Looking at the pitch-black house, I gathered my courage and walked in.

My mom, feeling sorry for Zhang Baobao's injury, hurriedly took her to the hospital.

I hid alone in the darkness.

Suddenly, I remembered something and began to search diligently, but after searching for a long time, I found nothing.

Just as I was about to move to my mom's room to continue searching, Zhang Baobao's voice came from behind me, "Zhang Duoduo, what are you looking for?"

The sudden sound startled me.

I stood up straight, staring directly at her, "Zhang Baobao, quickly hand over my ID."

As I was speaking, my mom appeared from behind, holding a card in her hand.

Before I could see clearly, my mom folded the card in half, and with a crisp sound, the card split in two.

When I finally saw it clearly, I realized it was my ID card.

I yelled and lunged forward, but my mom stepped on me, "Tomorrow, Baobao will go to get a new ID for you. From now on, you are Baobao."

Looking at Zhang Baobao's excited but contorted face, I felt nauseous.

My mom came over disregarding my protests, pressing my head against the table, "Where is the acceptance letter, tell me quickly."

The forceful impact made the corners of my mouth bleed red. I clenched my teeth tightly, "The letter is at the police station, go get it yourself."

My mom increased the pressure on my head, "Zhang Duoduo, don't push your luck. You don't deserve to go to such a good school. Only Baobao deserves it."

I laughed silently. How absurd that I didn't deserve to go to the university I worked so hard to get into.

Seeing that I wouldn't budge, my mom dragged me into the bedroom and I heard the sound of the door locking.

They wanted to imprison me, make me submit, and then give the acceptance letter to Zhang Baobao.

I silently resolved that I would not let them succeed, even if it meant death.

Zhang Baobao would never set foot in Tsinghua University in this lifetime.

Initially, they would send me leftovers, but later they stopped feeding me altogether.

Zhang Baobao looked down at me, starving and weak, "Zhang Duoduo, be sensible. Mom said you don't deserve it. You don't deserve Tsinghua, you don't deserve Liang Feng, you're just a clown."

I sat up and spat in her face.

She screamed and ran out.

I don't know how many days I went without food.

I seemed to be hallucinating. I actually heard Liang Feng's voice in my house.

He was calling my name urgently, but I was too weak to respond.

Then a great force pushed the door open, and after seeing Liang Feng's face clearly, I fainted.

Liang Feng saved me once again.

He called me for several days, but Zhang Baobao answered every time.

At first, he didn't realize something was wrong, but later he discovered that Zhang Baobao was impersonating me to meet him.

He quickly realized something was wrong with me, so at Zhang Baobao's invitation, he came to my house.

Seeing my closed door, he confirmed his suspicions.

Watching Liang Feng animatedly telling his story, I couldn't help but laugh.

Liang Feng looked at me with sympathy, "If I hadn't overheard your mom and sister plotting against you last time, I would never have believed that someone could treat their own family like this."

I shook my head silently, "They never treated me like family."

"Duoduo, what are you going to do next?" Liang Feng asked seriously.

A smile played on my lips, "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. I will repay everything I've suffered twofold."

After being discharged, I immediately contacted the policewoman.

She looked at my emaciated appearance with pity and promised to help me seek justice.

I handed over all the videos of my mom assaulting me that were captured by the camera.

My mom's imprisonment and withholding of food and water constituted child abuse.

The policewoman helped me find the best lawyer, and my mom was about to face legal consequences and lose custody of me.

After my mom was taken away by the police, Zhang Baobao was visibly panicked.

She tried to please me, asking me to forgive her.

But it was too late. The grudges of this life and the past, I would settle them all with her this time.