Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Chapter 293: Chapter 293 Original Sin 102

Who would have thought, before Shuangshuang could figure out how to kill Liu Man Ni, she heard the news that Liu Man Ni was already paralyzed.

Although Shuangshuang’s injuries were not serious, Liu Man Ni, who collided with Shuangshuang, was not so lucky. Shuangshuang’s car was an off-road vehicle, while Liu Man Ni’s was a convertible sports car. In a collision between an off-road vehicle and a convertible, Shuangshuang naturally had the advantage.

Because Shuangshuang had risked her life to save Feng Jinyan, Feng Bo and Liang Bing finally stopped treating Shuangshuang coldly. Liang Bing even took the initiative to make porridge and visit Shuangshuang with Feng Bo. They happened to arrive as Shuangshuang was waking up, brooding angrily over how to deal with Liu Man Ni.

Shuangshuang learned about Liu Man Ni’s current state from the indignant Liang Bing and the furious Feng Bo. Due to the spinal injury caused by the car crash, Liu Man Ni was paralyzed and would spend the rest of her life bedridden.

When Liang Bing and Feng Bo mentioned Liu Man Ni, their tone was filled with resentment, completely devoid of the affection they once had for her.

Understandably so; the most important person to these two, besides each other, was Feng Jinyan. In the past, they disowned their granddaughter over a few bad words from Liu Man Ni about Feng Jinyan. Now that Liu Man Ni wanted Feng Jinyan’s life, it would be surprising if they could still have any affection for Liu Man Ni.

Since Liu Man Ni was paralyzed, it was as if she was reaping what she’d sown. Only then did they let her live to suffer. Had she not been paralyzed, there’s no telling what Feng Bo and Liang Bing would have done to deal with her.

After nearly a month of recovery, Shuangshuang was finally discharged from the hospital. Now, Liu Cheng was bankrupt, Liu Man Ni was paralyzed, and Liu Zhen was in prison. For a long time, she did not have to worry about them.

With all her enemies swept away, Shuangshuang began to focus on developing the company with Feng Jinyan. In just ten years, Shuangshuang’s Red Dust franchise had opened in all major tourist spots across the country.

The only worry for Shuangshuang now was that her mother, Feng Jinyan, had recently taken up matchmaking, constantly lining up eligible bachelors she knew, hoping to introduce them to Shuangshuang, wishing for her to find someone she liked, get married, and have children.

Shuangshuang was extremely resistant to this. For some reason, she just didn’t want to get married. There was a time when Feng Jinyan dragged Shuangshuang to see all kinds of psychologists because she suspected her daughter was a lesbian and refused to marry!

Shuangshuang was amused yet helpless by Feng Jinyan’s antics. She knew that Feng Jinyan was worried about her, understanding that Feng Jinyan couldn’t be with her forever. One day, she would have to leave Shuangshuang behind.

At that time, with Shuangshuang left alone in the world, how could Feng Jinyan be at peace? She hoped that Shuangshuang would have a loving partner in her old age to ease the loneliness and have a child to rely on in her later years.

But Shuangshuang did not think this way. She felt it was unreliable to pin one’s hopes on a man. Even in marriage, there could still be infidelity or divorce. How could she be certain that they could stay together until old age?

In the end, when Shuangshuang could no longer bear Feng Jinyan’s pursuit, she adopted two children for Feng Jinyan to care for, declaring that these were her son and daughter. Seeing Shuangshuang resolute in not marrying, and even adopting children, Feng Jinyan could only helplessly go along with it.

Thirty-five years later, an old and unkempt Liu Zhen, trembling with fear, left the gates of the prison. Outside was a strange world!

After more than thirty years of a prison life, Liu Zhen had become accustomed to this confined way of living. Upon leaving, she felt uncomfortable, fearfully wishing she could shrink back into the prison.

Perhaps previously, Liu Zhen thought every day about behaving well to leave prison early and regain her freedom. But as she aged, these thoughts became less frequent. What terrified Liu Zhen most was that all these years, Liu Cheng never came to see her. Liu Cheng ignoring her didn’t surprise Liu Zhen, but what truly shocked and disheartened her was that even Liu Man Ni, whom she thought she had firmly controlled, had not come to see her even once.

Over the years, Liu Zhen had all sorts of speculations, the most frequent being that Liu Man Ni had reunited with her biological mother, completely forgetting about the aunt who raised her. Liu Zhen often cursed the ungrateful Liu Man Ni at night, wishing her a miserable fate.

Trembling as she walked down the street, Liu Zhen inquired all the way through the now completely unrecognizable city to find where Liu Cheng and Liu Man Ni used to live, and unsurprisingly, Liu Cheng and Liu Man Ni no longer lived there.

Liu Zhen asked around about Liu Cheng and Liu Man Ni’s whereabouts, but the whole Liu family had moved, leaving no trace. Unable to find Liu Cheng and Liu Man Ni, Liu Zhen, disconnected from society, could only struggle to make a living on her own.

She was old, her mind not as sharp as when she was young. The only work she could do was kneeling on the street to beg, but these days, people are wary of fake beggars.

With society rapidly developing, and people’s lives improving, there weren’t so many beggars anymore. Few would generously give money to them as they did decades ago.

Liu Zhen often knelt painfully for a whole day, barely managing to get a half-full meal. In the end, it was a sympathetic person who couldn’t stand it and called the police, so Liu Zhen was placed in a welfare institute for the elderly, where life became somewhat better.

But it was only a slight improvement. The living conditions in the welfare institute were poor, with several elderly people living in narrow rooms with beds crammed together, eating bland meals every day. The only entertainment was an old large-screen TV.

Nowadays, with rapid technological advancements, it’s rare for people to watch TV; people have at least a handheld computer, and often more than one. No one fancies watching TV, and the programs are pitifully few. However, these elders, living in extreme deprivation, still watched with great interest every day because if they didn’t, they’d really just stare at each other to pass the time.

Most current TV programs broadcast news, and today’s news featured an announcement about the life and achievements of national Green Ambassador Shuangshuang and her mother, Feng Jinyan. Liu Zhen, in a daze, watched the aged yet still elegant and dignified Feng Jinyan accept the host’s compliments with a smile on the TV, her mind in a state of chaos!

Suddenly, Liu Zhen regretted it. She began to reflect that if she hadn’t harmed Feng Jinyan for a man and instead focused on being a top star, she could have been a virtuous and well-respected artist now. Maybe she could have met a man who truly loved her and led a fulfilling life. But one wrong step, and her life plunged into Hell, never to recover!

A murky tear rolled down Liu Zhen’s face. In the last moments of her life, this woman finally felt remorse!