This time's monthly exam results are out, and I see that I have returned to the first place in the grade, finally feeling relieved.

During the last monthly exam, I only got third place, and as a result, my father punished me by not allowing me to have breakfast or dinner for a month. My only meal each day was the one at the cafeteria at noon.

Despite this, I didn't slack off in my studies. Instead, I worked even harder on doing practice papers and exercises. Finally, my hard work paid off.

When I received my report card, the class teacher had already sent the electronic version to my father.

Upon returning home, my mother told me that my father was pleased with my grades, asked me to keep it up, and reinstated my daily breakfast and dinner.

I nodded.

I am a daughter of the Su family, but I have never seen what my father looks like.

My mother always conveys my father's instructions to us.

Why do I say "us"? Because in the Su family, there are a total of twelve daughters.

We are not the true daughters of the Su family. I heard that my mother had given birth to a pair of twins before, but since the Su family favored sons over daughters, they kept the son and sent the daughters away to be raised.

Over the years, with the far-sighted investment acumen of the Su family, their wealth has surpassed a billion and become a renowned family in this city.

However, my mother did not have any more children.

I don't know when it started, but the Su family began searching nationwide for the daughters they had sent away to be raised.

With the financial and social power of the Su family, once a girl truly becomes a daughter of the Su family, it means a worry-free life from then on.

So, for a while, girls from all over the country flocked here.

I was one of them.

These girls are mostly from orphanages. In reality, we all know that it's unlikely any of us are the lost daughters of the Su family, but we all came with a hopeful attitude.

What if we are actually recognized? That would truly change our lives forever.