One day, my nephew had a big mole shaped like constellation on his face. As a result, my sister- in-law cheered and said that the big mole was such a gift. She said if someone had been born with it, they would be either rich or noble in the future.
But I was worried about my nephew's health, so I took him to the hospital and the doctor recommended that he had the mole removed. As a result, I paid for it.
Unexpectedly, after I got home, I won two hundred thousand dollars lottery. However, instead of being happy, my whole family looked at me strangely. My sister- in-law even slapped me and scolded me with red eyes for taking away her son's blessing.
"How dare you remove your nephew's mole, you evildoer!"
In the middle of the night, I was suffocated to death on the bed by my angry sister-in-law, but my mother was only standing at the door to keep watch.
When I died, my whole family even applauded and buried me in a hurry.
Once I opened my eyes again, I looked at my nephew who had the mole on his body. Everybody praised him for being blessed.
That time, I would not meddle in other people's business anymore.
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"My son has a mole on his face. Remember to show it to everyone. It's a blessing!"
As soon as I opened my eyes, I heard my sister-in-law talking, but I lowered my head and pretended not to hear.
My sister-in-law stood with her hands on her hips and her eight-year-old son was facing me with tears dotted on his face. Because I ignored my sister-in-law, she came to ask me.
"Natalie, your nephew is so lucky, he is a gifted kid, you know."
I was a little dazed when I heard that. My eyes suddenly fell on the small moles on my nephew's face, making me shudder all over.
But I did not want to argue, so I nodded quickly, with an expression of affirmation on my face.
“Yes, my nephew is very lucky. He will definitely have a bright future."
The whole family had smiles on their faces also. My mother and brother even nodded with satisfaction.
Eventually, my sister-in-law proudly praised me for finally saying something obedient and bent down to kiss my nephew a few times.
"My son will be a very important person in the future. I…."
I couldn't hear what was said afterwards.
In my previous life, I took my nephew to a doctor, since I always felt that it was a bit strange that he suddenly had a mole. I even took a leave to take my nephew to the hospital.
My hunch was right, the mole was removed by the doctor and I sent my nephew home.
But after the mole was removed, my sister-in-law blamed me for removing my nephew's good fortune, especially when I got home and won two hundred thousand dollars on a lottery ticket.
My sister-in-law slapped me in the face and scolded me for taking away my nephew's good fortune. I was suffocated to death in bed that night, while the whole family remained silent.
"If it weren't for you, your nephew would be rich and powerful in the future. Then our Richard family would be prosperous. It's all your fault."
My brother and mother stood by and watched, agreeing with my sister-in-law in their hearts and buried me hastily after I died.
My fingers tore through the bedding and the suffocation made me feel extremely uncomfortable. I died so unwillingly. Even when I did a good thing, I was still treated like that.
Since I was a child, my mother indeed only favored my brother's family and had neglected me. But I didn't expect that she would be so biased that she would watch me being killed.
Recalling my previous life, my breathing became rapid. That was why, when I looked at my mother and sister-in-law in front of me, my heart filled with hatred.
When I shifted my gaze to my nephew, a smile appeared on my face unconsciously.
When I heard them say that my nephew would have a blessed future, my smile rose.
Yes, my nephew’s blessing was yet to come.
In my previous life, I took my nephew to the hospital immediately. To tell you the truth, that was the worst decision on my life.
So, when I lived my life over again, I would try to stay as far away from my sister-in-law and nephew as possible, so that they didn’t blame me for all their mistakes.
The whole family gathered together in great joy. The small moles on the nephew's face looked like a constellation, because it really filled his face from up to bottom.
My sister-in-law, who first discovered it, looked at the phone screen with pride on her face. She said while taking a photo of the constellation shaped moles on her son's face and couldn't stop smiling, "In physiognomy, having many moles indicates great wealth and honor, you know."
Then she posted it on WhatsApp Story and also posted a video of it.
Soon, the endless praises on WhatsApp Story and under the videos fulfilled her post, as a result my sister-in-law couldn't stop laughing.
Besides my sister-in-law's emotions, my mother and brother also paid attention to the moles on my nephew's face and their eyes were fiery.
"I don't know how successful my son will be in the future. From today on, the most precious thing in our family is my eldest grandson.
"My dear grandson, when you become successful in the future, don't forget your grandma."
Since he was surrounded by many people who praised him, my nephew raised his head with pride on his face.
I was rushed to the kitchen to cook, but my phone kept ringing. It was because I looked for rental information and made an appointment to view the house in the afternoon.
As we sat at the dining table, the dishes that were served had already been moved away. The big fish and meat were all placed in front of my nephew. The whole family was eating with their mouths full of oil, leaving me with only vegetables to eat.
Seeing that they were eating without even raising their heads, I put down my bowl and spoon, telling my mother that I wanted to move out.
When she heard that, my mother looked up at me, picked up a piece of pork ribs with her fork and scolded me angrily.
"With your crappy job, if you move out, will there be any money left?
"Also, if you leave, who will do the housework at home? Do you want to tire your mother to death?"
Those two casual questions made me clench my spoon tightly, the anger even suddenly surged in my head.
I thought she would ask me a few more questions, but all she said was complaints about me. But I should have gotten used to that kind of disappointment a long time ago.
So, after calming myself down, I smiled good-naturedly as usual, glanced at my nephew and blinked while saying, “We have to give our gifted kid the best education. My sister-in-law always said that she wanted to make a study room for her son. If I move…."
The chair next to him was knocked over and someone jumped three feet high.
Before I finished speaking, my nephew had cut me and said excitedly, “Our Aunt is the best. I want to thank her on behalf of my name, Troy Richard!"
My sister-in-law beside me also became excited and pulled my nephew to thank me repeatedly. In addition, my mother was also very satisfied to hear that. She touched my nephew's head and said, "Good boy,” several times in a row.
Good, everything went smoothly. As long as I moved out, only a good thing would come.
As if they were worried that I would go back to my room and affect my nephew's studies, my mother and sister-in-law came to give me instructions when I was packing my things.
"Don't even think about coming back after you move out. Your nephew's studies are important. He will be grateful to you as his aunt in the future."
“Yes, yes, your family doesn't want you to contribute anything, but you have to help your nephew."
Seeing the two of them singing the same tune, I had sad faces, as if I was very heartbroken about moving out. But with a look of mocking on their faces, I agreed.
As soon as the people left, I was overjoyed. I wished only for something good that would come to my life after that.
Chapter 2
I looked at several houses early in the morning. Until finally, I found the house to moving in. It only took one day to searching for it after all.
As for the things, it had been packed long ago, so I directly come back home to move my things.
I was sweating profusely, but no one came to help me pack my thing, they just sat on the sofa and acted as if I was the ghost on the room.
After running up and down, I eventually finished it. So, I got into the car and breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, I left home.
But on comfortable days, my mother called me suddenly.
As soon as I picked up, she muttered, "Your nephew is very lucky now. I saw something on the Internet that photocards can make a lot of money. How about letting your nephew be a child model and printing some of his photocards?
"Invest 2000 dollars for us and we'll give you shares when we make some money.”
It meant, if they did not get money from it, they would never pay me back. How cunning.
After all, when I heard my mother say that she wanted my nephew to be a child model, I was choked up. I thought their expectation toward my nephew was too delusional.
Even when I saw my nephew's face full of moles, I was speechless, so I could not imagine what other people’s respond to it.
My mother was still chattering on the other end of the phone and someone was reminding her from time to time. Most likely, my sister-in-law was also sticking to the phone, waiting for me to pay.
My mother was cold to me in my previous life, but whenever something happened at home, I was the first person she thought of.
When family members were sick, she came to me; when my nephew wanted to take interest classes, she came to me; even when my father was hospitalized and needed to be taken care of, it was me whom she asked to quit my job and go to the hospital.
She felt sorry for my brother's hard work, so she was reluctant to spend my brother and sister-in-law's money. But it was different if it was my money.
For her, as a daughter, I should spend money bigger than my brother on a family. Whether my wage was bigger or smaller than my brother, she would always take advantage of it.
But in this new life, I would never agree to it anymore. I did not want to be a loser.
While still stirring the coffee in the cup, I spoke to the person on the other end of the phone with an aggrieved tone, "But now that I've moved out, it's cost me a lot of money. Some of the money I spent on Dad and my family was borrowed.
“I haven't paid back the money yet, so now…."
The noise on the other end of the phone became louder. When my mother and sister-in-law heard that I still had foreign debts, they started to curse me. They told me that I was useless several times and hung up before I could finish.
I couldn't help but burst out laughing.
As a result, my mother and sister-in-law never called me to ask for money again.
My mother and sister-in-law praise the moles on my nephew's face on the Internet every day and there were actually a lot of people who admired him and came to my house to see him.
Since my nephew couldn’t be a child model, he became a little internet celebrity.
Paying attention to my nephew's every move, I bought the same lottery ticket from my previous life, just like I did in my previous life.
This time I won the prize, but I didn’t tell anyone. I even wore a mask and a hat when taking the prize, so that no one recognized me.
After taxes and donations, I had an extra 150,000 in my card. At that time, I finally had my own money, so I felt relieved.
After all, the person who got the money in the previous life was my sister-in-law.
As soon as she got the money, my sister-in-law ran to my grave, spat on it and cursed me for having died a good death.
"200,000 is nothing. If you didn't remove my son’s mole, he would have millions in the future. This is what you owe us."
Recalling that scene in my previous life, my eyes became hot. I took a few deep breaths and decided to use the money to buy a house of my own.
I would never interfere in my nephew's affairs anymore.
Even when my mother called me and mentioned that my nephew had been coughing and feeling unwell recently, I just said a few words to comfort her.
“These are all minor matters. His cough may be because he ate too much spicy food recently. After all, he is still eight years old, so I think he will get better soon.”
Then I said to my sister-in-law, "My nephew is so blessed, nothing will happen to him. You have to trust me, sister-in-law."
Yes, my nephew had been very healthy since he was a child. That was why, when my mother heard me say that my nephew was very lucky, she nodded.
"Then... then I'll go to the pharmacy and buy some medicine."
“Yes, just bear with it and take some medicine, so it will go away soon.”
Well, taking some medicine did have some effect. Until one day, after my brother worked away from home for a while, he was shocked to see his son’s moles growing bigger when he got home.
There was some surprise on his face and he spoke with a frown, "Son, why have your constellation shaped moles grown bigger?"
When my sister-in-law and my mother came out of the house, she smiled proudly when she heard that.
"What do you know? If a mole gets bigger, it means your fortune will get bigger. That's a good thing."
My mother also nodded; her face full of joy.It meant his fortune was getting bigger?
At first, my brother was skeptical, but seeing that there was nothing wrong with his son, he didn't say anything.
However, after picking up his son’s report card, his face turned red and he asked the two of them with an angry tone, “What's wrong with Troy 's grades? Why have they dropped so much?"
There was a trace of guilt in my sister-in-law's eyes. She snatched the report card from my brother's hand and spoke with her neck stiffened, her face full of disdain, "Troy is still studying the same as before. His grades have declined probably because of the teacher's incompetence.
"Why don't we transfer Troy to a better school? Even though it costs 2000 dollars per semester, as long as we focus on training Troy, it doesn’t matter, right?"
Actually, during that period, my sister-in-law took my nephew to shoot videos every day, sometimes staying up late. As a result, my nephew didn't get enough rest, so he couldn't concentrate in class and his grades naturally dropped.
But my sister-in-law didn’t think there was anything wrong with it. If his grades just happened to be dropping, she could find a reason to transfer schools.
“This kind of school can't teach our son who has constellation shaped moles well, so how about transferring him to an aristocratic school?"
My sister-in-law pestered my brother and said she wanted to transfer schools. As a result, she called my phone again asking for money.
After the meeting, I saw more than a dozen missed calls on my cell phone. I thought something might have happened to my nephew, so I called her and my sister-in-law answered immediately, "Your job is not as important as your nephew, Natalie. Please answer quickly in the future.”
Before I could respond to her, she had explained again, "I'm telling you, your nephew wants to change schools now and the tuition fee is 2000 per semester. As his aunt, you can't hold him back. This tuition fee…."
When I heard that, I hung up the phone immediately. Then, starting from that day, if my sister-in-law called again, I would always hang up.
Until my mother called and scolded me, I deliberately replied to her in a crying tone and with grievance, "I'm moving back right now, all for my nephew and I can save on rent…."
When my mother heard that, she became anxious and interrupted me on the phone, “Don't you dare to come back in the future. If you don't want to help, your nephew will never repay you in the future!"
Thinking of the study room that our family had spent a lot of money to decorate, my mother became so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead.
The big bookcase cost several hundred dollars and the desk was not cheap either. The eye-protection lamp in my nephew's study cost one or two hundred dollars.
That was why, my mother scolded me for being incompetent and told me not to think about coming back home. After all, if I occupied the study when I came back, my sister-in-law would deliberately get angry.
They stopped looking for me. The whole family was busy transferring my nephew to another school and didn't notice any abnormalities in his body.
My nephew started to lose appetite, his hands and feet were always cramping, he complained about leg pain all day long and he looked completely listless.
“The mole on your nephew's face has grown bigger recently, which means he is very blessed. Just wait and be envious."
My mother called and talked about my nephew. She thought that his discomfort was due to growing pains.
She asked me to buy the best calcium tablets and also praised the mole on his face. Her words were full of boasting.
When I heard what my mother said, I closed the documents in my hand, my heart skipped a beat and I agreed in a low voice.
The next day, I went to my family residence with some calcium tablets. When I saw my nephew looking unwell, I took a deep breath.
My nephew's moles had obviously become much larger than the last time I saw them.
My sister-in-law and my mother couldn't let go of the mole on my nephew's face. They kissed and touched it from time to time. As a result, the originally faint mole had now become more and more obvious.
I put down the calcium tablet in my hand and didn't say anything for a long time while listening to my mother talking about my nephew's growing pains.
They didn't realize that disaster was about to happen.
Until after some time, a bad thing happened.