My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 176

He lowered his head to look at Sophia’s face contorted in pain and it made his heart ache. I wonder how much my chica has suffered in the past.

Sophia was completely engulfed by the excruciating pain of her memories in that moment.

First, I am witnessing the death of my grandparents, who loved me. Next, the village chief is taking me to my uncle’s house because I need somewhere to stay and depend on others like a lowly dog.

Not too long after, I am looking at my harsh uncle and aunt. There is a chipped bowl with some stale porridge in it. There are flies hovering above the dishes in front of me. I grit my teeth and eat it, but at least I have my dreams. As long as I am allowed to study, I will be able to change my fate.

Nevertheless, I am expelled from the school in the end. I want to secretly return to school once the incident has blown over. However, I did not expect that they weren’t prepared to allow me to return at all. They had bribed the school’s security guard to hit me as a deterrence to prevent me from ever returning.

I find the Harper Family, hoping that Richard will at least help me. However, he has his arm around Xyla and they both look like a match made in heaven. He is staring at me with a blank expression and his eyes are void of pity and guilt.

“Break her leg!” a shrill girl’s voice screamed and I felt a sharp pain against my leg.

The Harpers threw me out of their house, but I stubbornly forced myself to stand up from the ground. I turn around to stare at the Harper’s Mansion. Then, I left with a limp while feeling utterly hopeless…

I have nowhere to go and I can’t find a school that is willing to take me in. I can’t enroll into any high school despite showing my report card—a guarantee that I’ll be able to enter Bayside University. I visit all the high schools in Riverdale including the worst one.

They are willing to spend more than 100,000 just for the sake of saving a repeat student’s reputation and that person can barely pass the exam, but they just aren’t willing to provide a seat for me—a student who is capable of securing a spot in Bayside University.

I can’t get into a school or look for a job. When I left the school, the principal secretly gave me a sum of money to help me to leave as far as possible. That was to allow me to leave Bayside City and enroll into a school in another province. However, someone snatched the money from me, not long after I left the school gates.

My dreams, my future, and everything associated with it came crashing down in that second.

There is a downpour that night; I can’t bring myself to stay in a hotel and instead seek shelter under the bridge. Suddenly, a group of disturbed youths suddenly showed up and robbed me before even trying to r*pe me.

I start to limp away in panic and run along the river to seek help where there are more people. The group of disturbed youths are following behind me nonchalantly while glaring at me with hunger. They look like they might catch up to me at any minute now and I’ll be eternally doomed by then.

There is no one by the riverbank in the middle of the night. No one is there to hear my cry for help. My phone is already broken, so no one will come to save me.

I run in despair with all the energy that I have. My future is an unknown darkness where I am trying to survive alone in the darkness without any knowledge on what will happen to me in the next moment.

I merely want to stay alive!

Why can’t I even realize such a small dream?

Those evil people cackled loudly nearby and are almost grabbing me. In despair, I jump into the rapid currents of the river, even though I can’t swim. The river washes away my petite frame instantly and my body disappears in the blink of an eye.

I am struggling in the water as the stinky river water rushes into my mouth and nostrils. I feel death approaching me step-by-step with its presence gradually engulfing me.

I do not want to die; I want to live! I struggle in the river, and I finally grab onto an abandoned child’s float. I grab onto it stubbornly without letting go. After several miles of being caught in the river’s current, the river finally washes me up onto the island in the middle of the river and I am stranded there.