Aku Menjadi Saudara Tiri Cinderella yang Kejam - Bab 16

T/T: Dari sini dan seterusnya, there will be a slight change in the character’s name. Bellia’s name will be changed to Bella and Natasi’s name will be changed to Natalie.

Liu Yu believed that she probably wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight after experiencing so much on her plate today.

But she fell into a deep sleep as soon as she laid on Bella’s soft and comfortable bed that was made from the highest quality silk.

Liu Yu began to dream.

It was a strange feeling when she dreamt. It seemed like her soul ripped out of her body; half floating in mid-air while half immersed into the ground; half awake and half in a trance.

Dalam mimpinya, she had become a ten-year-old girl once again.

She was wearing a school uniform. The colors on the school uniform faded because it had been washed too many times. She was carrying an old worn-out school bag as she wandered through a long alley. Matahari terbenam, and she could smell the fragrant aroma of the food from the nearby houses. The adults from those houses yelled for their children to come back home and eat dinner.

She also started heading back home. When she reached the end of the alley, the house she lived in came into view. There was a small garden in front of the house that consisted mostly of grapevines.

The grapes were still unripe, so it clung to the vines tightly. She glanced at the vines before silently walking up to the door.

When she was standing in front of the entrance, she began to fiddle with the straps of her school bag nervously.

There were two test papers in her school bag; she scored sixty points on one test and sixty-five points on the other. It was the score she expected to receive.

In the middle of the house, two voices were arguing with each other in low voices.

“…I don’t care! I want you to return that child to the orphanage. We’re fine without that child anyway.”

“Can’t you be more reasonable? Ini hanya masalah kecil, so why are you making such a big deal?”

“It’s not a small matter! Dia masih muda, yet she is full of bad intentions. It’s no wonder that she came from the orphanage. She acts like she must be better than everyone else! If Guai Nan scores 60 points on her test, then that child will score 70 poin. If Guai Nan scores 80 points on her test, then that child will score 100 poin. I asked her to help me watch Guai Nan for an hour a few days ago, dan ketika saya kembali, Guai Nan fell off the stool. Not only did that child want to eat well, but she also wanted to wear good clothes. I can’t stand her anymore!”

“Li Jun…”

Even though it was obvious that she was dreaming, Liu Yu could still feel the cold breeze as it blew past her.

Liu Yu shouted at the young girl, “Apakah kamu bodoh? Why are you not running? Why are you forcing yourself to stay in such a rotten place? Do you seriously believe that they’ll genuinely be your parents just because you address them as mom and dad?!”

The young girl could not hear Liu Yu’s shouts.

The young girl took out the two test papers from her school bag and unfolded them. She handed them to her mom and said, “Dad and mom, A-aku minta maaf. I didn’t pass the test this time. I only scored sixty-points.”

“Enam puluh? Dengarkan dia! Apakah Anda mendengar itu?? Why did you bring such an idiot back home? She has barely passed. She isn’t even half as good as Guai Nan!”

“Li Jun, don’t say such crude words in front of the children!”

The young girl stood there with a blank expression on her face as she recalled the woman’s accusations before.

“…she acts like she must be better than everyone else! If Guai Nan scores 60 points on her test, then that child will score 70 poin. If Guai Nan scores 80 points on her test, then that child will score 100 poin…”

“…listen to her! Apakah Anda mendengar itu?? Why did you bring such an idiot back home? She has barely passed. She isn’t even half as good as Guai Nan!”

Her small body seemed to be enveloped by a huge force——

The force slowly wrapped all the way around her body and slowly cut off her oxygen supply, slowly suffocating her…

Liu Yu struggled to break free.

While she struggled against this invisible force, dia tiba-tiba bangun.

Saat dia bangun, she noticed that something was amiss in the room. It seemed as if her entire body was trapped in deep mud. Saat dia mencoba berdiri, she noticed that her limbs were bound by invisible ropes. Tidak peduli seberapa keras dia berjuang, dia tidak bisa bergerak sama sekali, even when she used her full strength.

She could only hear ‘cracking’ sounds emanating from her bones from being squeezed too excessively.

Liu Yu was like a dead fish that was put on top of a chopping board. The power that was suppressing her was mysterious but powerful. It was impossible to resist.