I had a peaceful year in senior high school. In my second year, my mother told me that she lost her job and we had no money, so I couldn't continue studying.

She even came to the school herself to withdraw me from school.

Even though the teachers and the principal advised her, saying that I had good academic performance and it would be a pity to stop studying, my mother still insisted.

Later, Grandma Wang came. She told my mother that she would provide me with living expenses and school fees.

My mother was shocked, but she didn't interfere anymore.

From then on, I moved in with Yu Min to Grandma Wang's house.

Once when I went back to get something, I saw a strange man at home.

That's when I knew that my mother didn't lose her job, but she quit.

She was now relying on this man for support, but he didn't work and just played mahjong at home. So my mother wanted me to drop out and work to earn money.

At that time, my brother was already six years old.

He didn't go to kindergarten. I told my mother that it wasn't good, and she said she did send him, but he was miserable. Other kids isolated him and no one played with him, so he stopped going. He went directly to first grade when he was seven.

I laughed.

Isolated? My brother was spoiled by my mother to the point of being unruly. With that kind of personality, even the kindergarten couldn't accept him.

But it had nothing to do with me anymore.

I packed my things and left. My mother didn't ask about my recent situation. She was just busy getting things for my brother.

Later, I successfully got into my dream university and took an internship at a company. Because of my strong work ability, my internship salary was 4,000 yuan per month.

But I lied to my mother about my salary. I said I only had 2,000 yuan per month. I kept 500 for food and drinks and gave her the remaining 1,500.

Although my mother grumbled, she didn't make things difficult for me.

Later, my mother called and asked me for 50,000 yuan.

She said my brother injured someone at school, and they demanded 50,000 yuan in compensation.

I told her I had no money.

My mother started scolding me, saying I was incompetent and my salary was too low. She asked me to quit my job because she found a remarried man for me, and he would give 50,000 yuan as a dowry.

I chose to report to the police.

After that, my mother kept harassing me.

Because my brother grew up, my mother said he wanted to get married, and they needed an additional 100,000 yuan for the down payment.

I refused to budge: "I will provide for living expenses. If you think it's not enough, you can sue me in court. But the law does not require an older sister to pay the down payment for her younger brother, otherwise it would be illegal."

For now, my mother couldn't do anything about it.

This matter continued to drag on.

What I didn't expect was to get into a car accident, and my mother latched onto my compensation money.