the construction site. But he had to endure it, as there was no other work available for him. This was the most lucrative job he could access.
He endured this until Su Baiwei gave birth. This time, their youngest daughter still did not survive. Two "char siu" were successfully delivered.
However, the elder "char siu" was blind in his left eye, and the younger "char siu" was blind in his right eye. The skin of both children was wrinkled and dark, not the usual wrinkles of newborns.
Both children underwent a full body check-up and were found to have some deformities in their hands and feet.
Su Baiwei broke down in tears, "Why didn't you discover these problems earlier? This is negligence on the part of your hospital. I will sue you."
"Madam, please calm down. Your examination results are all normal, and the children's hands and feet are sound. Those films may not be accurate. Besides, you were already six months pregnant when you came to our hospital. This responsibility cannot be pushed onto us."
"Quacks, quacks! It's all your fault. Otherwise, why would my daughter die, and my son be disabled? You must compensate us."
"Sir, your wife is quite agitated. We hope you can explain things clearly to her. The issue of deformed babies was indeed not caused by our hospital."
After saying this, the doctor left. The Fan family's minds also went blank. Having such grandsons born would only be a burden to their family.
They all hated Su Baiwei, and no one considered that she was a woman who had just given birth, to go and comfort her.
The two "char siu" were immediately placed in incubators after birth, which further strained the already impoverished family. Su Baiwei did not even complete her confinement period before being sent out to do odd jobs.
During this time, the system also issued a series of pranking missions to her. For example, stealing the neighbor's chicks to slaughter and make soup, causing Fan Yunshi to lose 500 yuan.
She spread rumors about Fan's mother being promiscuous, claiming to have witnessed it herself, and even conducted paternity tests using Fan Yunshi's and Fan's father's hair. This caused chaos in the household, and Fan's parents were admitted to the hospital in anger.
In the middle of the night, she climbed onto the elderly couple's bed. When discovered, she claimed she was playing hide-and-seek. This so enraged Fan's mother that she hit her with a clothes rack from the house.
The system ordered her to resist and even slapped Fan's father. She cursed the two of them as "old geezers," and Fan Yunshi, who rushed in, dragged her out and beat her severely.
Even after the two "char siu" were brought back, she did not calm down. She was unable to work, so she was forced to stay home and take care of the children.
During an accident, Fan's mother discovered that her grandson had a bald spot on his scalp. The bruises on his body were even more shocking.
Under interrogation, she learned that Su Baiwei had deliberately caused them. This almost infuriated her to death, so she had to quit her cleaning job and personally look after her grandsons at home.
However, she also found the two grandsons very strange. They would stare at her with eerie eyes and were malicious, deliberately pulling her hair and deliberately knocking over milk bottles.
Countless incidents like this occurred, and Su Baiwei caused trouble every day, shattering the entire Fan family. She was scolded and beaten daily.
The problem was that she couldn't explain why she was doing this, which was extremely frustrating. If she resisted, the system would administer electric shocks, and if she refused to do something, the system would threaten to take away her beauty.
Having benefited from her looks, how could she give up such a stunning face? She could only apologize to the Fan family.
Finally, Fan's parents had no choice but to kick their son's family of four out of the rented apartment. They decided it was better not to see them, as if they had never had this son, and to live their own lives.
Fan Yunshi rented a place on a nearby street and threatened Su Baiwei repeatedly, telling her to stay home and take good care of the two children.
He was also helpless. He couldn't keep an eye on Su Baiwei at home all the time, otherwise, their family would have to starve.
Shui Wa: "Aren't the male and female leads too tragic? The two genius babies in the original work have become useless demons. But it's pathetic that Fan's parents are left without anyone in their old age."
Jun Jiu Li: "Are they more pitiful than Yuan's parents in their previous life? The two families were childhood friends, and they still watched their son harm the Yuan family with their own eyes."
"Fan's parents often went to the villa to visit their precious grandsons. Didn't they notice anything wrong with the children? Children are most likely to slip up."
"They all know the original host is in the basement. The children who grew up watching her didn't even stir a bit of compassion in these two. They deserve such an outcome."
"Alas, people's hearts are truly unfathomable."
"You're just a silly system, you don't need to understand these things."