Let’s Squander A Billion First!

Chapter 1295: Chapter 1295: The Real and Fake Heiress (Part 1)

In the cramped room with a slight odor, an older-looking woman with a face full of wrinkles stood in front of a small bed.

She held a bowl of rice in her hands, topped with green peppers and shredded meat.

The woman gazed at the person on the small bed, a hint of worry on her face, but more fear...

Finally, the woman helplessly placed the bowl on a dirty old table nearby and left the room, turning her head with each step, slowly closing the door behind her.

Squeak—

The sound of the door closing was sharp and unpleasant.

The person lying on the bed sat up slowly only after the sound disappeared.

Chuzheng scanned the room. It was very small, with only the bed she was lying on, a simple fabric wardrobe, and the table with the bowl.

-

To summarize the original owner’s story, it was roughly a case of mistaken identity.

An accident left the original owner injured and in urgent need of a blood transfusion, only to discover that her blood type didn’t match anyone’s in the family, revealing that they had taken the wrong child.

Mr. and Mrs. Du located the hospital from years ago, and after more than a year of investigation under challenging conditions, they finally found their biological child, keeping this secret from the original owner until they told her at the last moment.

Mr. and Mrs. Du demanded to exchange the children back.

The initial swap was just an accident, so both children returned to their biological parents.

Originally, exchanging back, everyone would live their own lives, and that should have been the end of it.

However, the original owner and that girl were in the same school, and the girl had always been a bully at school.

The girl felt that the original owner had occupied her life, enjoying her parents’ love and everything that should have been hers.

So, she made things difficult for her in various ways at school, trying to make her look foolish.

When the original owner wasn’t paying attention, she filmed embarrassing videos of her and shared them with the school.

Forcing the original owner to kneel before her, etc... In short, the original owner was tormented miserably. Later, once, the original owner was taken to an abandoned rooftop and humiliated.

The rooftop was old and in disrepair, and the original owner accidentally fell, losing her life.

Yet, nothing happened to the girl.

-

Today is the second day since the original owner was brought back to her biological parents’ home.

Raised in the Du family for over ten years, the Du family ran a small business. They weren’t the top luxury, but they lived a life of comfort and abundance.

Returning to her biological parents, she found there was nothing she needed here. Last night, she was even scared by a cockroach, and she couldn’t close her eyes all night. The environment here was driving the original owner to the brink.

The original owner was ignorant of the hardships of life, never knowing that some people could be this poor—especially her biological parents.

The original owner hadn’t left her room all day today. The woman from earlier was the original owner’s biological mother.

Since returning, the original owner hadn’t eaten anything.

Chuzheng could feel her hunger...

Her gaze shifted to the bowl of rice, with a new bowl and chopsticks.

When the original owner was brought back yesterday, her biological parents immediately made a table full of dishes for her.

Seeing the environment, the original owner was even more distraught to find the dishes and chopsticks were dirty and unkempt, so she didn’t eat a single bite.

She returned to her small room and, by nighttime... was tormented all night by the cockroaches.

The original owner’s reaction was understandable. She was, after all, a pampered little princess before. The sudden change was too much for anyone to bear.

Chuzheng ate the rice, then took the bowl out.

The outer space wasn’t much bigger, only slightly larger than her room.

The house was empty. She assumed they went out.

The original owner’s father had mobility issues and couldn’t do heavy work, so he could only shine shoes outside every day.

While the mother lacked education, so she could only do odd jobs, and when no work was available, she’d collect and sell trash.

Most of the money was used for the child’s education, but unfortunately, they were always blamed for being incompetent, forcing her to live in such an environment.

Chuzheng took the bowl to the ”kitchen” to wash it; the kitchen was so small Chuzheng found it hard to even turn around.

Chuzheng returned to her small room.

Bastard gave her a task to go out and buy daily necessities.

Things with sheets costing tens of thousands...

Chuzheng: ”...”

Chuzheng thought Bastard was simply insane.

Did you ask if the sheets had any preferences?

[Do you want to sleep in such an environment, Miss?]

Why don’t you just ask me to buy a house?

[Miss, we need to squander wisely according to the circumstances, not blindly.]

Chuzheng: ”...”

Hmph!

Chuzheng left the room, outside was a corridor, with doors lined up on both sides.

The corridor was cluttered with things from each household, making it seem chaotic and cramped.

The cement floor was full of potholes, and the walls were graffitied, creating a big mural of mixed blacks, yellows, and whites.

This was a tube-shaped apartment building.

Each floor had at least a dozen households connected by a long corridor.

The exterior of all the buildings exuded a dusty and forlorn air, but the sky was clear, and despite the poor environment, it didn’t feel oppressive.

Chuzheng went downstairs and left; outside were many people, and when she went out, some pointed at her and whispered.

”Isn’t this the girl who was switched from the Yan family?”

”She’s different from the girls from around here, just look at her clothes...”

”I wonder if she’s used to coming back here.”

”People living in a large house suddenly come here, who would get used to it? I bet she won’t stay long.”

This kind of talk, the original owner had already heard once when she first arrived.

People living at the bottom rung loved gossiping about others’ affairs as a way to spice up their lives. If anything happened to any household, it would spread within miles in half a day.

Chuzheng reached into her pant pocket, but after groping for a while, found no pocket.

Chuzheng froze for a bit, then naturally let her hand fall, leaving calmly under the gossiping gazes of the crowd.

First, go buy pants with pockets!

-

Chuzheng returned with bags of stuff by dinner time, the whole building filled with all kinds of aromas.

Every household’s door was open, some cooking, some helping their children with homework, some doing the laundry... The already narrow corridor appeared even more congested.

Chuzheng navigated the corridor, laden with her purchases, painstakingly overcoming layers of obstacles before finally reaching her parents’ home.

It’s so hard to get home.

The door was open, and as soon as Chuzheng entered, she saw a man sitting in the corner, hunching over, smoking a cigarette, his face full of worry.

As the light at the door dimmed, the man looked up, and the next instant, he became apprehensive, hurriedly putting out his cigarette and awkwardly standing up: ”You... you’re back?”

From the kitchen, Mother Yan heard the sound, came out with a spatula, and tried hard to force a smile at Chuzheng: ”You’re back.”

When they came back and found Chuzheng wasn’t in the room, they thought she left.

Later, when they discovered her backpack was still there, with her student ID and ID card inside — those weren’t taken — they had assumed she merely went out to get some air.

Chuzheng said coldly, ”Went out to buy something.”

Father Yan hobbled over, took the stuff from Chuzheng’s hand: ”If you need anything, just tell Dad... tell me, I’ll buy it for you.”

The original owner didn’t respond, their words appeared cautious.