Time-Travel: The Tragic Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character Makes a Comeback
CHAPTER 89: The Eldest Sister of the 90s Quits Sacrificing Herself (1)
Ye Susu entered the new storyline while checking through the plot, one hand rubbing her stomach as she slowly climbed to her feet.
Her stomach twisted painfully, like she had not eaten properly for days.
The supporting female character in this world was named Zhao Laidi.
When she was eighteen, both her parents died in an accident at the coal factory, leaving behind four younger siblings.
As the eldest sister, she dropped out of school to take care of them. While using the compensation money to support their education, she also worked to earn money and keep the family afloat.
She suffered through all kinds of hardships out in society and deeply understood that without an education, people could only do the hardest and most exhausting jobs. Because she did not want her younger siblings to live that kind of life, she worked desperately to support their studies.
In the end, she managed to put all four of them through school. Her two younger sisters got into university, while her two younger brothers repeated their studies year after year before finally making it into university as well.
But the four siblings were like leeches, endlessly draining her dry.
The younger brothers wanted money for houses and bride prices when they got married. The younger sisters demanded dowries when they married off, then expected her to help care for their children after giving birth. Every single one of them took her sacrifices for granted, and some even looked down on this eldest sister of theirs.
From the moment Zhao Laidi stepped out to work and support the family, she never dared stop for even a single moment. She spent her entire life earning money, only to collapse from exhaustion at forty-two.
And in the end, she could not even afford her own hospital bills.
She called her younger brothers and sisters, but the brothers could not care less.
The sisters at least came to take a look, but the moment they heard her illness was serious, the two of them immediately distanced themselves and left.
Zhao Laidi had remained unmarried her entire life. She gave everything she had to those younger siblings, yet in the end, this was the outcome she received.
She was literally angered to death.
Current mission: Help Zhao Laidi rediscover herself. Stop being everyone else’s source of sacrifice and support. In this life, learn to love herself more and truly enjoy her own life.
As a woman herself, Ye Susu could deeply relate to that feeling of being betrayed by the very people you devoted yourself to.
She quietly muttered, “From this moment on, I’m you, Zhao Laidi. And the first thing we’re doing is changing your name.”
“Zhao Fuyao sounds good. Fuyao soaring ninety thousand li into the sky. Such a great meaning.”
“Big sister, are you ever going to stop! You're always hiding in your room crying, we haven't had enough to eat for days, we're starving!”
The moment the boy pushed open the door, he looked at his eldest sister with open resentment in his eyes.
Zhao Fuyao immediately matched the face with the memories in her mind.
This was the Zhao family’s fourth child, Zhao Hu, fifteen years old this year and currently in his second year of middle school.
Zhao Fuyao could not even be bothered to respond to him. Her stomach was starving to the point of pain, and she had no energy left to waste on talking.
She shoved past him and dragged her weak legs outside to look for food.
At the dining table in the living room, the twin younger sisters, Zhao Pandi and Zhao Handi, along with the youngest brother, twelve-year-old Zhao Long, were splitting a jar of canned mandarins among themselves.
Seeing that their eldest sister had finally come out, Zhao Pandi, with her high ponytail swaying behind her, curled her lips unhappily and said, “Big Sis, the boys are hungry. Hurry up and cook.”
Zhao Fuyao rolled her eyes and finally snapped.
“And who are you to order me around? Why don’t you go cook yourself? You’re only, what, a year younger than me? I do every single chore in this house already, so what exactly are the rest of you even good for?”
All four younger siblings froze at the same time, staring at her in disbelief.
Zhao Pandi, who had just been scolded, immediately reddened with anger. She slammed the spoon in her hand onto the table.
“Zhao Laidi! Just because Mom and Dad are gone doesn’t mean you get to throw your weight around! Everyone says the eldest sister is like a mother. If you don’t cook, then who will? Just wait till we go complain to Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle!”
Zhao Handi looked at her eldest sister, who suddenly seemed like a completely different person, pursed her lips, and stayed silent.
Zhao Hu and Zhao Long had been spoiled rotten since childhood. They instantly joined in.
“Big Sis, Mom and Dad just died and now you’re bullying us already! We’re telling Grandma later. She’ll beat you with willow branches!”
Zhao Fuyao actually laughed from anger.
So this whole bunch had been rotten to the core from the very beginning.
“You ungrateful little brats!”
She strode forward and gave the three who had been yelling at her a slap each.
Smack!
Smack!
Smack!
“Waaah! Sob, sob…”
The two younger brothers instantly covered their faces and burst into tears, while Zhao Pandi completely lost it and charged straight at Zhao Fuyao.
“Zhao Laidi! How dare you hit me!”
Zhao Fuyao sidestepped easily, grabbed the back of her collar, and flung her aside.
Zhao Pandi crashed face-first onto the ground and immediately started bawling from anger. Zhao Handi hurried over to help her sister up, then frowned at Zhao Fuyao and spoke in a low voice.
“Big Sis, we understand you’re upset because Mom and Dad are gone, but you can’t just hit us.”
After saying that, she quietly added, “Auntie was right. You were never going to treat us well anyway. We don’t want to live with you.”
The moment Zhao Pandi heard that, she scrambled to her feet and shouted, “Handi’s right! Who even cares about this ‘eldest sister like a mother’ nonsense? We’re going back to Grandpa and Grandma’s house. It’s not like we’ll die without you!”
The two crying younger brothers immediately chimed in as well.
“We don’t want to live with Big Sis either! She hits people! Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle treat us way better!”
Zhao Fuyao let out a cold laugh.
“Then hurry up, pack your stuff, and get out. Like I care about raising any of you.”
And just like that, the four of them really packed their bags and left.
Zhao Fuyao instantly felt both physically and mentally refreshed. She quickly went into her space to grab something to eat and fill her stomach first.
Unfortunately, this body had been malnourished for years. Even after eating, her stomach still felt uncomfortable and could barely digest the food.
So she exchanged points for the all-purpose restorative pill.
Then directly gave this malnourished body a complete overhaul.
The original host had actually been pretty good-looking. Her features were well-shaped, with thick dark brows and a high nose bridge, giving her a slightly heroic kind of beauty.
But years of malnutrition had left her frail and weak-looking, with no life in her face at all. On top of that, she’d been suppressed and criticized since childhood, making her timid and withdrawn in the eyes of others.
After the restorative pill adjusted her body, her entire aura changed completely. Her posture straightened, her shoulders no longer hunched, and all the lifeless gloom around her vanished.
As for the Zhao family, not a single one of them was decent.
Her parents heavily favored sons over daughters, while the older generation was uneducated yet loved putting on airs.
And that so-called uncle? He and his wife had long set their sights on the compensation money from her parents’ deaths. They’d tricked the original host into “lending” them some of it, then kept making excuses and never paid it back.
Those four little ingrates truly belonged with the rest of that family. None of them were good people. Honestly, the fact that someone as soft-hearted as the original host had even come out of that family was practically a miracle.
Zhao Fuyao didn’t even need to think to know what would happen next.
That group would definitely come knocking soon, using the excuse of “taking in” the four siblings to seize the house and snatch away the compensation money too.
So she immediately started taking action.
First, she threw all the cash at home, along with the household registration booklet, property papers, IDs, and every valuable item into her storage space.
Then Zhao Fuyao took her ID card and went to open a new bank account before heading straight to her parents’ workplace.
At this point in time, the compensation money still hadn’t reached the Zhao family yet.
The coal factory director was actually a decent man. He had specifically instructed that the children themselves had to come collect the money, and nobody else could claim it on their behalf, just in case someone ran off with the funds.
In the previous life, the Zhao relatives had all been eyeing that huge compensation payout greedily, but the factory refused to acknowledge them. In the end, it had still been Zhao Laidi who signed for it herself.
When Zhao Fuyao came to collect the money this time, the factory director personally came out to speak with her. After chatting for a bit, he felt this child seemed steady and reliable.
And after hearing that she had even opened a brand-new bank account before coming over, he found her even smarter.
Better in her own account than someone else’s.
After signing a huge pile of paperwork, someone from the finance department personally accompanied her to the bank. In less than half an hour, the money was deposited.
Ninety thousand yuan per person.
A total of one hundred and eighty thousand yuan for both parents.
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