Chapter 52: Beaten by Your Dad

When meeting Su Cheng's gaze, Xie Cuicui's eyes were a little evasive, but her small hands were tightly wrapped around her mother's slender waist.

"Is it Xie Song, or that woman?"

Xie Cuicui buried her face in her belly, her eyes reddened quietly, "Mom, I'm fine, don't worry."

"You keep everything in your heart and don't say it, which makes mother really worried." Su Cheng bent down and gently hugged her in his arms, "Cui Cui, you don't need to worry about anything with mother here."

Xie Cuicui tried hard to hold back her tears and said in a low voice, "How wonderful it would be if I were mother's child..."

She was only five years old, but she was forced to accept the reality that neither of her biological parents loved her.

No matter how sensible and well-behaved she is, no one wants to like her.

"My father beat me..." Xie Cuicui felt wronged, her voice choking with sobs. "I saw that woman in the kitchen and started arguing with her. My father heard me, so he slapped me and even hit me with a wooden spatula."

"Mom, am I not his biological child?" Xie Cuicui finally raised her little face, tears as big as beans fell, soaking Su Cheng's clothes. "Why don't he and Sun Panpan want me?"

Su Cheng held the torch farther away so that he could clearly see the five finger marks on the little girl's cheek.

"This has nothing to do with you. It's their fault." Su Cheng lowered his eyes and gently touched her swollen cheek with his fingertips. Seeing that the little girl shuddered in pain just by being touched on the face, her face became even uglier.

She had lived two lives and had always been law-abiding, but this was the first time she had the intention to kill someone.

What’s the difference between assaulting a child and assaulting an animal?

At this moment, she seemed to understand Xie Jinyu a little.

"Mom will go back and apply medicine for you. In three days, my daughter will be beautiful again." Su Cheng wiped away the tears from her eyes, and a hint of gloom appeared in his eyes. "By the way, let's get back at the place we left behind."

Xie Cuicui raised her head and stared at the woman in front of her in a daze. Suddenly, she felt that her mother's frail figure was taller than a mountain at that moment. "Mom...will you leave in the future?"

Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, somewhat amused by the girl's train of thought, "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

Xie Cuicui bit her lip nervously and whispered, "Mom is beautiful and omnipotent. The things she brings out are rare in the world. What else could she be but a deity?"

"Why do you always think about all sorts of nonsense in your little head?" Su Cheng chuckled and took her down the mountain. "Don't worry, if Mom can fly back to the sky one day, she will remember to bring my Cuicui with her."

When he turned around, he saw the dirty Xie Jinyu.

Su Cheng paused, and the little girl in his arms saw him and exclaimed, "Uncle San, why are you so dirty?"

Uncle San was the most pretentious and clean-minded person, and she had never seen him like this before.

"Your father beat you." Xie Jinyu raised her eyelids slightly and asked nonchalantly, "Why is your face swollen?"

“…I was beaten by my father.”

"Oh."

As expected, I heard Uncle San's ridicule.

Xie Jinyu slowly walked up to the two of them and handed the torch in Su Cheng's hand to Xie Cuicui, "Light the way down."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly bent down and picked up the woman beside him by the waist.

Su Cheng exclaimed, and subconsciously hugged his neck, closing the distance between them. Looking at Xie Jinyu's face, which was more beautiful than a woman's, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, "Xie Jinyu, what are you doing?"

"Your ankle is almost swollen like a small mountain. How can you walk down from the top of the mountain?" Xie Jinyu glanced sideways, his eyes moving around her face and finally fixed on her bright red lips. "What do you think I'm going to do?"

Su Cheng looked away uncomfortably and murmured, "You are so weak, how can you hold me?"

Say he is weak?

Xie Jinyu suddenly smiled. She was too angry to argue with her and walked down the mountain.

Su Cheng leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Put me down at the foot of the mountain, otherwise if others see us, they'll think we're having an affair."

Xie Jinyu raised an eyebrow and replied casually, "I see."

But all the way to the end of the village, Su Cheng was still nestled in Xie Jinyu's arms. No matter how she struggled, she couldn't escape from his grasp. She had no choice but to bury her face in his chest to block other people's view. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth and cursed, "Xie Jinyu, you liar!"

The corners of Xie Jinyu's lips rose uncontrollably. She was in a surprisingly good mood. She had never been so happy in her twenty years of life.

"I feel sorry for my sister-in-law, why don't you appreciate it?"

"Shut up!"

A man's clear laughter came from above his head. Su Cheng could guess how showy his laugh was without looking up. He was so angry that he raised his hand and pinched his chest hard.

Xie Jinyu frowned and groaned, then said softly, "Sister-in-law, please show mercy."

Xie Cuicui followed the two of them obediently. Seeing them getting along so closely and behaving naturally, an idea suddenly popped up in her little head.

Why can’t mother marry my third uncle?

When they finally reached the door of their house, Xie Jinyu tactfully let go of her hand and stood obediently behind her sister-in-law.

Xie Cuicui was concerned about her foot injury, and when she saw this, she quickly stepped forward and said, "Mom, let me support you."

Aunt Liu saw them and ran over with sweat on her forehead. "Ah Cheng... Hey? Cui Jie'er is back?"

"I've found it. Please tell the neighbors." Su Cheng smiled and nodded, his tone sincere. "When the village is repaired, I will treat the uncles and aunts to a meal."

"Okay, okay, go home and rest." Aunt Liu waved her hand, then thought of something and walked to Su Cheng, deliberately lowering her voice, "Xie Song is back. I just passed by your yard and heard a woman's voice. You'd better be careful. If the boss bullies you, just ask Cui Jie'er to go find me next door."

Su Cheng felt warm in her heart and responded with a smile, "Thank you for your kindness, Auntie. I understand."

When I entered Xie's house, there was no one in the yard. There was only a half-drunk bowl of fish soup left on the table. The light in the west room was on, and the candlelight flickered on the window paper. I could vaguely hear voices from inside.

Xie Cuicui immediately perked up and said angrily, "Mom, they came into your room!"

Su Cheng touched her flesh and smiled gently, "It's okay, don't worry about it, go follow your third uncle to the east room."

"But mother..."

"Let's go."

Without waiting for the little girl to finish her words, Xie Jinyu carried her towards the east room and said, "She can handle it."

Only after the door of the east room was closed did the smile on Su Cheng's face gradually disappear, and he turned to look at his own room.

Yao Su'er gently leaned against Xie Song's chest, her fingertips rubbing circles on his heart. "Xie Lang, are we staying here tonight? The Su family's sister seems difficult to get along with, but she won't be angry with us, will she?"

Xie Song, lying naked on the bed, sneered at the words and spoke arrogantly, "Our family's surname is Xie, so who is Su Cheng? My second and fourth brothers are unconscious, who else can help her? Can I count on my sickly third brother?"

Su Cheng chuckled softly, raised her hand and pushed open the door. Under the two people's suspicious eyes, she slowly walked forward and opened her pink lips, "I will let you see today, what am I in the Xie family?"