Thomas Leonard, my uncle, my mother's brother, was paralyzed in bed because of an incident at his mountain climbing, but his son, Alex, whom he was proud of, was shirking the responsibility to take care of him abroad at this time.

I took great pains to take care of him for 10 years, which gave him hope to stand up.

Thomas was grateful to me, and he decided to make me his heir.

I didn't expect Alex to return home before the will was notarized.

Thomas immediately asked his lawyer to rewrite his will and had it notarized. His inheritance would then be his son's.

And I only got a food fee of 7200 dollars, which was determined through his meticulous calculation.

He promised me that he would raise it to 8000 dollars out of generosity.

I couldn't accept the humiliation and died in a car accident.

In my second life, I refused to be such a fool, and accidentally discovered Thomas's secret.

"Nancy James, what do you mean? Do you really want to take all my property for yourself? This is just a little trick I used to test Alex's sincerity to me. How can you take it seriously?

"Now that he is willing to come back, it means that he still recognizes me as his father. Naturally, I will have to give my everything to him and my grandchildren.

"You're just a money-losing girl. You're a James, not a Leonard. You're not qualified to take care of me in my old age. How can I give you the inheritance? Stop daydreaming.

"My food fee was 2 dollars a day, and 10 years counts 7200. I'll give you eight grand. The extra 800 dollars will be my 'thank you' reward to you.

"If I hadn't sacrificed myself to be your test subject, how could you have become a chief physician?

"Now that I've recovered and can stand on my own feet, I've become your living signboard. It can be said that without me, you wouldn't have been able to make a name for yourself today. It's fine if you aren’t grateful, but how dare you covet my properties. You're really an uneducated thing."

To take care of Thomas, I failed the postgraduate entrance examination and was abandoned by my boyfriend. I took good care of him for ten years, but my efforts were interpreted as a scheme for his inheritance.

8000 dollars in exchange for my wasted youth and ruined dreams.

2 Dollars a day...

All my efforts couldn't be compared to 'Grandpa' called out by Thomas's two grandchildren.

I was not greedy for money, but denying all my efforts and insulting me with 2 dollars was unacceptable.

When I was hit by the truck, I was extremely regretful.

……

When the phone rang again, I felt a chill run down my spine.

Looking at the familiar lab and the date on the form, I was sure that I had been reborn.

"Nancy, your phone is ringing!" a senior schoolmate reminded me in a friendly tone.

I took out my phone from my pocket with trembling hands and looked at the familiar number. I allowed the phone to turn off on its own.

"Why don't you answer it?" the schoolmate asked.

It was a call from the hospital. Thomas was out of danger anyway. It was more important for me to finish the experiment at hand.

"My phone ran out of battery."

In my previous life, I was worried that Thomas had something urgent to deal with, so I immediately called him with my schoolmate's phone. Since then, I had to take over the hot potato.

I charged my phone and continued to write the experimental report.

When I finished my work and turned on the phone, I had dozens of missed calls. I adjusted my mood and called back.

As I had expected, Thomas had an accident and hurt himself while climbing the mountain.

On my way to the hospital, I called my cousin, Alex, dozens of times and sent a few more messages.

When I arrived at the hospital, Thomas had already woken up, but he was in a bad condition.

The doctor asked me to persuade Thomas to agree to amputation, but Thomas couldn't accept the fact and made a scene.

"Who does she think she is to make the decision for me? I said I won't have the operation!"

In my previous life, his situation was urgent. I tried my best to persuade him to abandon his leg and save his life. I signed the agreement for him and undertook the risk of his operation.

"Uncle Thomas, listen to the doctor and sign. What if the condition worsens?" I tried to persuade.

But Thomas shouted, "Shut up, you jinx! I'm fine!"

"Uncle Thomas, stop being willful. If something bad really happens, you'll blame me again!"

I was so anxious that I was sweating profusely.

As expected, he roared violently, "Let me put it this way. It's none of your business whether something bad happens or not! You'd better pay the medical expenses for me instead of wasting our breath!"

He was extremely confident that he would be fine just as he was in my previous life.

The reason why Thomas didn't ask his son to pay the bill was because he was coveting the scholarship I just won.

But I wouldn't be so naive again. I cried to the doctor in grievance.

"Doctor, you've seen how stubborn he is. How can I persuade him? If he's paralyzed, he won't be able to stand for the rest of his life! I'm just his niece. I can't make this decision. I should wait for my cousin!"

When Thomas heard my words, his eyes turned scarlet out of anger.

"It's useless even if God comes! I don't believe that I'll be paralyzed for a fall!"

I spread out my hands to express my agreement.

In front of Thomas, I dialed my aunt, Thomas’s sister's number.

I wanted everyone to know that Thomas's paralysis had nothing to do with me. He had brought it upon himself.

After learning that Thomas was in a dire situation, Helen Southgate, my aunt, along with her husband John and daughter Lucy, immediately hurried over.

When they arrived, the doctor issued a notice of critical illness, but Helen didn't want to sign the agreement for the operation.

"Where's Alex? His father is dying, but he hasn't shown up yet?"

I took out my phone and showed my call records to them.

"Maybe he's too busy with work to check his phone."

Helen frowned at the sight of my call log and messages. None of them were replied.

"What can make him so busy that he doesn't look at his mobile phone for hours?"

I sneered in my heart. My cousin was such a lecher. What else could make him so oblivious to everything?

The doctor couldn't stand it anymore.

"How long will it take for you to sign it? Is this the time to wait for his son? The patient will be in greater danger every minute. Do you take human lives as a joke!"

Helen then made up her mind and signed the operation agreement.

The operation was a success. Thomas lost both his legs in this life rather than one of them in my previous life.

I didn't know what Thomas would feel if I told him the difference.

Seeing that Thomas's life was not in danger, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It was at this time Helen and her husband remembered that Alex was still nowhere to be seen.

"Nancy, what's wrong with your cousin? Go to the company and fetch him!"

I pretended to be in a dilemma.

"What if my cousin is attending to clients? If I disturb him, isn't it..."

"Which is more important, money or his father? If he doesn't know the importance, what's the point of making more money?"

Helen was already quite dissatisfied with Alex.

"It's been 12 hours since the accident. What client needs to be attended to for so long?"

I held back my laughter and put on a sad look.

"Aunt Helen, don't blame Alex. He did it for the good of this family. He is the most promising one in our family. I'll send him another message to tell him not to worry."

At this moment, Lucy said angrily.

"Client? He must be on some slut's bed! That's why he hasn't shown up yet!"

Lucy showed us her phone.

On the screen played a video with extremely high likes. Alex was celebrating a girl's birthday.

The video was posted 10 hours ago, and the comments were praising how good the boyfriend was.

10 minutes ago, the top comment written by Alex read, [Baby, I love you forever.]

I stared at the girl in the video and felt that she looked familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen her before.

Helen was fuming with anger.

"This unfilial son, his father is paralyzed, but he still has the mood to coax a woman!"

Alex probably didn't expect that he, who had finally become popular once, would blow his reputation in front of his relatives.

I continued to speak for Alex.

"I don't believe my cousin is such a person. There must be some misunderstanding. I'll go and find him now!"

When Lucy heard this, her eyes lit up. She had never gotten along well with Alex since we were kids. She would not let go of such a good opportunity to see Alex make fun of himself.

However, Helen stopped us.

"Don't go! I want to see when he can remember that he has a seriously ill father!"

John was also disappointed.

"I thought Alex would be the backbone, but I didn't expect him to be so ruthless. He is really ungrateful!"

I lowered my head with a worried look. No one noticed the flash of gloat in my eyes.

In my previous life, Alex turned a blind eye to his father for ten years. When he returned to the country, he didn't even thank me. He just treated me as a cheap nanny.

I have no objections to Alex inheriting Thomas's properties and assets, but I won't help either Alex or Thomas.

Why should he live a good life abroad while I lived frugally to support his father?

Since they didn't treat me as a human being, I didn't have to save face for them.

I wanted to see what Thomas would say when he found out that his son was busy dating while his legs were amputated.

Helen was aware of my incoming postgraduate entrance exam. She took the responsibility to take care of Thomas and asked me to return to school.

But I refused. I wouldn't waste such a good chance to stay and win a good reputation.

In my previous life, I failed the postgraduate entrance examination because I had to take care of Thomas and didn't have time to study. Failure to be a graduate student was my biggest regret in my previous life.

I wanted my life to return to normal.

It was not until the evening that Alex showed up in Thomas's ward.

Helen and John were afraid that Thomas couldn't accept the fact that he had lost both his legs, and kept the result of the operation from him.

Seeing Alex coming over, Helen flared up.

"Alex! You finally remember that you have a father, huh!"

Alex scratched his head and felt embarrassed. "Aunt Helen, the client is too difficult to deal with. I've been so busy that I haven't slept for two days."

Helen raised her eyebrows and scolded, "Alex, thank you for your hard work. You're so hardworking that you could forget about your father."

Helen knew why Alex hadn't slept for two days, so she looked at him with disdain.

Helen believed in Buddhism and hated people who lied the most. She also disliked those who wallowed themselves in love and sex.

Thomas, who didn't know the truth, had just woken up. When he heard that his precious son was scolded by Helen, he immediately spoke up for Alex.

"Helen, why are you talking to the child in such a strange way? If you don't know how to speak properly, just shut it."

Thomas then turned to Alex. "Alex, I'm fine. I just fell. Don't listen to your aunt’s babble. Which client was it? Look at your dark circles. Go back and catch up on sleep!"

I instantly understood why, in my previous life, Thomas changed his will after he knew of Alex's return.

Alex was the only son of the Leonard family. Thomas would tolerate everything Alex did.

This was the privilege of being the only male descendant of the family.

Although I have the blood of Leonards, to Thomas, I was still an outsider.

Therefore, in my previous life, I was a fool. I deserved to be treated so unfairly.

Having her kindness regarded as malice, Helen became more furious and wanted to tell the truth.

"Thomas, do you know that Alex..."

However, John sternly stopped his wife, asking her to keep her mouth shut.

Thomas's attention was focused on Alex, so he didn't notice the small movements between Helen and John.

The father and son were putting on a family show of reunion.

Alex asked with concern, "Dad, what did the doctor say? Are you all right? If I knew that you fell, I would have come to take care of you as soon as possible. There would be no need for outsiders to tell me what to do."

Hearing this, I was extremely glad that I didn’t sign the operation agreement.

Otherwise, when Thomas found out that he had lost both his legs, he would vent all his anger on me.

In my previous life, even Helen blamed me for signing the agreement on my own and I also felt that it was my fault that Thomas lost his leg.

I felt guilt and that I should make up for my mistake, which was why I took the initiative to take care of Thomas after Alex went abroad.

Helen was smart. She knew that disabled Thomas would be a burden, so she didn’t hesitate to run away.

After Thomas was paralyzed, he became more and more moody.

In my previous life, I coaxed Thomas in different ways and gave up my postgraduate entrance examination. Instead, I found a job at an orthopedic hospital close to Thomas’s house so that I could take care of him.

When I was free, I would give Thomas massage and acupuncture. I told him that it was very likely that he would stand up again after a one-legged paralysis.

Such days passed year after year. It was not until the 10th year that Thomas finally regained consciousness in his leg and had hope of standing up!

At that moment, I felt that ten years of effort was worth it.

Thomas was so excited that he decided to make me his heir.

I didn't refuse Thomas's kindness because I felt that I was qualified.

Who would have thought that Alex would come back with his children when Thomas was having his will notarized?

Alex played a filial son and asked his children to call Thomas "Grandpa" a few more times. Thomas then forgave Alex with tears in his eyes.

"Son, it's good that you're willing to come back. The Leonard family now has descendants!"

Thomas then summoned his lawyer and wrote another will right under my nose. He then handed the bank card with all his savings to Alex.

At that time, I firmly believed that Alex was an ungrateful person. I thought of how Thomas would have to spend a lot of money on rehabilitation in the future, and I knew that if Thomas gave all his savings to Alex, who would then turn his back on all of us, he would live a miserable later life.

So I kindly reminded Thomas to think twice.

As a result, he humiliated me with a reward of 2 dollars per day.

According to the experience of my previous life, Thomas missed the best time for surgery because none of us signed the agreement in time. He wouldn't be able to stand on his own for the rest of his life.

Thomas comforted his son, "What could happen to me? I can't be paralyzed merely because of a fall! It's all a trick that doctors play to earn money."

"Dad, I'm still worried. I'll ask the doctor."

Thomas was instantly moved to tears by Alex's consideration.

Helen and I didn't stop Alex.

We only hoped that Alex wouldn't run away after knowing the truth.