All Chapters of Reborn: I Won't Give Up My Future Again: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

"I knew it," Mom sneered.She pinched the acceptance letter between two fingers like it was a filthy piece of trash. "You've been stupid since you were little. All you ever did was tinker with that useless junk. It'd be a miracle if you actually got into university."Right in front of all our relatives, she tore the acceptance letter bearing the seal of the Orivelle Institute of Technology, a university known for aerospace studies, in half. The scraps fluttered onto the red carpet in the hotel lobby.I stared at the torn pieces on the floor without saying a word.Ten minutes ago, I would have fought desperately to get them back. I would have shouted that it was real, that I'd gotten a perfect SAT score.But now, that strange text message felt like a bucket of ice water, chilling me to the bone."That's enough. Stop embarrassing yourself at the entrance."Dad frowned as he pulled my younger sister, Winnie Larson, behind him. "Today is Winnie's big day. Stop making a scene."My b

Chapter 2

Henry's hand froze mid-air, and his brows furrowed slightly. "You're still upset?""I'm not," I replied.I bent down and picked up the scraps of paper one by one, tucking them into my backpack. "I just figured it was time to welcome the guests."I pulled out a chair and sat at the reception desk, scanning the guest list."If you brought a gift, please come this way," I announced.The lobby fell silent for a moment.Mom curled her lip in disdain. "It's a good thing you know your place."They surrounded Winnie as they made their way into the banquet hall, laughing and chatting.Henry brought up the rear. He glanced back at me. A flicker of suspicion crossed his eyes, but Winnie's laughter quickly drew his attention away.I tightened my grip on the pen and crossed the first name in the guest list.I had already accepted Orivelle Institute of Technology's offer three days ago. That acceptance letter was nothing more than a piece of paper now.I didn't need to prove anything to t

Chapter 3

I carried a dozen or more shopping bags of all shapes and sizes as I followed them into a lavishly decorated dessert shop. "You guys go ahead."I stopped at the entrance, making no move to go inside.Henry frowned. "What now?""I've got too many bags. I might bump into someone's table or chairs. I'll wait outside." I kept my head down, my voice calm.Henry glanced at the expensive paper bags in my hands and seemed to see my point. "Suit yourself."He turned and followed Winnie inside without looking back at me.I found a bench outside the mall and sat down, neatly placing the bags by my feet.The sunlight was glaring. I took off my glasses, which had slipped down my nose, and rubbed my dry, stinging eyes. Then, I reinforced the loose temple with a piece of clear tape and put my glasses back on.I pulled out my phone and refreshed my feed.The first post was from Henry.The photo showed an elegant spread of coffee and pastries laid out across the table. Winnie wore the sunglas

Chapter 4

The morning sunlight streamed onto the cramped balcony.Wade's furious voice came from the living room. "Sadie, get out here!"I slung my bag over my shoulder and opened the door.Everyone was sitting on the living room couch. Henry was there too, sitting beside Winnie with a cup of coffee in his hand.Wade pointed at a computer brochure on the coffee table, his face livid."We went over the spending limit while we were shopping yesterday. Winnie still needs a high-end computer and a DSLR camera for school. We're short 10,000 dollars."You've been tutoring and handing out flyers for the past two years. You must have at least 10,000 dollars saved up by now, right?"Transfer it to me. I'll get Winnie the rest of her equipment."He said it like an order, as if my money had always belonged to the whole family. I stood there and looked at them."That money is for my tuition and living expenses," I said calmly."What tuition?" Dad slammed his hand on the table, making the cups ra

Chapter 5

The entire living room fell dead silent."Mr. Larson, what did Ms. Lowe just say?" Henry asked, his face stunned in disbelief. "What top scorer? What university?"Dad stood there stiffly, his mind reeling. He didn't even notice the cigarette burning his fingers. After a long moment, he bent down to pick up his phone, his voice hoarse. "Ms. Lowe said… Sadie got a perfect score on the SAT. Orivelle Institute of Technology has already accepted her.""Impossible!" Mom screamed, shooting to her feet. "She's always been a terrible student! She could barely get into an ordinary university. How could she possibly get a perfect score?""Ms. Lowe must've gotten it wrong! Maybe it's someone with the same name!" Wade quickly chimed in.Mom nodded. "Exactly! At the celebration banquet, she personally admitted that she didn't get into university. We all saw that acceptance letter. It was obviously forged. How could it possibly be real?"Winnie sat on the couch, her fingers twisting the hem o

Chapter 6

My family was in complete chaos in Roston.After finding out I'd really gotten into Orivelle Institute of Technology, Dad was beside himself with regret. "That brat! She got a perfect score on the SAT and never said a word! She made us look like fools in front of all our relatives."Mom was bitter. "She did it on purpose! She saw us fussing over Winnie and got jealous. She pretended she hadn't gotten into university just to watch us make fools of ourselves! What an ingrate!"Wade ran a hand through his hair, clearly frustrated. "What's the point of complaining now? She's already gone, and she'd blocked every one of us! Where are we supposed to get 10,000 dollars for Winnie's computer and camera?"Henry sat in the corner of the couch, his brow furrowed deeply. He pulled out his phone, opened my chat, and tried to send me a message.The second he sent it, a single gray check mark appeared beside the message. It had been sent, but it hadn't been delivered.He stared at the screen in

Chapter 7

Winnie's life at Caelmont State University was far from easy.Without me to do her assignments and organize her notes, she couldn't even understand the most basic courses in her major.Desperate to maintain her image as the school's golden girl, she signed up for a statewide research and innovation competition organized by Caelmont.The problem was that she couldn't come up with anything worthwhile.The day before the submission deadline, she secretly went home and rummaged through the partitioned room where I used to live. There, she found several sheets of discarded drafts from my high school days. She pieced together the formulas and diagrams she couldn't even understand and submitted them.She thought she had covered all her bases.…Meanwhile, in Roston, Henry canceled every meeting he had scheduled and boarded the earliest flight to Jinton.Sitting in first class, he stared out at the clouds, his heart twisting with regret and panic. He kept thinking back to how he'd tr

Chapter 8

"I don't need you to buy me glasses out of pity, and I don't need to go back to Roston with you," I said flatly.I tore the ID badge from my chest and held it up in front of him. The words were unmistakable—"Core Researcher, National Key Aerospace Project, Sadie Larson".Henry stared at the title, his eyes widened in shock.His face went deathly pale. The words seemed to cut straight through him. "Core… researcher?"He repeated the words under his breath, his tall frame swaying slightly.He had always thought I was a useless nobody who could only survive by clinging to him and my family.Yet now, I was studying at Orivelle Institute of Technology and had become a researcher he would have to make an appointment just to meet."Sadie…" He spoke again, but the certainty in his voice was gone. Instead, it trembled. "Why didn't you tell me? You've got a perfect score on the SAT. Why did you admit at Winnie's celebration banquet that you hadn't gotten into university?"He looked at

Chapter 9

My family was dumbfounded. Mom stood there with her mouth half open, tears still clinging to her cheeks. She looked almost comical, like a puppet with its strings cut."What… What did you say?" Wade stammered. "Sadie is a researcher? How is that possible? She just started university!"Henry ignored them. He pushed Winnie's hand away and strode out of the airport.But my family didn't stop there.When they learned that I hadn't ended up on the streets and had instead become a researcher at Orivelle Institute of Technology, their first reaction wasn't guilt.It was excitement.Dad slapped his thigh, the worry on his face instantly replaced by a smug grin. "I knew we had good genes! If Sadie has really made something of herself, then Winnie's problem should be easy to fix!"Mom nodded eagerly. "Exactly! Winnie's her sister. She can't just stand by and watch her get expelled. All she has to do is tell the university that she gave Winnie those materials. Then they won't expel Winni

Chapter 10

Five years later, a grand ceremony was being held in Orivelle Grand Hall to honor the successful launch of the Orionis-9 Heavy-Lift Rocket.I stood at the center of the stage in a sharply tailored black suit, wearing a pair of lightweight rimless glasses. The national honor medal pinned to my chest gleamed beneath the lights.As the youngest chief engineer on the project, I took the stage on behalf of the team and gave a speech.Thunderous applause filled the hall as camera flashes lit up the room like a sea of stars.I looked out at the pioneers who had devoted their lives to the nation's space program and thanked them.As I stepped off the stage, Brian patted me proudly on the shoulder. "Sadie, you did it."I smiled. "This is only the beginning."…Meanwhile, in a basement in Roston, the ceremony was playing live on a phone screen.Henry sat on a worn folding bed in a threadbare jacket, staring at me on the screen—the woman who now seemed to shine brighter than anyone else.

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