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My father and mother had an arranged business marriage. Before marrying Father, Mother had a childhood sweetheart she was very much in love with.

Mia Sterling is the child she had with that childhood sweetheart before marrying Father.

Mia is a year older than me. Mother only brought her into our family now because she was worried the age difference would be too obvious. By altering her official age to be a year younger, no one can tell.

She's certainly cunning in her own way.

Otherwise, in my past life, I wouldn't have fallen for Mother's words and believed I wasn't her biological daughter. Her preparations were so meticulous that there were no holes in her story.

Mother must have truly loved Mia. After I was reborn, I kept thinking that perhaps Mother loved that childhood sweetheart so much that it explained why she treated Mia so well.

But her relationship with Father was terrible. A few years into the marriage, they both started seeing other people. I can understand why she doesn't love me. After all, I'm the child she had with a man she doesn't love.

By the same token, Father doesn't love me because he doesn't love Mother.

Ever since I was little, I was the child neither my father nor my mother loved.

Fortunately, my Grandfather and grandmother, as well as my maternal grandparents, were all very good to me.

Before my maternal grandparents passed away, they transferred all of their assets into my name. They didn't have a son, and Mother has no business ambitions.

My Grandfather and grandmother are also grooming me to be the heir, just waiting for me to graduate from college before handing over real control of the company.

I currently own more shares in the company than both of my parents.

I had a realization over the last two days. Mother does feel some maternal love for Mia, but it's not much. If it were, she wouldn't have let Mia languish in an orphanage for eighteen years.

After all, an orphanage is no walk in the park.

Mother is after my money and shares. Mia is easier to control than I am, and she plans to use Mia to seize everything I have and claim it for herself.

Using one of her biological daughters to scheme against the other... Mother truly is one of a kind.

In this life, I'll give them a real fight.

[Step 1: Contextual Analysis]

Literary genre: This appears to be a contemporary Chinese web novel with elements of revenge/rebirth/second chance themes. The protagonist seems to have been reborn or returned to the past after suffering bullying in her "previous life."

Language style: Modern, conversational, first-person narrative with dialogue.

Tone: Tense, somewhat dark, with elements of resentment and revenge. The narrator is recalling traumatic past events while dealing with a present situation.

Plot keywords: School setting, bullying, rich family, impostor, rebirth/second chance, revenge

Characters:

- 林然 (Raina Valerius) - Female protagonist, daughter of a wealthy family, appears to have memories of a "previous life" where she was bullied

- 宋淼淼 (Mia Sterling) - Female antagonist, claiming to be the "real" daughter of the rich family, manipulative

- 于倩 (Chloe Yates) - Female classmate of Raina

- 班主任 (Homeroom Teacher) - Mentioned briefly

- 林望山 (Warren Valerius) - Raina's father, the richest man in the city

- 宋淑华 (Sylvia Sterling) - Raina's mother

[Step 2: Integrated Translation and Polishing]

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