Filed To Story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel
Rebecca was pissed off. “I want a study space! I write novels full-time and need a quiet environment, but Aunt Lydia said I’m making trouble! As for the resettlement housing, there are construction sites around, but my mother-in-law listened to Aunt Lydia and wanted to see it. I felt so angry that I came back.”
Lilly wrinkled her nose and asked, “They didn’t return yet?”
Rebecca lay down on the table dejectedly and helplessly. “They went to see the houses by themselves. They discussed themselves and didn’t think about me at all. I wondered if it was me buying a house. Actually, only my husband and I went to see houses on the first day, but he insisted on bringing his mother the next day. Soon, they began to bring relatives to see houses.”
Rebecca continued, “His cousin also came some time ago. She had many ideas. Besides, his cousin said that after we bought a house, I should save money and not buy skin care products. She said those things are useless and can’t make me prettier!”
Pablo was speechless. “Just say it if you’re not happy! If you don’t like it, just say it!”
Lilly conveyed Pablo’s words again. “Just say it if you’re not happy! If you don’t like it, just say it!”
Rebecca replied, “Forget it. I don’t want to quarrel with them.”
Lilly and Pablo did not know what to say. They thought Rebecca deserved it as she never told her family about her thoughts.
Rebecca said, “The money is mine! They not only interfered with my house purchase, they even don’t let me spend money!”
Lilly and Pablo did not want to speak, and even Anthony could not bear it anymore.
“And…” Rebecca wanted to go on, but Lilly immediately covered her mouth. “Okay, Aunty Rebecca, you may stop talking now.”
Lilly found it strange. The more she listened to it, the angrier she became. Although she did not understand what the adults were doing, she still felt pissed off.
Pablo could not understand either. Logically, Rebecca’s husband doesn’t make money, and Rebecca takes care of the elders and children. Why is she still so aggrieved?
Lilly thought and asked, “Aunty, why don’t you talk to your husband?”
Rebecca complained, “My husband is overbearing. When he returned to his hometown, people thought he made money, and he didn’t explain the truth. My husband wanted to decide everything. If I didn’t obey him, he would be unhappy. Once, we went to his hometown during the New Year and quarreled over a trivial matter. I got angry and said to return to the city. Then, he left me on the spot! I walked from the village back to the urban area for two hours. It was about 11.00 pm, and there was no car. It was already 1.00 am when I arrived at the urban area…”
Lilly got it. The weakling spirit probably haunted Rebecca at that time.
At midnight, it was easier to encounter ghosts, not to mention that Rebecca walked alone for more than two hours.
Lilly asked, “Didn’t your husband come to find you?”
Rebecca shook her head. “He didn’t even know I went home. I cried as I walked and felt hopeless. What’s the point of me earning so much money?”
Lilly was full of confusion. “Why didn’t you tell him?”
Rebecca sighed. “I don’t want to say it. That’s useless.”
Lilly and Pablo were speechless again.
Anthony frowned. Although he would never get involved in other people’s business, he could not bear it anymore.
He asked coldly, “Why didn’t you resist?”
What was the point of making money if Rebecca still needed to swallow her anger? The meaning of working hard to make money was to let oneself not be aggrieved and to live happily. When someone wanted to control her, she could hit him back hard.
Pablo crossed his arms and shook his head. “She has to suffer if she doesn’t divorce.”
Lilly vaguely understood Pablo’s words, then said to Rebecca, “You can divorce!”
When Lilly mentioned divorce, Rebecca hesitated and answered, “Uh, my husband is still good. At least he didn’t go out to find another woman…”
Her reply made people speechless. Pablo did not know what to say.
Lilly asked strangely, “Aunty Rebecca, isn’t this what he should do?”
Two adults got married together. It was the right thing to abide by the agreement.
Lilly remembered she watched a couple’s wedding ceremony on TV shows. The man solemnly swore to love the woman and be faithful to her. No matter if she was poor, sick, or disabled until she died.
How could something he should do become an advantage?
Lilly felt that she was still too young. She could not understand the adults even if she tried her best.
Lilly shook her head and said solemnly, “Aunty Rebecca, I’ll help you drive away bad luck! I hope you’ll be brave in the future. Say no to things you don’t like!”
Rebecca froze. Looking at Lilly, who was only a few years old, she suddenly felt she was not even as good as a child.
Sometimes she also wanted to resist. But in the adult world, she could not do many reckless acts. She was also afraid that the quarrel would have a bad effect on her children and affect her mood. Moreover, she did not want others to laugh at her.
Once, she had a big fight with Harry. As a result, she could not write a single word for three days. So it was useless to argue. It was better not to say it out loud.
Rebecca babbled and continued to complain, but her eyes gradually became dull. She became like a mindless robot repeating her complaints mechanically.
Pablo withdrew his hand and said, “Okay, take that spirit away now!” He was irritated listening to Rebecca.
“Come on, Tulip! Read with me!”
He flickered his eyes slightly, and a trace of seriousness appeared. “Evil spirit! Show your original shape!”
Lilly imitated his spell loudly. “Evil spirit! Show your original shape!”
Before Anthony could react, he suddenly saw a shadow on Rebecca’s shoulder.
Anthony was shocked. When he looked carefully, there seemed to be nothing, as if it was his illusion.
Lilly’s gaze shifted from Rebecca to the weakling spirit on her shoulder. Following Pablo’s words, she asked solemnly, “What’s your name? When and where were you born?”
The weakling spirit frowned while hesitating, then said, “My name is Michael Owen, from Bashium…”
Lilly suddenly raised the jar of souls and asked loudly, “Michael, do you dare to answer me when I call you?”
Pablo, Anthony, and Michael were speechless.
Pablo covered his face and asked helplessly, “Tulip, where did you learn this?”
Lilly blinked. “From TV!” The characters always spoke that in cartoons.
She asked in doubt, “Is there any problem?”
Pablo’s mouth twitched. “No problem.” But which ghost would obediently listen to her?
As Pablo expected, Michael was still lying on Rebecca’s shoulder and looking at Lilly complicatedly.
“Don’t treat me like a kid.”
Lilly innocently put down the jar of souls and said, “Okay, I’m sorry!”
Michael’s words suddenly choked in his throat.
Lilly asked again, “How did you die?”
Lilly blinked earnestly. She did not treat him as a ghost and not look down on him in any way. Michael was silent for a while.
“Someone hit me to death.”
Just as Pablo thought Michael would not say anything, he did not expect Michael to start the story.
“When I was fourteen, I moved with my parents and transferred to a junior high school…”
That junior high school was not good, and it was very messy.
Michael was always silent. He did not like to talk or play with his cla*smates.
Over time, the male cla*smates felt he was out of the group and began to bully him.
“At first, they teased or shoved me while walking the hallway. They threw my textbooks out the window and put dead frogs, bugs, and snakes in my desk drawer. They wanted to see if I would scream like a girl. Afterward, they started to hit me.”
Lilly asked, “Why didn’t you tell the teacher?”
Michael laughed bitterly. “The teacher said they must have reason to bully me, or they wouldn’t only bully me instead of bullying others.”
Lilly was stunned. It turned out that there were also bad teachers, just like Ms. Watson. Not all teachers were good.
“But you can tell your parents!” Lilly was anxious. His cla*smates bullied him many times. She wondered why Michael did not tell his parents.
Michael did not say anything and only shook his head.
Pablo opened the booklet and asked, “So, how did you die?”
Michael answered, “Once, they pushed and shoved me in the school toilet. I somehow pushed a cla*smate aside. He didn’t expect me to resist, so he fell to the ground.”
There was an uproar. The male cla*smate who fell to the ground felt he had lost his face. So he blocked Michael on the way from school and asked about eight people to hit and kick Michael.
“After hitting me, they laughed and left. I felt pain all over my body and walked home. Along the way, I felt more and more pain.”
When Michael got home and saw his mother cooking, he returned to the room without saying anything.
“My mother asked me to eat at night, and found that something was wrong with me, and asked about my condition.”
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