Rebirth: My Mother is a Virgin Mary

After my grandfather's funeral, I returned to school. In the eyes of most Chinese people, nothing is more important than education, let alone the college entrance examination. There are two college entrance examination candidates in the Cheng family. Even in the face of funerals, most people pay more attention to me and Cheng Xinlin. Oh, more on Cheng Xinlin. What did my uncle say: "What's the use of your good grades? What can you do as a liberal arts student? Your brother is different. He has a good understanding and learns everything quickly. He is also a science student. You are still far behind him."

Tsk, who needs his attention!

But I was somewhat affected by the funeral and what happened there. In the first monthly exam after returning to school, my score was lower than 600 for the first time. The teachers were not panicked, they understood my feelings and even felt lucky for me. The geography teacher said: "Fortunately, this is the beginning of the school year and there is still some time before the college entrance examination. You have time to adjust your state. If you are in a hurry to take the college entrance examination and your family has someone... that would be really..." I know what he meant by the incomplete words. The world is big, but the college entrance examination is the biggest, not to mention that their expectations of me are extraordinary.

My relationship with Cheng Xingmin did not improve because of my grandfather's death and my grandmother's change. On the one hand, I felt that my grandmother's attitude towards me was only temporary. Even though my eldest aunt told me a lot of things I didn't know, I only knew them and didn't understand them. I didn't believe that my grandmother, who had been bad to me since I was a child, would suddenly feel guilty about me because of the death of her husband. She had lived like this for more than 80 years, so how could she change so thoroughly? Being skeptical about everything, isn't this what the adults in the Cheng family taught me? On the other hand, I hated Cheng Xingmin even more from the bottom of my heart. I used to think that he was violent and moody towards me, but he was filial to his elders and good to his brothers and sisters. Among the countless shortcomings, I could still find one or two advantages; but everything that happened at the funeral made me realize that Cheng Xingmin was a foolishly loyal and filial person. He was arrogant in front of the Cheng family, but also humble. He was arrogant because he went to college and had a stable job, and he was humble because he was too obedient and had no ability to distinguish right from wrong. He was traditional and ignorant, and he went to college and was lonely, which made people despise him! He showed me kindness, not because he felt guilty about me, he would never have this kind of awareness, but because he listened to his mother. To him, his daughter is nothing more than an accessory that he wants to control. If she is good, he will show her off; if she is not good, he will whip and insult her. This also shows that he enjoys the role of "father", the so-called superior.

Cheng Xingmin's so-called "show of goodwill" was just asking about my grades twice, verbally caring about my health, and giving me a vision for my future. What vision? It was just a self-righteous arrangement. He didn't care about me from childhood to adulthood, but he wanted to interfere with my choice of university and major. What a wishful thinking!

But fate is like this, the better you think, the worse it goes...

There is a saying: "You never know which will come first, tomorrow or an accident." Isn't it true? The accident happened on June 6th.

June 6th, the second day of the college entrance examination, there was one last English exam. The exam I had been preparing for for more than ten years was over. This afternoon was also the afternoon that changed my life...

It happened very suddenly. After a series of pre-test checks, I hadn't even sat on the stool yet, and the next second I was foaming at the mouth and twitching. The invigilators were doing security checks and didn't notice my condition for a while. It was only after the students' screams that the invigilators realized what was happening. They were in a panic and didn't know what to do. One of the teachers called the medical staff at each test site, but my condition was too serious. The medical staff determined that I had to go to the hospital for professional treatment immediately, otherwise I would die.

I heard that after the college entrance examination that day, many candidates were not talking about the difficulty of the questions, but were talking about a certain candidate who was rushed to the hospital and did not take the English test, and wondered how he is doing now.

Of course I didn’t die. I had food poisoning and had my stomach washed several times. When I regained consciousness, it was already June 6th, and the college entrance examination was over. My college entrance examination ended at 9pm on June 6th…

The doctor said that I had to lie down for two more days because the toxins had not been completely eliminated and anything could happen.

Lin Qingmei said, it doesn’t matter, I don’t have to take the English test, nothing is more important than my life.

Cheng Xingmin said, how come I can't even take care of myself and eat all kinds of random things.

My homeroom teacher, Mr. Meng, told me to take good care of myself and that the school had already arranged a place for me to repeat the year without having to pay tuition.

……

From the time I became aware of it until now, I didn't make any sound, but I have heard all the cold comfort, accusations and arrangements.

Many people came to visit me during those days. Some were sincerely sad for me, some sighed and expressed regret, and of course, there were also some who gloated and laughed at my misfortune.

Yes, I was expected to be the top scorer in liberal arts, but I missed the English exam due to food poisoning. If I really died, I'm sure they would still miss me. I'm not dead, so people naturally have different thoughts.

Food poisoning? I was lying in bed thinking. At that time, everyone was focusing on my absence from the exam. I was also discouraged and had no energy. The doctor said that I had eaten something bad. He also accused Lin Qingmei and Cheng Xingmin of not taking my diet and health into consideration during the college entrance examination. I can't remember the toxin the doctor mentioned. What was it called? Some alkali... um... autumn...? Ah! Solanine!

I quickly opened my phone and searched for "solanine". Sprouted potatoes! I remember the doctor said that this toxin can take effect instantly, and within two hours at the latest. If we push back from when I was poisoned, it would be lunch... Were there potatoes in the lunch on June 6? The memory played in my brain like a movie. During the college entrance examination, Ms. Lin paid special attention to my diet, which was light and nutritious, with a combination of meat and vegetables. That day's lunch included seaweed egg soup, asparagus salad, tomatoes, beef brisket, and stir-fried shredded potatoes... Hmm? There were potatoes! But that's not right. Not to mention that Ms. Lin would throw away any rotten leaves, let alone sprouted potatoes. Even if she really used sprouted potatoes to cook, why was I the only one poisoned? Cheng Xinyuan ate more than me. I shook my head. It wasn't Ms. Lin's problem. We had to look for the reasons from other aspects.

During the college entrance examination, I also paid attention to my rest and diet. I didn’t even dare to drink water outside. Cheng Xingmin said that I ate recklessly, which was not true at all. Why didn’t I refute it at that time! Thinking about my state at that time, forget it, I didn’t have time at all... In addition to the food cooked by Ms. Lin, what else can I do...

Orange juice! One cup of orange juice a day! Orange juice squeezed by Cheng Antai himself and given to me by Cheng Xinlin himself!

Good! I sneered, trembling all over. I only realized the problem with the orange juice after I was reborn. I am so stupid. Cheng Antai and Cheng Xinlin are so cruel!

Two weeks before the college entrance examination, my good uncle squeezed fresh orange juice for Cheng Xinlin and me every day in the name of supplementing me with vitamin C. He delivered orange juice to me at noon every day, and the whole family was very touched. Cheng Xinlin brought it to me on the two days of the college entrance examination, and we drank it together while waiting for the examination room to open.

No wonder, no wonder the orange juice on June 6th tasted a bit bitter. I complained to Cheng Xinlin about it, and he also said that he was a bit hasty in squeezing the orange juice today, and he squeezed the juice without even picking out the seeds. The bitter taste must be due to the seeds.

What seeds? It's obvious that only the orange juice on June 6 was spiked with solanine! Sprouted potatoes can also be squeezed into juice... If they are mixed together, who would know except the poisoner!

What a vicious mind! What a hidden plan! Haha, they knew I might get suspicious if they suddenly sent me orange juice, so they started planning it half a month ago.

I hate myself, why did I understand it only now! Then I understood, from the timeline, Cheng Antai is now one of the few sensible people in the Cheng family. At this age, I trust him more than Cheng Xingmin and the others combined! Not to mention me at this age, even in my previous life, didn’t I only see the ugly face of Cheng Antai in the last few years! I used to think that the brothers at least have an uncle Cheng Antai who can see right from wrong, bullshit! They are all birds of a feather! Moreover, Cheng Antai is good at disguising himself, calculating everyone, and playing his two brothers in the palm of his hand. Cheng Xingmin and Cheng Fuqiang are more stupid than each other, and all the stupidity they lack is in Cheng Antai!

The more I thought about it, the angrier I got. I stood on the bed and paced back and forth. I was taking advantage of my rebirth. In the last few years of my previous life, even though I knew Cheng Antai's sinister intentions, my mind was only on his plan to occupy our hometown's land, our county's house, and his plan to get me to give his daughter a kidney. These things were already exhausting for me, so I had no mood to think about the college entrance examination... This is rebirth. I can analyze the problem from the perspective of a person who has experienced it or even a bystander. At this time, Cheng Antai is no longer a good guy in my heart. Looking back at that time, there are really many doubts!

Cheng Antai had sent all kinds of food to our house before, occasionally, not frequently, but he never sent a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice every day. Even when Cheng Antai first started sending it for a day or two, Lin Qingmei asked him if there was anything wrong, and he evaded the question by saying "it was just something that happened", so we believed him. Secondly, Cheng Xinlin is also problematic! Although there are constant frictions with this cousin, there are no major conflicts. Sometimes I also feel that it is because Aunt Li Meixian and my mother don't get along that Cheng Xinlin occasionally dislikes me. People of the same age are always compared to each other, which annoys both of us and naturally our relationship is not that close. But on the two days of the college entrance examination, he asked me to drink the orange juice he gave me immediately, as if he would not feel at ease until he saw me finish it. The orange juice on June 6 tasted bitter to me, and I didn’t want to drink it after two sips. I told him to finish the rest after the exam. He looked anxious and said that drinking one or two sips would not achieve the nutritional effect, it would be better to drink water, and I would just drink it in one gulp. The bitterness would only last for a while. He pretended to be angry and said that I, the sister, didn’t listen to my brother. I also teased him: After so many years, you finally become a brother? Then he drank the rest of the orange juice in one gulp…