The Urban Outcast: Ascension to Supreme Sovereignty

I have an older brother who is four years older than me. He was born with a naive and silly disposition. To be frank, he is kind of stupid. However, my parents spoil him, while I, who am smart, am always ignored. Since I was a child until now, whether it is clothes or things, I always get what is left by my brother. This makes me feel very unbalanced. According to the gossip in the village, my brother is my parents' biological child, while I am just an adopted child from somewhere else. In the summer of 2009, I received my college acceptance letter, which was a momentous occasion. My previously dim heart brightened with hope. However, the subsequent news was a thunderbolt on a clear day: my parents informed me that they couldn’t afford to send me to university. Despite my tearful pleas, I had no choice but to accept my fate. A few days later, a girl suddenly appeared in my home. Her skin was fair, her features delicate, and she exuded a unique charm. At first sight, I couldn’t help my heart racing. Growing up in the mountains, I had never seen such a beautiful girl before. Later, I found out that her name was XiaoYue. My dad had spent all his savings to buy her as a wife for my brother. Rumor has it that she’s still an unmarried woman! Turns out, my dad said there's no money to send me to college because they spent it all on my brother's wedding. I've always been able to tolerate my parents' favoritism, no matter how unfair it felt, but going to college was the one chance I had to change my destiny, and they cruelly took that opportunity away. I refuse to accept it. I resent the unfairness of fate. That night, I hid under my blanket and cried all night, feeling like the world had abandoned me. After a brief period of getting along, I found that Xiaoyue is a very quiet girl. It is estimated that she has been brainwashed by human traffickers. Unlike other purchased wives who make a big fuss and try to escape, her quietness seems a bit too much. She never speaks or leaves the room, just like a puppet, with a blank expression all day long. The family thinks she has been stimulated too much and gone crazy, but only I can read from her eyes that she is normal. Before long, it was the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the big day of my foolish brother's wedding. On this day, my house was filled with a joyful and lively atmosphere. Almost most of the people in the village came to drink the wedding wine, and even some hooligans came to join in the fun. They even asked my brother to lend his wife to them for fun after entering the bridal chamber. My brother actually agreed silly, and these words fell into my ears, stimulating my nerves. I couldn't help but pick up the wine glass in breath. That was my first time drinking! I was feeling a bit dizzy after drinking, when my brother suddenly ran over to me drunk and asked me to carry his wife back to the bridal chamber first, as he wanted to continue drinking. I turned my head and looked at Xiaoyue in the crowd. At this moment, Xiaoyue is particularly beautiful. The blush on her fair and tender cheeks makes her look more feminine. However, her expression is so unhappy. A group of young people are forcing her to drink, and some are taking the opportunity to take advantage of her. Seeing Xiaoyue's helpless eyes, my heart tightened involuntarily. Without saying a word, I stood up and rushed over, picked her up and ran to the new house. This is the first time I have touched a woman, and I feel that the blood in my whole body is surging. Smelling the youthful breath of a woman emanating from her, looking at her perfect and flawless face, I became more and more unstable. Arriving at the bridal chamber, I gently placed Xiaoyue on the red wedding bed, intending to turn around and leave, but I couldn't move my steps at all. It was very noisy outside, but the new room was very quiet. I could even hear my own heartbeat. With the effect of alcohol, many pictures emerged in my mind. Thinking of my parents' unfairness, I was very unwilling. Thinking that my brother was about to enter the bridal chamber with such a beautiful wife, I was very unhappy. A series of extreme thoughts kept coming to my mind, and I even had the idea of getting Xiaoyue first. I don't know where the courage came from. I suddenly pounced on the bed and pounced on Xiaoyue's body... I was very agitated. As soon as I went up, I kissed her mouth. This was my first kiss, very raw. The collision and friction of the mouth made my heart beat faster and faster. I was completely confused and lost my rationality. Just as I thought about taking further action, a huge force suddenly pushed me away. I was caught off guard and sat on the ground. At this moment, Xiaoyue had already stood by the bedside, holding a pair of scissors tightly against her neck. Her eyes were full of tears and disappointment. After a few seconds of silent confrontation, Xiaoyue managed to open her trembling lips with difficulty: "Ge Tian, I originally thought that you, who had read books, would be different from them, but I didn't expect you to be a pervert and a beast. If you dare to touch me again, I will die in front of you immediately!" As she spoke, she exerted force with the hand holding the scissors, and blood oozed from her neck... My limp brain suddenly exploded. It turned out that Xiaoyue wasn't mute. It turned out that she had been enduring all along, and I, shamelessly, had done something unforgivable. Faced with the angry Xiaoyue, I didn't know how to refute. After stuttering for a long time, I only managed to squeeze out three words: "I'm sorry!" Xiaoyue's tears slipped down her cheeks, and she shouted to me in pain and determination: "If you still have a conscience, take me away from here, otherwise, I will die here immediately. I would rather die than fulfill your family's wish. I can't live with a fool!" Looking at the bright red blood oozing from her fair neck, my heart ached sharply. I was very panicked and scared. I opened my mouth nervously, repeating not to. Xiaoyue is a smart girl. She saw my hesitation, and she began to beg me, telling me about her pain in her heart. She said a lot, and also said that as long as I let her go back, her family would give me money. These words of hers seemed to have been prepared for a long time, as if she had been ready to persuade me. However, I didn't really listen to all of her words carefully. I just felt her pain and difficulty, and felt that she and I had the same kind of suffering. I still sat on the ground, but my eyes began to gradually become firm. After a long time, I raised my eyes and looked at Xiaoyue deeply, saying word by word, "Okay, I'll take you away!" That night, while my parents were still entertaining guests outside, I took a flashlight and quietly left with Xiaoyue through the back door. Along the way, Xiaoyue still held a pair of scissors in one hand, being on guard against me. It wasn't until more than an hour later when we reached the rugged and uninhabited mountain road that she relaxed her vigilance against me. Our village is in a very remote mountain, and ordinary people can't find a way out at all, especially at night. Even as a native of this village, I had a hard time walking. The night road was very rugged, and there were thorns everywhere. After walking for several hours, we finally walked out of the mountain road and came to the main road. Because we were afraid that someone would chase after us, even on the main road, we still didn't dare to be negligent and kept walking forward. It wasn't until the sky began to lighten slightly that we finally saw hope. At the end of the road, a bus was coming towards us. The exhausted Xiaoyue saw the bus, and her eyes immediately lit up. Without thinking, she quickly jumped to the center of the road, waving her hands vigorously at the front of the car, and her excitement was beyond words. For some reason, I couldn't be happy. I just whispered to her who was jumping for joy, "The bus is here. You can take it to the city. I don't know the way in the city. You can go home by yourself. I'll go back first!" After saying that, I turned around and left. At the moment of turning around, tears flashed out of my eyes. I had just taken two steps when a clear voice came from behind me: "Ge Tian, aren't you going with me? If you go home like this, your parents will definitely beat you to death!" I stopped, turned back to look at her, and said, "No, this is my home, I can't leave!" Xiaoyue's face looked very haggard in the dim light. There was gratitude in her eyes, but more of it was solemn. She looked at me seriously and said, "However, I promised to give you money. If you don't go with me, how can I ask my dad to give you the money!" growled at her in a low voice, "Listen, I let you go, not for money, I don't want anything from you. I am the only one in my family who has been to school. I know the law. I know that buying and selling women is illegal. I let you go just don't want them to make mistakes again and again. If you have the heart to repay this kindness, I only ask you, don't call the police!" After saying that, I turned around and left again, without looking back! In order not to let Xiaoyue see my collapsed emotions, I quickened my pace to leave. Xiaoyue's voice kept ringing behind me, but they were all covered up by the honking of the stopped bus. I couldn't hear what she was saying, and I didn't want to listen either. On the way back, I kept thinking, why did I let Xiaoyue go? Was it really because I was afraid that my parents would break the law? Or was I afraid that Xiaoyue would die in front of me? Or was I afraid that my stupid brother would defile her? Years later, I finally figured it out. It was all because of damn love at first sight! Just as I walked back to the entrance of the village, I was tied back home by a group of fierce villagers. My house was already crowded with people at this time, and my parents also quickly rushed back from outside to question me. I didn't make any pointless excuses, admitted everything, my parents were furious, picked up the tools and gave me a good beating, even my brother went crazy, grabbed my clothes and asked me to compensate his wife. Even my relatives were so angry that they beat me together. That night, I was beaten directly unconscious by them, and the pain of being flesh and blood blossomed seemed that I couldn't feel it. I only knew that when I woke up, I had a lame leg! No one took me to the hospital. I dragged my disabled body and suffered even more severe mental abuse. Not only did my family hate me, but even the villagers couldn't stand me. My father then embarked on the road of chronic alcoholism. Every time he got drunk, he would use me as a scapegoat, and scolding and beating became a common occurrence. I endured everything with a lame leg, did all the work, but was not allowed to eat enough. My life was plunged into endless darkness, but I didn't regret it. At least, Xiaoyue was free, and I didn't have to endure the mental torture. I thought I would live in this state for a lifetime, but on a certain day at the end of August, an unpredictable variable suddenly came...