"Buy it all, I trust you!" I said, clenching my fork.

　　Zhaozhao put down her fork and smiled, "Okay, since you trust me so much, I will take responsibility if it goes wrong." Zhaozhao had a good eye for investments.

　　After I bought in, the price briefly dropped, but then continued to rise.

　　It doubled in just a few months.

　　During the summer vacation of my third year, my mom finally managed to get my phone number after many attempts.

　　During these years, I hadn't gone back home and she chattered on about family matters.

　　Last winter, it snowed and the old lady went out to play mahjong.

　　As a result, she fell and it was too late when they found her.

　　By the time she was sent to the hospital, she had a stroke and couldn't recover.

　　Now she is paralyzed in bed, needing assistance for everything, even for going to the bathroom.

　　My parents are unwilling to go back home and spend money hiring people from the village to take care of her.

　　The old lady sometimes skips meals and because she doesn't move her body for a long time, she has developed bedsores and screams in pain every night.

　　My mom whispered, "She used to always hit and bully you, and now she's getting her retribution." "Xiaoyan, your birthday is coming up in a few days.

　　Now that school is on break, why don't you come back for a visit? It's been a long time since our family had a reunion."

　　"I interrupted her affectionate tone and said, 'Just tell me what's going on.' My mother sighed deeply, 'It's your younger brother, Gui Cai.

　　He can't continue studying here and needs to go back to our hometown to attend high school.

　　This child, I don't know what happened, he used to be well-behaved, but his attitude changed in junior high.

　　Now his grades are too poor and the top high school won't accept him.

　　We need to pay 50,000 yuan in sponsorship fees.

　　Your father and I haven't been able to save any money over these years, and you should...'

　　I firmly rejected, 'I don't have money, and even if I did, I wouldn't spend it on him!' My mother became anxious.

　　'He is your younger brother, your only brother.' 'I haven't lived with him since we were young, we have no emotional connection,' I replied coldly.

　　'Besides, it is the parents' responsibility, not the sister's, to send their child to school.' My mother choked, 'You think I want to take care of him when I can't even support you?' 'I know we've treated you poorly in the past, but at least we didn't abandon you...' They didn't abandon me, so apparently I should be grateful.

　　I sneered, 'So, when the court later orders me to pay alimony, I won't withhold it.' I hung up the phone, and the sunlight outside was just right.

　　I received a friend request on WeChat, it was from my mother.

　　I didn't accept it.

　　There was also an unread message from Yang Lan.

　　He sent a photo of a subway station: 'I'm traveling to your city, which line should I take to reach your school?' 'Shouldn't you follow the rules of being a host?'

　　Epilogue: I don't know where my parents got the money from, but Gui Cai ended up attending the top high school.

　　However, his grades were still poor, always at the bottom.

　　Yang Lan came to visit, and I hosted him the entire time.

　　On the day he was leaving, I drove him to the train station.

　　He seemed bothered, scratching himself incessantly.

　　Later on, he took out a jewelry box.

　　Inside was a gold bracelet.

　　He was nervous, 'I-I bought it with my part-time job money.

　　You've already flown so high, I-I feel like I can't hold onto you anymore.' 'But I still want to, to ask, Zhou Xiaoyan, will you be my girlfriend?' In the bustling train station, his face turned even redder than the ticket checking display.

　　I smiled and reached out my hand, 'The bracelet is nice, put it on me!' Life is long.

　　I still wanted to, at the best age, try the taste of love with someone I had a good feeling about.

　　We naturally ended up together.

　　It was then that I found out that he had been silently preparing for postgraduate entrance exams, planning to pursue the same school as me.

　　We both successfully got into graduate school and reunited at the same university.

　　By chance, I sponsored two girls from the mountainous regions.

　　I began to understand the words that Sister Chao Chao had said before.

　　When we were struggling in the mud, even a hundred yuan meant life or death.

　　But when you look back after crawling out, a monthly sponsorship of five hundred yuan is really just a small amount.

　　But this small amount supports a girl's dreams and life.

　　In our second year of graduate school, Gui Cai took the college entrance exam and passed the professional threshold.

　　He did really well.

　　When I heard this good news, I went out to celebrate with Yang Lan.

　　Soon after, I started looking for a job and Chao Chao invited me to her company.

　　The salary couldn't compare to a big company, but she gave me a considerable amount of company shares."

　　"I and Brother Zhang want to venture into other fields.

　　You've been with the company for so many years, and you're considered a key member.

　　In the future, you'll have to support me here." It was also the year when I sold the initial twenty bitcoins and used the cash to buy a house.

　　With an investment of six thousand yuan, in just over four years, it turned into a house of over one hundred square meters.

　　Even my father called me this time.

　　"I heard you bought a house? How could you not discuss such a big matter with us?" "How big is it? Your mother and I can live in the spare bedroom." "Your younger brother is not young anymore, lend him the house for his wedding." I responded without hesitation, "Wake up and stop dreaming.

　　My house has nothing to do with you, or Zhou Guicai!" They even caused trouble at Sister Chaochao's company.

　　But I am a shareholder, so let them cause trouble.

　　Who can dismiss me? They also wanted to enter the neighborhood where I live, but unfortunately, the security is tight, and without the consent of the property owners, they cannot enter.

　　My mother often sends me short essays, expressing her longing and regret.

　　My father's phone calls, from the initially firm attitude, have become softened and pleasing.

　　They probably understand.

　　Their useless son cannot be relied upon.

　　Not only can't he support them in old age, he also relies on them to buy cars and houses.

　　They may regret not pretending to love me.

　　But I think, even if I am useless in this lifetime, I am still better than a daughter in their eyes.

　　They will always love Zhou Guicai more than they love me.

　　But so what? I don't care.

　　I have become strong.

　　Whether it's my parents or others, their love is just the icing on the cake of my life.

　　I love myself.

　　That's the most important thing!"