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He dreamed that Xiao Yu was curled up in his arms, her tender body trembling violently.

He dreamed that a man picked him up and slapped him until his face was covered in blood.

Chen Qing woke up from his dream and sat on the bed gasping for breath.

The bed beneath me was clean and soft, emitting a faint fragrance. On the bedside table not far away, there was a glass of pure milk, which was my mother's

Gave it to him before bed.

The man's angry scolding and the child's screams still echoed in his mind. A stinging sensation seemed to linger on his cheek.

Chen Qing subconsciously raised his hands to cover his face. It was not until he felt the smooth skin that he remembered that he had returned home and would not be

People slapped.

But Xiao Yu is still there.

Was he lucky today? Did he get beaten? When he was upset, was there anyone to comfort him?

Chen Qing drank up the milk and lay down again, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.

He couldn't help but send a message to his father, asking about the progress of the search.

It was already one in the morning, but his father replied to his message in seconds.

It was as if General Chen had set a special reminder for him, fearing that he would miss his son's call for help again like he did four years ago.

[Looking for it, coming soon. ]

The reply was only four words and seemed very cold.

Reason told Chen Qing that his father cared about him, otherwise he would not always pay attention to his information.

He could see that his mother and two sisters also loved him.

But Chen Qing still had a vague feeling that he couldn't fit into this family.

Whether it was his relatives or the servants who knew the inside story, everyone looked at him with eyes full of worry and sympathy.

Even the second sister, who has the most carefree personality, would be cautious when facing him.

He was like a guest in this house.

Chen Qing knew that it wasn't their fault, it was him who had the problem.

He would tremble uncontrollably when he heard someone talking loudly, and instinctively raise his hand to cover his head when someone grabbed his arm.

He was afraid to eat at the dinner table and would only pick up his chopsticks when everyone's eyes were away from him.

Even when taking a shower, I would double-check the water temperature.

He ate the nutritional paste given by Yu Tong in front of Yu's father. He didn't know what nerve he touched in the man, but he was almost beaten to death.

He was once pressed into boiling water by Yu's father, and there are still scars on his calves.

Every hurt he suffered left an indelible mark in Chen Qing's heart.

Even the most ordinary little things would bring up his painful memories.

Most importantly, he couldn't fit into his life.

His childhood playmates looked at him with a friendly yet distant look. The news of his disappearance had spread, and people were speculating about why he was missing.

What have you experienced over the years?

Chen Qing tried to communicate with them.

After a few meetings, he found that his painful past had become a topic of conversation among them.

It is an interesting topic for them to kill their free time.

After staying at the Chen family for less than half a month, Chen Qing began to disguise herself again.

He suppressed his body's instinctive reaction, pretending that he had recovered and turned back into the proud Young Master Chen.

Chen Qing didn't want to worry her family, and was also afraid that her recovery would be too slow and disappoint her family.

He also remembers what happened to Whites.

When Whites returned home, his nervousness was so intense that his parents exhausted him, and they eventually sent him to a mental hospital.

Love is not a number that can be quantified. Chen Qing doesn't know how much love his parents and sister have left for him.

Will they, like Whites' family, gradually lose patience with him?

Chen Qing needs to be more careful and behave well enough to be likable.

He promised Yu Tong that he would take him back to Chen's house.

He wants to be the pride of his parents and make his family believe that he is good and valuable and worth staying.

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After taking medicine several times, Yu Tong's fever subsided.

In order to survive, he became more obedient and sensible than before, trying every possible way to please his parents and being particularly filial.

Yu's father and mother could see that he was trying to please them, and they enjoyed his tail-wagging and begging.

Yu's mother is pregnant again recently. Although her belly hasn't grown big yet, giving birth is only a matter of time.

Although they had said in private that raising Yu Tong alone was enough, the next child would be stewed just like the previous one.

eat.

But Yu Tong still had a dark idea.

He wanted his mother to have an abortion.

There can only be one child in the family, and that child is him, Yu Tong.

Whenever the parents decide to keep the child, his situation becomes more difficult.

You might even be beaten to death.

So Yu Tong found an opportunity, put some oil on the ground, and successfully made his mother fall.

He was lucky and succeeded at once.

After the woman fell, her stomach hit a sharp stone and she was almost ripped open.

Looking at the blood on the ground, Xiao Yutong's eyes were particularly bright.

He should have put in a few more nails.

That would kill his mother.

No one noticed that Yu Tong had done anything, but Yu's father was in a bad mood and beat him up without saying anything.

The stick hit him again and again. Yu Tong curled up and stared at the ground.

He understood that no matter how hard he tried or how obedient he was, as long as he stayed at home, he would be at risk of being beaten to death.

He remembered that when he had a fever, he heard his parents say that there was an old man who liked to collect beautiful children and he fell in love with him at first sight.

Chen Qing always advised him not to sell his body. Now that Brother Chen is dead, no one will care about him anymore.

He wants to live.

Xiao Yutong decided to sell himself.

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Yu's father and mother didn't want to sell their son to an old man, as they were worried that Yu Tong would follow a good man and take revenge on them in the future.

It took Yu Tong more than a month to gradually convince his parents that he had really been brainwashed.