Since then, I have moved into the basement.

I became more introverted and silent.

At first, my parents would still think of me, occasionally caring about me, but my heart was dead, and I didn't want to say a word to their hypocrisy.

My parents started to ignore me even more.

As if they only had one daughter.

Gradually, after entering high school, my parents started to pay attention to me.

Because my academic performance has always been ranking first, and I also participated in the math competition under the recommendation of the teacher and won an award.

But my sister is different. We are twin sisters, and she is recognized as more beautiful than me, but her grades are disappointing.

Every parent-teacher conference, my parents would become the center of attention because of my grades.

Every time after the conference, my parents would take me to buy gifts to reward me, but I simply don't want them.

Once, it seemed like my parents had prepared for a long time to talk to me and asked what I wanted.

I slowly spoke up, "I don't want to live in the basement anymore, I want to move back to my original room."

Before my parents could say anything, my sister kicked my leg, glared at me, her eyes like two jets of fire.

"Xu Yuanyuan, don't think you're so great just because you got first place in the exam. That room is mine, you can't even think of going in there."

My parents hesitated, but I calmly grabbed my sister's hair, pulled her head and slammed it against the car window.

My sister screamed in pain.

My parents were scared and hurriedly tried to stop me.

I let go, looked at her with indifferent eyes, and said, "Do you think I'm one of your lackeys? Can you just hit me whenever you want?"

Xu Tiantian glared at me but didn't dare to strike again.

Mother said heartbrokenly, "Yuanyuan, how could you lay hands on your sister?"

Dad was angry too, "Yuanyuan, your sister is going to audition for a modeling job, how could you grab her by the hair?"

I smiled and said, "She kicked me first, and the two of you pretended not to see it, right?"

My parents didn't say anything.

I got used to it, this family has always been like this.

That night, as I went to the living room to pour myself some water, I heard my parents chatting in the yard.

"Yuanyuan was so terrifying today. She doesn't talk much usually and always looks gloomy. Today, she even laid hands on Tiantian. Her eyes were really frightening, I always suspect she has some mental illness..."

"Yeah, I think so too. I would rather she didn't have such good academic performance, rather she could be as cheerful and lively as Tiantian. But why is this child so scary?"

"Let's make an appointment with a psychologist tomorrow... if it doesn't work, send her for psychological treatment. How could she lay hands on her sister?"

I took my cup of water back to the basement, unable to help but smile bitterly.

Xu Tiantian curses and hits me, and they turn a blind eye.

But when I retaliate once, they think I have a mental problem and want to send me to a mental hospital for treatment.

These are my own parents.

However, tomorrow and accidents, no one knows which one will come first. The next day, before I could be sent to a mental hospital, I was abducted by my cousin on the way to school.

Cousin is from my uncle's family. I heard from my parents that he had been arrested for theft and just recently released.

I recognized him because I saw his dropped ID card in the car.

But my cousin thought he was wearing a mask and I didn't recognize him.

He drove me to an abandoned repair shop, then started making a call.

I suddenly said, "Cousin, you've got the wrong person."

My cousin didn't expect me to recognize him and was stunned looking at me.

I spoke again, "You've got the wrong person."

My cousin gave up pretending, ripped off his mask, and said, "It's me you idiot. I told you not to tell Uncle and Aunt who kidnapped you. I, on the other hand, just wanted to borrow some money to make a living, but Uncle and Aunt are so stingy, they won't even lend me a few hundred thousand..."

I laughed, "Cousin, you've got the wrong person. My parents only love my sister, they wouldn't care about me."

My cousin was shocked and dialed the phone again, but couldn't get through.

He anxiously said, "It's really your parents, Xu Yuanyuan, isn't it?"

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Then, the call was hung up.

I suddenly burst into laughter.

I mocked myself because just now, I was still fantasizing that my parents would be worried when they found out I was kidnapped.

Unfortunately, reality always stings.

I looked at my cousin with a smile, "You should have kidnapped my sister. If you had kidnapped her, my dad wouldn't have just offered a million, he would sell the house and car to get you anything."

My cousin angrily dialed the phone again, but it couldn't connect.

He cursed and sat on the side.

I said in a deep voice, "Cousin, how about we cooperate?"

My cousin looked up at me, "What do you mean?"

I smiled and said, "Cooperate with me. I'll help you get the money from my parents, and you help me, I want their family to be destroyed."