Mother Zhong immediately feigned weakness and said, "Yuanchun, you know your mother’s health isn't good..."
"Mom, you always say your health is poor. How about I take a day off tomorrow and take you to the hospital for a checkup?" Yuanchun interrupted her, feigning worry. "Mom, what if you have some terminal illness? I don’t want to lose you so early. As important as my studies are, they aren't more important than my mother. It's settled then. We'll go to the hospital tomorrow, and I'll have Guoqiang ask my teacher for leave."
Her health was fine. To be lazy, this old woman pretended to be weak every day, manipulating the original owner and forcing her to be "sensible and well-behaved" at such a young age so she would take on all the housework. She treated the original girl like a machine, waiting on the entire family’s every need, from meals to laundry.
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