The septillionaire's superstar system

Sob story

Alvin instinctively wanted to refute her, but on second thought, he kept quiet and allowed her to continue.

“My family went bankrupt last week. My dad was accused of tax evasion and industrial fraud. And my elder brother who was a top ranking army official was framed for treason and leaking top classified national secrets to the enemy. And he was killed according to martial law, ignoring his years of contributions to society. When they sent us his corpse, mom had a heart attack at the spot, and I rushed her to the hospital, but she couldn't make it. I lost my brother, my only sibling, just a few hours before mom followed him. But that was still bearable. At least, I had someone to hold me up, or so I thought. Until I walked in on my boyfriend and my best friend having an affair.”

The moment she mentioned having an affair, Alvin's heart sped up as memories of his own time at Sonya's family assaulted his mind. The girl sniffed and continued.

“I was the one who helped them through their darkest times and saw my friend through the first to third year of college. As for the good boyfriend of mine, I paid the debts his family accrued and helped his start up company pick up, becoming a listed company within three years. Only for me to realize that they were the ones behind my family's misfortune. They were the ones that falsified the evidence, hacked into the company database using my workstation, and helped the enemies set up my brother. They connived with the enemies to pull down my family which had stood tall for generations. Worse, they both approached me at the initial stage with dubious intentions. They were originally spies sent by the rivals to get close to me, and my foolish self bought their bullshit, letting them into our lives. They knew I would fall for their nonsense, and pretended not to know each other before me, letting me spend through my nose to help them. They carefully laid out a trap and I immediately rolled into it, like a predictable headless chicken. Oh, how they must have laughed at my stupidity. Even I myself, I'm appalled by how blind I was. My brother warned me several times that my boyfriend seemed suspicious, and even gave me evidence some times. But what did I do? I chose to believe their lies instead of him. I hated my brother for trying to keep us apart, said all sorts of hurtful things to my poor brother, attacked him ruthlessly and even cut off ties with him. Carelessly, I casually answered all the questions my good boyfriend asked me about my brother and his battalion, making it easy for them to plan how to set him up. All along, my boyfriend had been with my so called bestie, fucking her everyday before my eyes, but I was too blind to notice, buying all their lies at face value. The times they sat behind the screen to do their assignments while I took care of the work load from the company, guess what they were doing?” She whispered, looking up at Alvin who shut his eyes and took a deep breath, already knowing where this tale of woes was heading to.

The girl continued to speak without waiting for him to urge her.

“That's right, a quickie right under my nose. But my stupid self never noticed. All those camps and sleepovers, each time I took them on expensive trips or used my connections to get them invitations to high society events, hoping to help them build connections that could help them in the future. But I was busy sharpening the teeth of the tiger that would bite me to death. Tell me, am I not the most stupid idiot on earth? Worse, they bribed people to serve dad poison in prison before I could think of a way to get him out. So I singlehandedly let a tiger into my home to tear everything apart. I helped him ruin my family, and it was so damn easy that he wondered how dense I was, every single day. Every member of my family is now dead, buried all by myself! The companies, the legacies, the wealth that has been in the family for generations are all gone without a trace. I singlehandedly ruined my family, I let the tiger in, letting him cooperate with the enemies waiting outside to eat up everything. A great sinner like me, why must I be the one alive? Do I deserve to live after all the calamities I caused? The blood of my family is in my hands and the life of millions of KS group workers whom I have let down, letting them lose their source of livelihood are all on my hands weighing me down. Do you think I want to live? Perhaps, if I die, I can kneel before my family and beg for forgiveness over there. Or at least, go to hell and suffer torments to pay for my sins. I'm sorry for dragging you to this, but death is the only way forward. I have no reason to live anymore, nor do I want to. I have lost all motivation. Penniless and in debt, sick and crazy, with everyone I cherished all gone. What the fuck should I keep living for?” She roared, slapping herself mercilessly.

“So what do you want to do? Kill yourself after I went through hell to save you, shedding blood, sweat and tears. Leah, are you going to jump again? Are you going to fucking attempt suicide again?” Alvin roared, clutching her collars. The girl didn't say anything but it was obvious her mind was already made up to end everything with herself.

Alvin's heart sank and his hands itched to slap her to reset her brain.

“A life for a life is that it? Since you made a mistake, you should die and relieve yourself from the guilt? As expected of a woman, how selfish and fickle you are! Have you thought about your parents? Will they want you to die and totally end the family line? You didn't want to listen when they were alive, now they're dead you want to shirk all the responsibilities and take the coward's way out. Instead of you to dust yourself, pick yourself up, and plan a way to pay them back in their own coins, you're here exhibiting your legendary stupidity. Are you the one that should die or is it their vile gang? How much more will you disappoint your parents?” Alvin growled, and grabbed a hold of her hands, ignoring the tears which kept streaming down. She looked shattered, humiliated and disappointed. But there was only a sentence in Alvin's mind.

‘She's immature, weak willed and a little foolish girl controlled by her emotions—a real piece of work.’ He had already sacrificed lots of things to get her back. If she insists on dying, won't all his sacrifices so far be a waste?