lcionline Chapter 481 What happened back then
Chapter 481 What happened back then
Zhou Tianyu said doubtfully, "I don't know either." When Zhou Tianyu said this, he suddenly remembered that he had sent the picture to Mo Wanting, so he quickly said, "Didn't you say you wanted to find your mother? I sent my friend a picture of you when you were a child. Wanting called me just now and asked me to take you to the hospital. Fu Sihan is there. Did she find your mother? Do you want us to go to the hospital to check it out?"
Hu Nianzhi said in shock: "Is there something wrong with Wang Aihua? I'll go to the hospital quickly. I want to ask her why she abandoned me back then. Why didn't she take me away from my father? Or is it just like my grandparents and father said, that she ran away with a wild man and despised me as a burden? Why did she leave me and my father? Doesn't my father love gambling? If she didn't want my father to gamble, she could have taken me away! Ayu, I really don't know what to do? Should I go see her?
Zhou Tianyu's Adam's apple rolled, and he held Hu Nianzhi's trembling hand and said gently: "Nianzhi, don't stop your father, grandparents, and have you forgotten? Your father gambles all day long, and any woman would leave her. If it weren't for the child, how could your mother wait for you to be six years old? Zhou Tianyu paused for a few seconds here and said: "You just care about what your grandparents and father said about your mother finding a wild man. Didn't you see your father gambling? Okay, I'll drive you to the hospital, okay? If there is anything, let's talk it out face to face, okay?
After hearing this, Hu Nianzhi paused for a few seconds and said, "Okay! I'm going to the hospital to see what's going on."
Zhou Tianyu quickly pulled her to the car and said, "Wanting, the address of the hospital has been sent to us. Let's go to the hospital quickly."
Hu Nianzhi dug her nails into her palms, silence enveloping her like an invisible net. Fragments of her mother's memories flashed back to her childhood like shattered mirrors—Grandma's wrinkled hands clutching her arm tightly, her cloudy eyes nearly popping out of their sockets: "Your mom ran away, ran off with some other man, she doesn't want you anymore!" The six-year-old Hu Nianzhi's grip was so painful, her pink skirt stained with coal slag from the alley. She cried, "Grandma, you're lying! It's obviously Dad who gambles all day and beats and scolds Mom all day. You're the ones who drove Mom away!"
Before she could finish her words, a slap landed hard on her face. Hu Nianzhi stumbled and fell to the ground, tasting blood at the corner of her mouth. Her grandmother, hunched over, looked down at her, her withered fingers trembling as she pointed toward the door. "You rebellious bastard! Your mother is a bitch. I just lost money gambling, so why bother with my nose and face?" the man said before kicking Hu Nianzhi hard.
Late that night, Hu Nianzhi curled up in the corner of the kitchen. She found her mother had returned. She wanted to be very happy, but the next words made her fall to the bottom. Her mother's voice was filled with tears: "I want to take Nianzhi away. If she doesn't leave, she will be beaten to death by you!" Her father's shrill laughter mixed with the loud noise of a wine bottle hitting the table: "You can leave if you want, but you have to sleep with me, otherwise, no one, old or young, can leave!"
Hu Nianzhi bit her trembling lip, her nails digging into her knees. Moonlight streamed in through the air vents, casting slender shadows on the blue brick floor, much like the bruises on her mother's arms that would never fade. The sound of tables and chairs overturning echoed in the main room, and her mother's sobbing plea for mercy chilled her to the bone: "The child is still sleeping... Don't let Nianzhi see..."
"Stop using your child as a shield! You can't even give birth to a boy. I'm telling you, today I'm going to make Nian Di see what happens to you if you resist me. I told you that this woman should be called Nian Di, but you changed my name to Nian Zhi when I was out on business. It's all because of you that I thought it was a boy and informed so many people, and in the end you gave me a little girl."
Hu Nianzhi huddled in the corner of the kitchen, her nails digging into her knees. The moonlight leaking through the crack in the door was shattered into silver foil, distorting on the blue brick floor as the house shook violently. Her father's heavy breathing mixed with the crackling sound of tearing fabric, and her mother's suppressed sobs suddenly turned into a tearful scream: "Don't... don't pull my clothes!"
"Why are you pretending to be a chaste heroine?" The crisp sound of the wine bottle breaking startled Hu Nianzhi, "If I hadn't seen your big belly, I would have thrown you out to feed the wild dogs! Now you can't even give birth to a penis, what's the point of keeping you?" Then, Hu Nianzhi heard her mother screaming miserably. She wanted to save her mother but didn't have the courage.
Dad's heavy breathing became heavier, accompanied by Mom's screams of pain and intermittent pleas for mercy. Hu Nianzhi's body couldn't stop shaking. She wanted to rush in and protect her mother, but her feet seemed to be nailed down and she couldn't move.
"Please... don't do this..." Mom's voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible. "Nianzhi is still young..."
"Stop talking about that money-losing idiot!" Dad roared, "Today I'm going to teach you a lesson, you useless idiot!"
Hu Nianzhi's heart was filled with sadness. She remembered how her teacher at school had said home was a warm haven, but her home felt like a cage filled with terror. Her mother always had injuries on her body, and every time she asked about it, she'd say it was from an accidental fall. But now she finally understood that those injuries were her father's doing.
Suddenly, there was the sound of something heavy falling from the house, followed by a moment of dead silence. Hu Nianzhi held her breath, her heart beating so fast it felt like it was about to burst out of her chest. After a while, she heard her father gasp and say, "Hmph, let's see if you dare to disobey me again!" Then there were footsteps approaching the door.
Hu Nianzhi scrambled to her feet and hid behind the stove. The door creaked open, and Dad came out, drunken and cursing. He didn't notice Hu Nianzhi hiding in the shadows, and staggered towards the room at the other end of the yard.
Only after her father's figure disappeared did Hu Nianzhi cautiously step out from behind the stove. She stood at the doorway, hesitating for a moment, then mustered the courage to push it open. The room was a mess. An overturned oil lamp had left a black mark on the floor, and broken wine bottles were scattered everywhere. Her mother was huddled in a corner, her clothes tattered, her hair disheveled, her face covered. Her body was covered in bruises, and blood was stained at the corner of her mouth.
"Mom!" Hu Nianzhi cried and rushed over.
Mom raised her head with difficulty and saw Hu Nianzhi. A trace of fear flashed in her eyes. She said weakly, "Nianzhi...how did you come in? Your father promised me that you and I would leave tonight. The longer the day, the more dreams you will have. Have you packed everything?"
Hu Nianzhi was stunned. In her tear-blurred vision, the bruises on her mother's body glowed a strange purple-blue in the moonlight, and the blood at the corner of her mouth was still dripping down.
Mom suddenly started coughing violently, and blood splattered on Hu Nianzhi's clothes: "Don't worry about it... Listen to mom and go get the iron box under the bed..." Before she finished speaking, footsteps were suddenly heard outside the door.
Hu Nianzhi felt her blood freeze. Her mother shoved her under the bed and rushed over to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the floor. The door was violently kicked open. Her father stood at the door holding an oil lamp, a drunken grin on his face: "Want to run? Where do you think you can run to?"
"You promised me!" Mom screamed, stabbing Dad with the broken porcelain shard. Dad easily dodged it and slapped Mom to the ground with a backhand. Hu Nianzhi watched from under the bed, her nails digging deep into her palms, the taste of blood spreading in her mouth.
"Promise you?" Dad stepped on Mom's back and said viciously, "Wang Aihua, you can leave, but your daughter stays with me. Your daughter belongs to our Wang family." After that, he drove Wang Aihua out.