Ashes of Betrayal and Revenge

My Husband's First Love Was Shockingly My Own Sister.
Since childhood, I lived in the shadow of my sister—beautiful and brilliant. Our family and teachers all favored her, while I was overlooked.
It wasn't until I met my husband, Harry Lee, that I finally felt a true sense of belonging.
I believed that, at the very least, my husband would love only me.
But on my birthday, my husband abandoned me and went on a trip with my sister and family.
They were involved in a car accident.
Harry, the first to wake, heard the hospital's blood bank was critically low and immediately dragged me to the Blood Donation Center, forcing me to donate blood for my sister.
My face was pale.
The blood that saved him was donated by me, the blood that saved my parents was also donated by me. If I donate again, I will die.
……
Harry Lee held me down tightly as I struggled.
"Quinn Sue, don't you think you're too cold-hearted? You won't even save your own sister?"
"It's just donating some blood; it won't cost you your life!"
I struggled and begged, "I can't donate anymore, Harry. I will die."
I was no match for Harry Lee to begin with, especially after donating blood for three people; my limbs were weak, and I was almost forcibly dragged by him into the Blood Donation Center.
Is it that you can't donate, or that you simply don't want to?
How can you be so selfish? Your sister is beautiful and talented, with a bright future ahead. How could you bear to see her fall here?
You're so ordinary—you should feel honored to extend the life of someone like her! Especially since she's your own sister!
Harry Lee's disappointment in me was plain to see.
Even he believed my sister shone brilliantly, and that it was my honor to help someone like her.
But I wanted to live even more.
At that moment, the nurse came over to stop me,
This lady can't donate anymore; she's already donated several times today.
Harry Lee looked at me with nothing but disdain.
"Even the nurses are in on it? You're shameless to refuse donating such a small amount of blood!"
"You keep claiming you've donated several times today. We've been married for years—how could I not know you're such a devoted blood donor?"
The little nurse who came to help me was shoved aside by Harry Lee. He forced me down at the blood donation station,
"Draw the blood. Draw as much as Joy Sue needs. I'm her brother-in-law. If I say it's okay, then it's okay to draw!"
The nurses hesitated, unwilling to act, but Harry Lee took matters into his own hands.
Seeing that Harry Lee had already found the blood draw equipment, tears of despair welled up in my eyes.
"I've donated several times already… I really might die, Harry!"
Harry looked at me with utter disappointment. "The hospital just said there's a blood shortage. My parents and I naturally use blood from the blood bank. What are you pretending for?"
"Can you stop making such unreasonable trouble? That's your own sister—your family!"
Harry Lee plunged the blood draw needle into my arm.
But no blood could be drawn from my arm.
Not only did Harry hesitate, he asked the nurse where the blood draw would be quickest, and without hesitation, he pierced the needle into my carotid artery.
"Harry... please, no..."
Tears streamed down my face as I struggled.
Passersby, confused, all joined Harry Lee in condemning me.
"She won't even help her own sister—what kind of monster is she?"
"Absolutely heartless. How can she possibly sleep at night? Thankfully, this gentleman understands."
"Is this her brother-in-law?"
The crowd around the blood donation area whispered and speculated about Harry Lee's identity, all while blaming me.
Harry, who was forcibly drawing my blood, was seen as the righteous one.
No one knew he was my husband.
Even fewer knew that my husband was willing to risk my life to save my sister.
"Actually, you've all misunderstood. This lady has already..."
The nurse at the blood donation center tried to explain on my behalf.
But before she could finish, my parents burst in.
"Quinn, you have to save your sister! Mom is begging you on her knees—you can't just stand by and let her die!"
"Not only is the blood supply critically low, but we just learned your sister's kidney was ruptured in the accident. Only you, her own sister, can save her!"
"Mom is begging you—please give your kidney to your sister!"
"Your sister was just admitted to the music academy. She can't die now. She's a rising star, the hope of our family."

My mom clutched my hand, tears streaming down her face as she sobbed.
Harry Lee froze in place when he heard this. 'How could she be injured so badly?'
Just then, the doctor in charge of treating my sister walked in.
'You're Quinn Sue? How can you be so plain? Are you really sisters?'
'No wonder your family is so desperate to save your sister. Forget it, this is your family's business. Here's the kidney donation consent form—sign it.'
The consent form was thrown at me. I shook my head frantically, 'I can't donate—I'll die!'
Voices of condemnation rose around me again, and Harry, ignoring my protests, forcibly grabbed my hand and signed the surgery consent form.
I was immediately lifted onto the bed and pushed toward the operating room.
"No, Dad, Mom... please save me, I don't want to die."
"It's just saving your sister. Why are you being so unfilial? Do you really need Mom to kneel down before you're satisfied?"
"Honey, please, I really can't go into the operating room. I can't donate anymore; I've already given you my kidney."
Harry Lee looked at me with disdain and said,
"Don't be stubborn; lying won't get you anywhere."
"Think about your sister's future and help her. Your life is so ordinary; having two kidneys is useless. Donating one can save a future star!"
"It's okay, Quinn. Don't be afraid. I've already spoken with the hospital doctors. I will be with you throughout the entire surgery to protect you."
Harry Lee followed me into the operating room as the anesthetic was administered into my body.
I didn't even have time to explain that my constitution was unusual and that the anesthetic wouldn't work on me.
"Why is the patient still reacting? Can the anesthesiologist come and take a look?"
The chief surgeon looked puzzled and wanted to double-check.
But before the anesthesiologist arrived, Harry Lee came first.
"What are you all waiting for? Over there, Joy Sue is waiting for her life to be saved. Why are you still hesitating?!"
"Do you guys even know what you're doing? If not, I'll do it!"
Harry Lee, who was also a doctor, snatched the scalpel from the chief surgeon and immediately cut open my abdomen to remove my kidney.
Overwhelmed with joy at the chance to save Joy Sue, Harry abandoned me and rushed straight to her operating room.
He didn't notice that my wound had nearly stopped bleeding; my blood was almost completely drained.
There should have been two kidneys, but now only the one in his hand remained.
I lay on the operating table, my skin deathly pale, feeling life slipping away. 'Save me...'
The doctor beside me gasped—
"My God, the patient only has one kidney?"
"Why is her blood count so low?"
"Someone, come quickly! The patient's breathing is weak, her heart is about to stop!"
The chief surgeon called out to his colleagues, but no one responded.
"I'd heard about her before—this woman has a heart of stone. She wouldn't even save her own sister. If it weren't for her mother begging her on her knees, she probably wouldn't have come."
"A woman like that deserves to die. Don't save her."
As my body grew cold and my breath ceased, next door, Joy Sue was receiving my kidney under Harry Lee's anxious gaze.
"Ha-ha-ha, the trash who refused to save her sister is dead—no more overtime for us, double the joy!" a little nurse cheered.
I fought so hard to survive, yet in the end, I could only die alone on the operating table.
The cheers from the next operating room overlapped with the little nurse's celebration beside me.
Only after Joy Sue successfully passed the critical stage did Harry Lee belatedly remember I existed.
He casually grabbed a nurse and asked, "Where is Quinn Sue? Has she been sent back to the ward?"
The nurse was busy. "Don't worry, as long as they're alive, the hospital will take good care of them. Don't disturb my work!"
Harry Lee finally felt at ease and devoted himself entirely to staying by Joy Sue's side with my parents.
That night, Joy Sue passed the critical stage and woke up.
Harry Lee and my parents held the awakened Joy Sue, tears of joy streaming down their faces.
"Joy has made it through—it's wonderful. Our family is together again..."
Joy Sue gave my husband a weak but sweet smile.
"I'm so happy. The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was you."
"It was so close—I thought I was going to lose you forever."Harry Lee held Joy Sue tightly, almost as if she were the one he truly loved.
Joy Sue also embraced Harry Lee, both of them with tears streaming down their faces.
"Such a loving couple," a nurse whispered nearby. "It's couples like these that make people believe in love."
"So sweet. I really hope my husband will stand by me in my moments of crisis, too."
Harry Lee heard this and instinctively wanted to correct her, but Joy Sue blushed first and softly asked him,
"Will you really stand by me no matter what?"
Harry Lee immediately and solemnly promised, "Of course. You are very special and important to me."
"But……"
When the two young nurses mentioned the couple, it finally reminded him of me.
"Be good and listen to the nurse, get plenty of rest. I'll go check on things……"
Joy Sue suddenly sensed something, jumped up, and grabbed Harry Lee, her face fragile and panicked.
"Please don't leave, okay? I'm so scared—scared that if you go, I'll never see you again. I'm terrified that your condition will suddenly worsen and you'll die."
Harry Lee's heart softened completely.
"Alright, I'll stay right here with you. I'm not going anywhere—I'll stay here with you."
While they shared a tender moment, the hospital caregiver was gossiping as he dragged my body along.
"Is this woman homeless? Why hasn't any family come to inquire about her body?"
"I heard she's a bad seed; even her own sister won't save her."
"I see. No wonder no one is asking about the body left here."
"No one cares anyway. This body here is really just a nuisance."

My parents were also seriously injured in the car accident, and after confirming Joy Sue was safe, they returned to their own ward to rest.
Harry Lee didn't even take off his clothes, staying by Joy Sue's side day and night to care for her.
Every time Joy Sue woke from a nightmare, Harry Lee would hold her close, kiss her, and soothe her.
More than a week passed like this, and no one even remembered I existed.
That day, Joy Sue was once again jolted awake by a nightmare, clutching Harry Lee helplessly as she sobbed, 'I dreamed that Quinn was chasing me, demanding her kidney back.'
Hearing this, Harry's anger flared. 'She must be cursing you behind your back—that's why you had such a dream. I'll go confront her!'
But when he hurried to my ward, he found it already occupied by a new patient.
'What happened to the patient who was in this room before?'
'Maybe they were discharged.'
Harry Lee's face darkened instantly; such a huge matter as being discharged from the hospital, and I hadn't even discussed it with him.
He called me furiously.
But the other end kept saying my phone was switched off.
"Fine, you won't answer my calls? Then don't ever answer my calls again in this lifetime!"
He stormed back to Joy Sue's ward, determined not to speak to me unless I apologized first.
Joy Sue immediately burst into tears upon hearing the whole story.
"Sister, do you blame me for taking her kidney?"
"It's all my fault. If only I hadn't had the car accident."
"I'll go apologize to my sister myself. I hope she can forgive me……"
But the moment she tried to move, Harry Lee immediately held her back,
"You just had surgery. You're still weak—don't move around."
"I've wanted to fix her terrible temper for a long time—always getting jealous over nothing and making a scene!"
"Don't worry about her. She'll come back once she cools down."
With that, Harry Lee brought out the porridge he had specially prepared for Joy Sue. "What you need now is rest to restore your energy and blood. This is made just for you."
"I'm feeding you—slow down, be careful, it's hot."
Even after he blew on it, Joy still let out a sharp "ah" from the burn.
Harry Lee quickly leaned over and gently blew on Joy Sue's burned lips.
Joy's cheeks flushed deeply, her eyes full of tender affection.
Just then, voices of the little nurses chatting drifted in from outside the door.
Harry caught only a few words before his brow furrowed.
He let go of Joy Sue's hand and stepped outside. "What were you just talking about?"
The little nurse jumped in surprise at Harry's sudden appearance. "Mr. Lee, you—you're here?"
"Don't dodge the question—what exactly did you just say?"
The little nurse exchanged a glance and said, "What else can I say? Your wife is unbelievably lucky."
When the little nurse mentioned Joy Sue, Harry Lee thought of me instead.
"To marry a husband like you, your wife must have saved the world in her past life."
Harry Lee felt his heart soften at the compliment.
He had truly treated me well before.
Although this time, when it came to saving Joy Sue's life, Harry Lee thought I wasn't understanding enough and was a bit harsh with me.
But deep down, he still loved me.
"Even after surgery, you can still be like this? I guess adversity really does reveal true feelings."The little nurse said with a playful giggle.
Hearing this, Harry Lee couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt.
Yeah, I've also been through surgery myself.
With that in mind, Harry decided to be more forgiving of my unreasonable outbursts.
"I do have a pretty good relationship with her," Harry smiled, "it's just that sometimes she likes to throw little tantrums."
"Women need to be coaxed more. If you try to reason with them every day, are they still women?"
"……"
After the little nurse's unintended persuasion, Harry finally let go of his prejudice.
After Joy Sue went to bed, he came home looking for me.
Before coming home, he even bought a bouquet of roses as a gift.
"Quinn, come out. Let's make up."
Harry Lee held the roses and searched the house several times, but never found me.

Harry Lee was puzzled for a moment, even a little uneasy.
But he quickly figured it out.
"How dare she run away from home?!"
"She left the hospital and didn't come home—where on earth could she have gone?"
The more Harry Lee thought about it, the angrier he became, feeling he had truly spoiled me.
"Fine, fine, fine! Not coming home, huh?! Don't expect me to forgive you so easily this time!"
Just then, Harry Lee's phone rang.
The caller was my grandmother.
"Harry, how has Quinn been lately? She used to call me once a week. Why hasn't she called me for so long this time?"
I have the closest relationship with my grandmother and am the most devoted to her.
No matter how serious the accident was before, nothing could stop me from caring about her.
Harry paused for a moment before replying, "Grandmother, actually, Joy Sue was in a car accident. We've been at the hospital all this time."
"There was a car accident? What about Quinn? Is she alright? Is she also in the hospital? I'm coming over to see her right now."
Grandmother's arrival at the hospital truly startled Harry Lee.
He told my parents about it, and only then did they remember me.
"How is Quinn's recovery going? We can't let Mom come and worry."
They worried about Joy Sue every day and knew exactly how her recovery was progressing.
But as for me, they hadn't seen me for over a week.
Harry Lee's face darkened at these words, and he sneered with biting sarcasm,
"Her body has recovered very well; she can even be discharged on her own."
My mom frowned. "How can you let her be discharged so casually? This hospital is always short on blood, and if Joy has an accident, she'll have to donate blood."
"She just leaves without a word, with no sense of responsibility at all. She's never known how to handle things properly since childhood, only caring about her own little temper!"
My dad agreed with my mom's view, shaking his head and saying,
"Poor Joy, she's had such a hard life, running into all these troubles, and on top of that, she has such a selfish sister!"
"Day after day, all you do is cause trouble for our family. I don't know why I was so foolish to have a second child. If only we had Joy, our family would be so much happier!"
Harry Lee joked from the side, "If it weren't for Quinn, then I wouldn't even be here, right?"
"How could that be? If it weren't for Quinn, you could have married Joy!" my mom immediately shot back.
Harry Lee was already outstanding and handsome. From the very beginning, they felt that marrying me was a compromise for him.
On top of that, later on, Joy also seemed to have feelings for Harry Lee, which made my parents start scheming.
After all, as long as I divorce him, letting Harry Lee marry Joy Sue again would make everyone happy.
"Let's not talk about that. Quinn, that foolish girl, is still missing. We don't even know where she's hiding. If we want a divorce, we have to find her first."
When Mom and Dad heard Harry Lee's words, they understood immediately.
They felt that Harry Lee might not be entirely opposed to the idea.
But the passing little nurse looked puzzled. 'Divorce? Why divorce? Mr. Lee, you and Miss Joy are such a perfect match. All the girls in our department believe in love because of your story!'
Harry Lee was stunned, even a little irritated.
"Who told you I was ever married to Joy Sue?"
"Who else would? You're with her every day; anyone with eyes can see it."
The little nurse smiled sweetly.
"So many people come and go in the hospital, a devoted husband like you is truly rare."
As she spoke, the little nurse finished recording the patient's data and left.
Harry instinctively wanted to clarify but was interrupted by my parents.
"Harry, women without husbands are easily bullied. Let the nurses think you're Joy's husband; with you around, they won't dare be careless during ward rounds."
"How can this be acceptable? Isn't this just nonsense..."
Before I could finish speaking, Harry Lee's phone rang.
It was my grandmother who had arrived.
Harry Lee could only hurry downstairs to greet her.
Grandmother was old, but still full of vitality, walking without any support.
Harry Lee first took her to visit Joy Sue in the ward.
Although grandmother had come specifically to see me, she still offered a few comforting words to Joy Sue.
"Grandmother, you don't know—my kidney was badly damaged in the accident. It really hurts."Joy Sue cried, acting spoiled.
"How could Grandmother not know? Quinn donated a kidney to Harry back then. After the surgery, she looked just like you do now, complaining about the pain every day. But she was much stronger than you—she didn't shed a single tear."
Grandmother babbled on, but Harry Lee was left stunned.
"What kidney donation?"

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