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They actually asked a five-year-old child to put aside all jealousy and dissatisfaction and take care of an unborn life wholeheartedly.
At that time, I vaguely felt that I was about to lose something, so I fearfully expressed to my parents that I wanted to be their only baby forever.
But my mother suddenly flew into a rage, pointing at me and yelling, "I've known for a long time that girls are very jealous. Not only do you want to take away your father, but now you want to take away everything from your brother!"
I didn't understand what she meant, I just knew that my mother was angry.
So I cried and said I knew I was wrong, and that I also looked forward to having a little brother to play with me.
Mom smiled, but then whispered to Dad:
" I saw a news report online about an eight-year-old girl pushing her pregnant mother down the stairs. Who knows if this little girl will attack me out of jealousy? I think we should send her back home until I give birth to Jaden."
Before my younger brother was born, my parents had already named him Jaden, meaning that he would inherit everything in the family.
Memories kept surging in my mind, and my eyes dimmed unconsciously.
My mother thought I didn't understand what she meant, so she took my hand and put it on her belly:
" There is a little life growing in mom's belly now. It could be a little boy or a little girl. Are you looking forward to his arrival?" Dad walked to mom's side and said half-jokingly, "Having a daughter is enough. I hope this baby is a little boy so that someone can protect our baby Luna in the future."
My father had said the same thing in his previous life. At that time, I naively thought that my younger brother would protect me and play with me, so I excitedly expressed that I was also looking forward to having a younger brother.
However, after my younger brother was born, he was full of disgust towards me. He would throw toys at me and even deliberately cut up my only Barbie doll into pieces.
When I complained to my parents, they just said:
“ Don’t you want a younger brother to play with you? Your younger brother is still young and doesn’t understand things. You should be more tolerant of him.”
My parents used this rhetoric to get around my entire childhood and youth, and even used this excuse to take my life when I was about to become an adult.
So this time, I pointed blankly at the dazzling array of baby products in the room:
"Haven't you already decided to give birth to him? Why are you asking me?"
For a moment, both Mom and Dad looked embarrassed and speechless.
I turned around in silence and went upstairs carrying the pilled bunny doll.