[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s":3,"chapter-born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-chapter-71":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Born Into Villain's Family: I Have a 200\\% Rebate System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1491658,1939,"Chapter 71: Mary Arnold","born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-chapter-71",71,"\u003Cp>\"Don’t be foolish,\" his aunt snapped. \"A thief is a thief.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, his cousin wouldn’t even look at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam had lost everything—his home, his family, his friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an entire year, he lived in isolation. He stopped trying to explain himself because no one wanted to listen. No one cared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that was the moment Adam truly understood how cruel the world could be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Life became meaningless to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Days passed, and Adam crossed each one of them, hoping that one day he might as well cross the remaining days he has left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would go to bed in hopes of waking up with a completely different reality. One where there would be no humans, only souls...he was afraid of humans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he lived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Adam didn’t know why he didn’t have the guts to end his wretched life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A life where everyone only held judgement for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet everything changed when one day a new trasfer student named Mary arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her beautiful red hair was tied into messy buns. Two strands of red hair locks kissed her fair cheeks. The mischievousness in her deep blue eyes could hardly be hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mesmerizing smile graced her lips as she introduced herself in her mellow voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello everyone, I am Mary Arnold. I love beaches and want to become a famous actress, if I don’t end up as a famous motivational speaker. I don’t take injustice lying down. If anyone dares to bully me, be ready for snakes in your locker the next day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she giggled as if she had joked, but many of her classmates understood the underlying meaning behind her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beauty privilege is indeed dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beautiful. Full of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam didn’t know what attracted him more...Mary’s beauty or her cheerful personailty, but he started to follow her unconsiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He made sure to stay hidden in the dark and never appeared in front of her. He didn’t want to taint her life with his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Mary’s arrival, Adam’s life became much easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unknowingly, everyone’s attention had turned to Mary, the shining star.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was beautiful, talented in studies, had good acting and dancing skills, and had a creative approach to every problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another reason for Adam’s easy life was...Mary’s intervention. Whenever she saw others treating Adam as a thief, she would lecture the person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t just Adam, she had helped many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet for Adam, she was the ray of warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deep oceanic waves that were pulling him, tempting him toward darkness, seemed to have become unattractive for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, he was attracted to the shiny surface of the water. Craving it. Wanting to reach it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some called Mary noisy for interfering in other’s matters, but to Adam, she was a bright sun spreading warmth to the place where darkness always prevailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A year passed, and he reached 16. He had improved in a year. A lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From being the last scorer in the class, he had become an average student. He also developed an interest in fashion design and wanted to study it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowing about his financial situation, he decided to study hard for the scholarship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe one day...if he became a famous fashion designer, he would be able to confess his feelings to Mary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Adam studied passionately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Happiness never lasts long. Not enough to feel that it was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mary got together with the most popular guy in school, Ethan Carter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the golden boy—tall, athletic, with a dazzling smile that could charm anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was also one of the people who had once bullied Adam, though never directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t call him names, nor did he push him around, but he never stopped others from doing so either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had simply watched from afar with amusement, occasionally throwing careless remarks that encouraged the torment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam felt his chest tighten when he saw Mary laughing with Ethan, her arm casually looped around his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked perfect together—like a couple straight out of a movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the light that had given Adam hope seemed to flicker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t foolish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never expected Mary to return his silent affections, nor had he ever planned to confess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing her with Ethan made him realize something painful—she was part of a world he could never belong to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he reminded himself why he was studying so hard. It wasn’t for love. It wasn’t for acceptance. It was for the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam accepted that his heart had turned dark long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He secretly fantasized about a future where Mary and Ethan wouldn’t be together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, when he returned to his cousin’s house, he was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father, mother, brother, aunt, uncle, and cousin, all of them were sitting on the sofa with a tensed expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His uncle was the first to break the silence. \"Adam,\" he said, his voice edged with barely contained anger. \"Where is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam blinked. \"Where is what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His aunt scoffed, crossing her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t play dumb. My husband’s Rolex is missing. And guess where we found the receipt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted a crumpled piece of paper and threw it at Adam’s feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam picked it up with shaky fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The receipt had his name scribbled at the bottom, but the handwriting was unfamiliar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know how this got here,\" he said evenly. \"I didn’t take anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mother’s face twisted in disgust. \"Lies. Just like last time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His father’s knuckles turned white as he clenched his fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After everything, you still dare to steal?\" His voice was dangerously low, like the calm before a storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And now, you won’t even own up to it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam’s cousin sat in the corner, staring at the floor, while his brother shifted uncomfortably, avoiding Adam’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of them spoke up for him. Not that he expected them to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His uncle leaned forward, his face dark with fury. \"We let you stay here, fed you, gave you a roof over your head, and this is how you repay us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam remained silent, his expression unreadable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, however, something twisted.\u003C\u002Fp>",1018,"2026-06-06T04:03:40.622Z",1,"novelbin.me","bd4dedcaddd85cdec2ac88e9c9669d238aa949322dbc77c43c7ed25416830ee0","born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-chapter-403","born-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-chapter-70",614,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fborn-into-villain-s-family-i-have-a-200-rebate-s-cover.jpg"]