After My Parents Divorced, My Allowance Shrunk to 15 Yuan a Day

After my parents divorced, my living expenses became 15 yuan a day.

They couldn’t even be bothered to take turns transferring the money. Instead, they scheduled a 15-yuan red packet in our family group chat with the note, “For the Jiang family’s bloodline only. First come, first served.”

Every day, I played the fool, waiting for the right moment to snatch my own living expenses.

One time, I missed the packet, and the group chat immediately erupted.

“Liu Xiaoyue, what kind of lousy red packet did you send? The kid didn’t get it! Did you do that on purpose?”

“Jiang Jianguo, how dare you say that to me? When you bought your precious stepson ten thousand yuan worth of Lego, did you ever think that your own daughter couldn’t even afford a meal?”

After their argument, they each messaged me privately to say that Mom/Dad would always love me.

Then one day, my fever hit 39 degrees. I begged them in the group chat to take me to the hospital, but they argued for three hours over who should pay the registration fee.

In the end, Dad sent a photo of himself at an amusement park with his stepson. “Can’t. Busy building a bond with my son.”

Mom wasn’t about to be outdone. She sent a picture of herself shopping with her stepdaughter. “I can’t either. Busy buying my daughter new clothes.”

I gave up on them.