Chapter 689: Favoritism
"..."
Speaking of being blacklisted, Chu Yin got angry.
Previously, Chu Yin couldn't terminate her contract because she couldn't afford the penalty, and also due to her scumbag ex-boyfriend.
To please Chu Wu, he kept pulling little tricks.
Even if Chu Yin landed a small role where she could show her face for a few episodes, he would have someone replace her the next day.
This left her barely surviving in the industry, working hard, fatigued, yet all her earnings went to Chu Wu.
During that time, Chu Yin really wanted to die.
She became depressed and sought medical help, until she recklessly agreed to be a rich man's companion.
Unexpectedly, her life took a turn on that very day.
Seeing Chu Yin's silence, Chu Wu laughed with satisfaction.
"Sister, don't struggle anymore. Your company doesn't want you now, right? If your slight online fame can't be sustained, in less than half a month no one will remember you. Just ask me, and I'll have my brother introduce you to a company; mom and dad will handle the contract for you. You just need to earn money obediently."
"Chu Wu, you and your brother are a perfect pair, scumbag and bitch. You're always hoping I'll give you money. What's the matter? Didn't your brother spend money on you? Oh, I see, his family doesn't like you. By now, if they did, the baby would be born. Why are you still living at home? Don't they even give you a villa?"
"You, you..."
"Chu Wu, stop coming to me with your bullshit. Who the hell cares about parents and scumbags like you? You can't trap me anymore. Not only that, but I'm also reopening the investigation into what happened back then."
"What! No way!" Chu Wu's voice turned sharp.
Chu Yin found it strange and asked, "Why not?"
Chu Wu paused, then directly said, "You just don't want to take responsibility for me, sister. I'm telling you, don't even think about it!"
Beeeep, beeeep...
The call was abruptly ended.
Chu Yin was even more puzzled. Thinking, she took Captain Xing's business card out of her bag.
Staring at the card, hesitating to call or not, her hypoglycemia struck, and she fainted onto the sofa.
Without a moment's hesitation.
In the darkness, Chu Yin recalled the past.
Especially her hands.
Back then, in middle school, it was the tenth time Mrs. Chu advised her to give up the violin.
"You're in middle school now, it's time to focus on studying hard, don't waste your time, you're not particularly talented."
When Mrs. Chu said this before, Chu Yin also wondered if she wasn't good enough at it.
But the teacher always praised her understanding, saying she was born for music.
To show Mrs. Chu her talent, she won a championship in a competition, and her grades consistently ranked in the top ten of her grade.
When she returned home joyfully to share the good news with her parents.
She was met with a slap at the door.
"A Yin, you're the elder sister, how could you be so bad? Did you put the thumbtack in your sister's ballet shoes?"
"No."
"Liar!"
Another slap, and Chu Yin was knocked to the ground.
"I said it wasn't me!"
The louder Chu Yin explained, the louder Chu Wu cried.
The more their parents beat her.
Chu Wu claimed her foot hurt and intentionally bumped into the dresser while getting up.
The dresser pressed down on both of Chu Yin's arms.
But their parents ignored her and directly took her sister to the hospital.
It was only when a neighbor heard her cries for help that they took her to the hospital.
But she didn't receive proper treatment, leading to her parting ways with her violin.
By the time she got home, her violin had already been sold by her parents.
"We thought it would upset you to see it, so you shouldn't think about it anymore."
Chu Yin always remembered the look on her parents' faces then—guilty, yet relieved.
Because by breaking her dream, they could openly shower Chu Wu with love.
From then on, during every festive season, the words Chu Yin heard most were...
"A Yin isn't capable, she has only half-baked skills, and is unwilling to continue learning."
"Chu Wu is better; the teacher praises her, saying she will definitely become an international dancer."
"A Yin's grades are average, but Chu Wu's teacher said she learns quickly."
Everyone had high hopes for Chu Wu, yet Chu Wu was the least promising.
Scholar, dancer, ha.
She nearly flunked her high school entrance exam; her family sold a house and pulled strings to get her into the dance academy in Jing City.
Even then, the parents went over the top with celebrations.
But little did they know, relatives saw right through it and privately mocked them.
When the parents heard about it, they turned around and said it was Chu Yin who told others.
Chu Yin was only in college back then and no longer wanted to argue.
She only wanted to study hard and quickly leave that suffocating home.
Who knew that as Chu Wu's tuition fees increased, the family set their sights on her.
During that time, Chu Yin would constantly receive calls from strange men.
They asked her out for dinner.
At first, she thought it was a prank, but later realized it was her parents wanting to introduce her around.
Finding men who could pave the way for Chu Wu in the future.
Furious, Chu Yin called Mrs. Chu to argue.
"You're going to get married eventually, isn't it just right to date now? You could also help share the family's burden."
"Is it sharing the family's burden or Chu Wu's burden? If you continue introducing these kinds of people, I won't mind letting everyone know about you selling your daughter. Let's see where you can save face then! Chu Wu won't have it easy at school either!"
"You..."
And that matter was put to rest.
Later, through a classmate's introduction, Chu Yin started working part-time as a model or in small roles.
She even gained a little splash of fame.
During this time, she met her ex-boyfriend.
That period was the happiest time for her.
Until Chu Wu found out she was dating and had their parents invite her ex-boyfriend for dinner.
The ex-boyfriend was nice to her back then and agreed to meet them.
Before the meeting, Chu Yin explicitly told him about her parents and sister's attitude towards her, hoping he would be mentally prepared.
As a result, during the meeting, her parents took a liking to this promising son-in-law.
Only it wasn't for her, but for Chu Wu.
Later followed the ex-boyfriend's betrayal and Chu Wu's provocations.
Chu Yin was lost for a long time and even encountered unprofessional actors, causing her to be slapped seven or eight times for nothing.
In a fit of anger, she quarrelled with the other party, attracting the other party's extreme fans' attention.
On that day, Chu Wu actually brought the ex-boyfriend to Chu Yin's rented place looking for her.
As a result, fans mistaken Chu Wu as Chu Yin and forcefully pushed Chu Wu off the stairs.
Originally, the next day, Chu Wu was going to participate in the selection for an international dance troupe.
She claimed to have a good chance of succeeding.
But because of this fall, not only did she lose the opportunity, but she also couldn't dance again.
The parents blamed all the wrongdoing on Chu Yin.
"Chu Wu was worried you'd be upset and specially went to find you to explain, but you harmed her like this. You're a jinx!"
Ex-boyfriend: "A Yin, I'm so disappointed in you. Did you deliberately leak your whereabouts to the fans?"
Faced with sudden accusations, Chu Yin was completely baffled.
When she recovered, she wanted to report to the police, but her parents said she wanted everyone to know that Chu Wu was crippled.
Just like that, Chu Yin became the family sinner.
Then, inexplicably, she signed with a company and began to be exploited.
The more she resisted, the heavier the shackles on her became.
Gradually, she lost herself.
Chu Yin hadn't thought about the past for a long time, but today she seriously revisited everything in her mind.
Enough is enough, really enough.
"A Yin? A Yin, A Yin..."
A slightly anxious voice dragged her thoughts back bit by bit.