Chapter 2

After William left with the property certificate, my mother pulled me to sit down.

"Isabella, come on, you didn't stop William when he wanted to borrow money just now."

"I'm a girl, I don't understand these things, but you and my dad do. Why don't you stop him?"

Why are you doing this as a girl?

What do you know as a girl?

This is what my parents always told me.

Because I am a girl, I don't need to go to cram school.

I play games to waste my time, but William plays to exercise his brain and become smarter.

Since I'm a girl, I can't choose science. I can just study liberal arts, get into an ordinary university, get an ordinary job, and then get married.

I love them, so I can pretend these biases don't exist.

In return, they said, "Fortunately it was Isabella who died."

I was so stunned that my mother was speechless.

She didn't want to offend William, so she wanted me to take the blame.

My father had already gone to see the advertisements for part-time jobs, ready to provide a guarantee for his son.

"Isabella, please remember to transfer William's living expenses this month."

The school I attended was not a good university.

After graduation, I went to work as a clerk in a small company, earning just over 5,000 dollar a month.

I paid for my school tuition with a loan, and I have to repay it every month.

Add to that the living expenses for William, and I can barely save any money.

I wasted two years like this, and later I realized the importance of academic qualifications, so I took the exam to become a postgraduate student, and then worked hard to prepare for the civil service exam.

In the end, everything was ruined by William.

I refuse to spend another penny on William.

"Mom, our company's performance is not good, and we have cut salaries. I can't give William living expenses anymore."

"What did you say!"

Mom's expression changed immediately.

"As a sister, can't you save money a little? Your brother is still in school.

"After deducting social security, I will only receive 2,000 dollar a month. What should I do if I give it all to William?"

"What kind of a shitty company is this? You're living and eating at home anyway, so you can just give William 2,000 dollar a month and treat it as rent for your family."

My dear mother, you really don't intend to leave me a penny.

Has she ever thought about how to live without money?

"I'll transfer these two thousand to you every month as living expenses for you and my dad. As for William, you guys can handle it yourself."

My mother noticed that I was angry, but she had already achieved her goal of getting money, so she was satisfied and didn't say anything.

I told myself that two thousand dollar a month from now on would be my repayment for the money they had paid for me over the years.