Chapter 303: Snuggling into Your Bedding
Shirley watched him without a word. She wasn’t sure if she felt sorry for him or not; she only found his willfulness to be complicated. As she looked at her own son, whom she once could never teach properly, only half a year had passed and he had endured all the suffering and mockery. Now, he suddenly seemed to remember that having a mother was a good thing. For some reason, though, every time she saw him, she always remembered the footprints left on her body, and his cheerful encouragements, praising his beast of a father for hitting her so well, word by word.
She shivered unconsciously.
Dezi in front of her was wolfing down the cake. After he finished, he looked at her pleadingly and then started to cry again.
"Mom, can I, like my sisters, live with you too? At home, I dare to do any chores now, and my grandparents are old, needing my help with everything. It’s fine when dad isn’t home, but when he comes back, he beats me. Look at my arms, my hands, and my head, all injured, all his doing. Grandparents try to protect me but they get hit too. Wuuu, mom, won’t you take me away, please?"
"Go back. I’ve said it before; I’ll only take care of your living expenses and tuition. Whatever you can achieve through your studies is up to you. When I divorced your dad, we agreed that you belong to the Xu Family, and your sisters belong to me. Just treat what you just said as if I didn’t hear it. Next time I see you, I can still give you something to eat, but otherwise, I won’t be involved with you."
Watching Shirley suddenly change her demeanor, Dezi got frightened and took a couple of steps back.
"Wuuu, I was wrong, mom. I really was. It was grandma who’s always speaking ill of you. Wuuu, I have made a mistake. Wuuu, you’re my mom, can’t you forgive me? Wuuu, mom, I really realize my mistake now."
"Go back!"
Shirley gave him an indifferent glance and turned her head to walk towards the entrance of the village, but she felt a slight bitterness in her heart as she turned around.
Daqing and Erqing had suffered no less since they were young, but when they saw Wang Lianhua being beaten, despite being young, they bravely stood in front of their mother.