Sold to a Fool, Saved by My First Love

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How biased could parents be?!

To pay off my brothers debt, my mom sold me to a fool as his wife.

That fool pinned me beneath him and kept saying, Wife... wife... kiss... wedding night... while I struggled with all my strength, trying to escape.

But my mom told my brother to hold my hands down and said, Honey, just bear with it and itll be over soon, and once the deed is done, youll be family...

1

On Valentines Day, my mom tricked me into coming home.

She pointed at a short, ugly, intellectually disabled man and said this was the husband my family had found for me, Freddie King, and told us to get to know each other.

I looked at Freddie King, and not only was he ugly, but he also clearly had an intellectual disability.

The moment he saw me, he grinned so wide that drool ran all over his shirt.

The woman sitting beside him was dressed very expensively, but the way she looked at me was like she was looking at livestock, circling me several times and scanning me from head to toe, just short of prying my mouth open to check my teeth.

She said to Freddie King, Look, thats your wife.

Wife... wife... Freddie King rushed over and tried to hug me, but I shoved him so hard that he stumbled.

Mom, what is going on, didnt you say you were sick? I frowned and looked at my mom.

What sick or not sick? My mom glanced at me casually and said, Look at you, out of 365 days a year, you spend 360 days drifting around outside.

Youre already thirty, and youre still single, so if I dont make arrangements for you, are you planning to stay alone for the rest of your life?

Ha, I was thirty, but was being single really my choice?

For the sake of my useless brother, Tyler Miller, and for the sake of this family, I gave up my chance at a guaranteed college admission and threw myself into factory work right after high school.

I made $6,000 a month, and I sent $4,500 of it back home.

Even that was not enough.

Three years ago, I had a boyfriend named Ethan Moore, and we were already talking about marriage, but my mom opened her mouth and demanded a $300,000 bride price plus a downtown apartment, and she insisted it had to be transferred into my brothers name before she would allow me to marry.

Back then, she swung the stick that broke us apart so viciously, so who would dare marry me after that?

Since youre fine, Im leaving. A home like this made it hard for me to breathe if I stayed even one more minute, and since I could not escape it or cut it off, I could only roll far, far away on my own.

Out of sight, out of mind.

But my mom had no intention of letting me off that easily, and she grabbed my suitcase, pulled my hand over, and stacked it together with that fools hand, making goosebumps rise all over my body.

Mom, what are you doing! I pulled my hand back, shaking with anger.

What am I doing?

Im just letting you young lovebirds get close.

I already quit your city job for you, so dont leave after coming back this time, and when the wedding is ready in a few days, youll marry Freddie.

You quit my job?! I stared at my mom in disbelief.

It wasnt that great of a job anyway, so its fine that its gone.

Once you marry Freddie, you wont have to go out in public and work yourself to death anymore.

A woman should stay home, take care of her husband, and have a son, because thats the proper thing to do!

My mom gave me a reproachful look, then turned to the woman and said ingratiatingly, Mrs. King, dont you agree?

2

Freddie Kings mother was naturally overjoyed and said that as long as I could give birth to a son, there would definitely be rewards for me later.

As soon as my mom heard that, she beamed, took Freddie Kings mothers hand, and started discussing the wedding date, completely ignoring my wishes.

Freddie King stood behind his mother, staring at me with a pair of lecherous eyes, sucking on his fingers while grinning and calling me wife.

It made my stomach turn.

I looked at the home in front of me, and the refrigerator, washing machine, and television in the house had all been bought by me.

I had also paid for the renovation of the old house two years ago.

Yet here, I did not have even the tiniest place to stand.

They discussed the bride price the way people discussed the price of livestock...

Ha, so this was blood family!

I let go of the suitcase in my hand, walked to the table, and smashed the gifts brought by the King mother and son onto the floor one by one.

Whoever wants this marriage can marry him, but I wont! I yelled at my mom and my brother, then turned toward the King mother and son and said, Take your things and get out right now.

Even if I grow old and die alone in this life, I will never marry a fool!

Mrs. Miller, what does your daughter mean by this? Freddie Kings mothers face darkened.

Shes still young and doesnt know any better, so please be patient with her, Mrs. King. As she spoke, my mom gave my brother a look and told him to hurry and drag me into the room.

Of course, I could not let them get their way, and I slapped Tyler Miller hard across the face with the back of my hand.

Tyler Miller, are you even human? I pointed at my brothers nose and cursed, To support your schooling, I didnt go to the good college that had already accepted me and went straight into a factory to work for money instead.

Over the years, what part of your food, your clothes, and this familys expenses didnt depend on me?

And now you people actually join hands to sell me to a fool!

Look at him. I pointed at Freddie King.

He cant even speak properly, and Ive already thrown away half my life for this family, so are you all going to destroy the rest of my life too?

Tyler Miller was scolded speechless by me, but Freddie Kings mother was unhappy.

What do you think you are, calling him a fool over and over again?

Im telling you, my son being willing to marry you is a blessing from your ancestors, and you really think youre some kind of goddess! The hypocrisy on her face completely disappeared, replaced by a mean and bitter expression.

I was still angry, so of course I would not be polite to her either.

Am I wrong?

Your son isnt just a fool, hes also short and ugly, with a greasy face full of sores and a fat, bloated body.

If he wants to find a woman to marry, he wont even have a chance in his next life, so wake up!

You... your familys daughter is someone our family cant afford to take.

How dare that idiot Julia introduce an old hag with such a filthy mouth to me, and from now on, dont expect your family to have any peace. After Freddie Kings mother finished speaking, she angrily dragged her son away.

Mrs. King... Mrs. King! My mom watched the cooked duck fly away and hurriedly chased after her, only to be shoved to the floor by Freddie Kings mother.

In the end, when she saw she could not get them back, she stormed over to me, slapped me with a loud crack, pointed at me, and cursed, You really are a jinx, born to bring disaster to our family.

Im telling you, this isnt over!

3

That slap made my ears ring, but it did not chill me as much as her words did, because I was her biological daughter!

I covered my face, tears streaming down.

How much have I given up for all of you?

I dont ask you to feel sorry for me, but at least dont disgust me with something like this.

When you forced me to break up with Ethan Moore back then, I already said that was the last time. I covered my burning cheek, my heart trembling with cold.

As long as your last name is still Miller for one more day, you are my daughter, and I have the right to control you.

Thats right, Zoe, Mom is doing this for your own good too.

This familys conditions are pretty good, his parents both have pensions, and they also run several card rooms in town with decent business, so they count as a comfortable family.

Youre already a thirty-year-old woman, and its already good that someone wants you, so stop being so picky.

Tyler Millers words were undoubtedly salt sprinkled on my wound.

Youre a useless loser who spends all day at home eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, and you even drove away your wife and kid, so if my life ever became like yours, I might as well die.

For my own good?

You just want to sell me to a rich fool so I can keep being your ATM, dont you?

Tell me, how much money did you take from them?

I knew in my heart that my mom loved money by nature, and Tyler Miller had a pile of gambling debts to pay.

The people who came again and again to demand payment had long since drained the savings of the old couple.

If there was still no way, they could only watch Tyler Miller have his arms and legs broken.

They were in such a hurry to arrange a blind date for me simply because they wanted to find some sucker, and as long as the other side offered enough money, she could sell me without the slightest hesitation.

Not much, theyll give $200,000 first once the engagement is set, and another $300,000 after you marry over.

Thats $500,000, Zoe, so just sacrifice a little for us, since youll have to get married sooner or later anyway.

Freddie may be stupid, but he has money, and wont it all be yours in the future?

I looked at Tyler Millers hateful face, my heart filled with sorrow, because this was the good brother I had raised with my own hands.

For him, I let Ethan Moore down and became the kind of sister who lived only to support her brother, the person I hated most.

And now he still wanted to squeeze me dry for the rest of my life?

No way!

Dream on!

Even if I die, I wont let you squeeze another cent out of me.

My brother had always been spoiled by my parents, and when he saw that I would not budge, he was afraid his gambling debt could not be paid, so at twenty-eight years old, he actually went up and tugged at my mom while making a scene.

Mom, look at Zoe, she doesnt listen to you at all.

As soon as he spoke, my moms feather duster lashed hard across the back of my hand, hurting so much that my eyes turned red.

You damned girl, if you were born and cant even be of this much use, you might as well just die.

The Miller family depends on your brother to carry on the bloodline, so are you really going to watch him die?

Tyler, tie her up for me, because shell marry whether she wants to or not.

As soon as my mom finished speaking, Tyler Miller clenched his fists and rushed toward me with bad intentions.

4

Try touching me and see what happens! When Tyler Miller ran over, I had already locked my eyes on the fruit knife on the table, grabbed it, and slashed at him hard.

My original intention was to scare him, but I did not expect him to be too close to me, and his hand was injured.

Ah!!! My mom was badly frightened and quickly went to check Tyler Millers injury, cursing in distress as she said, Jinx, disaster bringer.

How can you be so cruel?

If anything happens to Tyler, I wont live either.

George, call the police and have the county officers come arrest her.

I quickly came back to my senses and looked at the injury on Tyler Millers hand, which was less than three or four centimeters long and only bleeding a little, so it was not serious.

George Miller, what are you still standing there for?

Hurry up and hold this damned girl down for me, because Im going to skin her alive today. My mom looked at Tyler Millers bleeding hand and was so anxious she was about to cry.

I remembered when I was little, Tyler Miller once pushed me down from a place three meters high, and both my leg and arm were broken, but while I lay in bed, she kept scolding me for being lazy, saying that just because my hands and feet were broken did not mean I could not move.

How ironic!

My dad had been sitting in a chair in the corner the whole time, and when he heard my moms words, he stood up and walked toward me.

I knew that once he caught me, a savage beating was unavoidable.

Just as I was calculating how to escape from under his hands, my dad grabbed me.

I looked at my dad in terror, my body trembling nonstop.

Dad...

Zoe, go.

......

I looked at him in disbelief, and my dad took the fruit knife from my hand, but he did not keep holding me.

He was actually willing to let me go?!

George Miller, you...

Have you caused enough trouble!

Ever since Zoe went out to work as a teenager until now, she has never treated this family badly.

At first, you said the blind date had good conditions, so I agreed, but what kind of thing did you find for her?

The girl is already thirty, so let her live her own life and stop meddling blindly.

In my memory, this seemed to be the first time my dad had gone against my mom for me.

You... youve rebelled, you really have rebelled.

I dont want to live anymore, and I cant stay in this family anymore. My mom seemed to have suffered a huge grievance and sat down on the floor, wailing as if heaven and earth had wronged her.

Tyler Miller hid behind my mom like a little chick and did not dare let out a fart.

I could not care about that much, and afraid that my dad would be swayed by my moms crying, I hurried into the room, grabbed my clothes and backpack, and left home.

Behind me, my mom roared, If you dare leave, if you dare leave, I wont have a daughter like you anymore.

My answer to my mom was the sound of my car engine starting, because I could not stay another moment in a home like this!

I sped all the way, but who would have thought that halfway through, my car would break down on a country road.

I had to ask several friends before I found a mechanic, but the distance was long, so I had to wait two or three hours.

Light snow began falling from the sky.

Ha, what a romantic Valentines Day.

In the distance, two young lovers chased and teased each other in the snow, while I... on this day, had almost been sold by my closest family!

I lit a cigarette and leaned against the car, and the curling smoke rose toward the starry sky, melting the snowflakes with its heat.

Three years ago, if I had not broken up with Ethan Moore, would I be...

Just then, a light shone behind me, and a black Mercedes slowly drove into my sight and stopped beside my car.

In our backward little country town, there was actually someone who could afford to drive a Mercedes?

Just as I was feeling puzzled, the opposite car window rolled down, and looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar face before me, I froze.

5

Zoe?

That familiar tone made my hand tremble uncontrollably, and I opened my mouth but could not say even half a word.

Ethan Moore...

How could it be him?

The snow suddenly grew heavier, and snowflakes as big as beans drifted between Ethan Moore and me.

He got out of the car and came to my side.

He opened an umbrella for me and blocked the pouring snow.

Ethan Moore glanced at my car and said, It broke down?

I nodded awkwardly and said, Yeah.

Ethan Moore smiled faintly, looked at the sky, and said, Its dark, and the snow is heavy.

Zoe, let me give you a ride?

I thought for a moment and did not refuse out of pride.

Meeting an old lover was not as awkward as I had imagined.

We chatted like old friends, without the slightest barrier between us.

Back then, we had no choice but to break up because my mom interfered.

After he left me, he worked hard to improve himself, and over the past few years, he not only raised his education level but was also promoted to manager at his company, and now his annual salary was $600,000, reaching a height I could not hope to match.

The reason he came back to his hometown today was the same as mine, because his parents forced him into a blind date, and he could not take it, so he sneaked out and ended up running into me.

Thinking about it, it really is fate, Ethan Moore said with a smile.

Fate?

I looked at Ethan Moores handsome side profile and fell silent for a while.

So he still had not married.

I loved Ethan Moore, loved him deeply, so after the breakup, I never dated again.

But now, was I still worthy of him?

After Ethan Moore heard that I had fallen out with my family, he took me to a bar.

Maybe the atmosphere was too good, or maybe alcohol pushed things along, because when I woke up, it was already the next day.

I felt ashamed and angry at my impulsiveness last night, so while he was still asleep, I quickly put on my clothes and left, because I did not want him to take responsibility for the rest of my life because of this accident.

When I walked out of the hotel, I suddenly lost my direction.

The world was vast, yet there was not a single place where I belonged.

Fortunately, although it was still early, a few shops had already opened here and there on the street.

Suddenly, I saw the bright red lottery sign across the street, so I stepped inside.

When things hit rock bottom, they had to turn around, and wasnt a lottery shop opening this early also fate?

I had already been this unlucky, so if I happened to strike it rich and win $500,000, maybe I could throw it at my mom and completely break away from them.

I thought this in self-mockery.

After buying a lottery ticket, my mood improved a little.

When I returned to my small apartment and was just about to catch up on more sleep, my brothers call came in like a death sentence.

Seeing that I declined and did not answer, he sent a text message.

[Zoe, Mom woke up this morning saying her heart hurt, and I brought her into the city, and the doctor said theres something wrong with her heart, so hurry to North City Hospital.]

6

What?

I could not believe it!

My mom had always been in good health, so how could...

Although I had doubts, I still immediately packed my things and prepared to go home, and when I went downstairs, I received Ethan Moores call again.

Zoe Miller, you left without saying goodbye again.

For a moment, I did not know how to explain it to him, and remembering that my car was broken, I hurriedly said, My mom is sick and hospitalized, so can you take me to North City Hospital?

Ethan Moore did not ask more and immediately came to pick me up, but he stayed silent the whole way, and his expression did not look good.

When we arrived at the hospital, I remembered everything from the past, turned back to Ethan Moore, and said, You should go back first, and she probably doesnt have any big problem, so thank you for bringing me here.

I sounded very polite, but in truth, I did not want him to see me in such a terrible state.

Ethan Moore looked deeply at me, nodded, and did not follow me up.

As soon as I entered the ward, my brother suddenly rushed at me.

Zoe, look what youve done to Mom with your anger. My brother pointed at my nose and cursed, but when I looked at my mom, her face was rosy, and she did not look sick at all.

You drove me away yesterday, and today you trick me into coming here, so what exactly are you trying to do?

After I exposed the lie, my mom stopped pretending and said bluntly, Freddie King has taken a liking to you, and his mom called this morning and said that as long as youre willing to marry over, shell add another 0-000,000 to the bride price.

She was actually still thinking about this!

I already said its impossible, so if you want me to marry, kill me and carry my corpse over there.

If theyre willing to give you that money, Ill accept it. I did not want to argue with her about this nonsense anymore and prepared to leave.

But then a dark figure suddenly rushed out of the bathroom and blocked the door, startling me so badly that I looked toward my mom.

Since youre here, its not up to you anymore. My mom smiled smugly.

Only then did I see clearly that the man blocking the door was actually the fool Freddie King.

He was still the same as yesterday, shouting wife the moment he saw me.

Zoe, wife, wedding night... Freddie King pounced at me, and clearly someone had taught him something yesterday.

Freddie King knocked me onto the hospital bed and tried to kiss me, but I pressed my elbow against his neck.

His drool dripped from the corner of his mouth onto my face, hot and sticky, disgustingly nauseating...

Wife... wife... kiss... wedding night...