Niannian's parents divorced, and she went with her mother to live at her maternal grandmother's house.
One day, she suddenly awakened memories of her past life. It turned out that she was the biological daughter of Zhou Xuan, a male supporting character in a novel set in a bygone era.
In the original story, Niannian's mother looked down on her father and quickly started a new family after returning to the county town.
Her grandmother wouldn't let Niannian see her mother, because her existence would ruin her mother's new family.
Niannian could only work hard while listening to her grandmother's contemptuous remarks, trying to please everyone and win even a little love from her family.
But when she died at the age of ten, her mother had never once smiled at her.
After Niannian died, she saw her mother and grandmother breathe a sigh of relief.
"That little burden is finally dead. I kept the money her father gave us for her treatment. It's all Pengpeng's now."
Her father had been working himself to the bone to earn money and pay for her treatment, and he knew nothing about it. Niannian's death cost him his reason to live.
He never married again or had any more children. After his death, he donated all his assets to medical causes.
When Niannian opened her eyes, she saw her anxious father and her grandmother holding a big broom, ready to chase him out.
She weakly clung to her father's arm. "I want Daddy... I want to go with Daddy..."
Her grandmother and mother called her an ungrateful wretch. Her mother was furious. "Don't ever say you're my daughter again! And don't even think about taking a penny from our family!"
She'd rather leave her city-dwelling mother behind and follow her biological father back to the countryside to live like a poor laborer?
If she ever came begging at her door, she wouldn't show the slightest mercy!
Niannian didn't care.
Her mother had given up on her, but her father would love her for the rest of his life.
This time, she would be extra, extra good to her father, the best in the world, and make sure he was never lonely again! She would do her best to live, to be happy, and to become the daughter her father was proudest of!
Zhou Xuan had actually brought his daughter back to the village!
Everyone in the surrounding villages knew that girl was sickly.
Many people laughed behind his back, saying he was destined to have no heirs.
His wife had left, his daughter had died young, and there would be no one to hold the bowl at his funeral or lead the funeral procession. What was left to hope for in life?
The village children pointed at Niannian and jeered, calling her a worthless girl and a short-lived ghost.
Only a fool would follow a poor father back to the countryside!
But who could have guessed?
While they worked in the fields, Niannian went to the city to ride the Ferris wheel.
While they dropped out after middle school to raise chickens and work the land, Niannian went to the provincial capital to attend the best high school.
While their lives were trapped in the muddy countryside, Niannian gave a special interview to China Central Television and became a big name on TV.
Zhou Xuan doted on his daughter so much, he would have plucked the moon from the sky for her!
The village children were terribly envious. If only he were my dad!
The adults were even more jealous. What the heck? How did that poor father and sickly little girl end up living better and better?
Zhou Xuan's ex-wife, who had once thought herself above everyone else, came crawling back to ask for reconciliation. "Niannian needs a complete family..."
Her answer was the heavy sound of a door closing in her face.
When she returned the next day, the father and daughter had already moved away!
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Zhou Xuan had never told anyone that the time Niannian was seriously ill, he suddenly gained the ability to hear other people's thoughts.
He didn't care about his mother-in-law's harshness or his ex-wife's habit of changing sides to suit the wind.
All he cared about was his daughter. Getting Niannian treatment and helping her live a happy life mattered more than anything.
Until...
"Daddy works so hard. When will I be grown up so I can earn money and buy Daddy a house?"
Zhou Xuan gave a wry smile.
Well, how was he supposed to explain to his daughter that the biggest courtyard house in the capital was her birthday present from him?
Theme: Family are the people who will always love you and never give up on you.