Wan Si nodded in agreement, tears streaming down her face. "Mom, this is a crucial time for me to prepare for the postgraduate entrance exam. If something happens to Dad, I won't be able to take the exam."

You are my biological mother, don't you love me and my brother the most?

"Please sacrifice for us one more time, okay? Please endure it for us one more time. We believe that after this lesson, Dad will definitely change."

Of course, she herself didn't really believe this.

Will I die if I don't take the postgraduate entrance exam?

Mo Yan looked at her and said those words coldly.

Wan Si's eyes widened, tears streaming down her face like a faucet. "Mom, how could you say that?"

"Otherwise what? How should I explain?" Mo Yan looked at the two of them and thought the original owner must have been blind to have gone to such lengths to support their education.

The original owner gave everything for them, and what was the result?

No mother wants her children to be bad; they only see their excellence and think that since they are number one, they can't be bad children. But they don't realize that some people are inherently selfish.

If their interests are not affected, they seem like good people, the kind of honest people.

If that's touched on, then... isn't moral blackmail and such normal?

Mo Yan didn't say anything, and they thought that Mo Yan didn't want others to know about their conversation.

"Will I die if I don't take the postgraduate entrance exam? Will I die if I don't get a promotion?"

Really?

Their mother would definitely die if she didn't get a divorce and leave this place, but it's different for them. Even if they don't take the postgraduate entrance exam, there won't be any problems, right?

But the original owner was different; if she didn't get a divorce, she would be beaten to death or have her legs broken.

"Compared to life, which is more important? Do you think I don't love you enough, or that you're just too ungrateful? You know your dad will definitely beat me to death when he comes back, yet you still ask me to put up with it one more time for your sake."

The two of them were speechless.

They looked at each other, and for a moment, neither of them knew what to say.

"No, I believe my dad wouldn't..." Wan Han had never been beaten, so of course she would say that.

"I came back this time only for the court hearing, not for you."

I raised you and provided for your education; I have done more than enough. From now on, I will pretend I never had you two.

These two ungrateful wretches are worse off than none at all.

After saying that, Mo Yan picked up some things and went out. She was going to visit her friends in the village. As for the two people in the room, she would be back in a while.

Just then, both of them felt a little dizzy.

They fell asleep.

In their dream, they saw Wanlin.

Wan Lin was carrying many things—knives, sticks, and whips—as he walked towards the brother and sister.

The two of them were somewhat flustered. "Dad, what are you going to do?"

Wan Lin's expression was fierce, his eyes were crazed, and he swung his stick at them, saying, "What are you doing? Of course I'm going to beat you two little bastards to death."

Wan Han got up and ran, completely ignoring Wan Si's injured leg.

"Brother, wait for me! Why aren't you waiting for me? Come and save me!"

Wan Si watched in horror as Wan Lin drew closer and closer to her, crying out, "Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"

Wan Lin slammed his fist down hard on Wan Si's leg.

The fierce and forceful facial contortion terrified Wan Han so much that he turned and ran away.

That's terrifying, that's terrifying! His dad is terrifying! Why didn't he run away and stay to get beaten up?

Wan Si was beaten so badly that he could no longer scream.

She wanted to faint, so she wouldn't feel anything, but she didn't; she was perfectly lucid.

At this moment, Mo Yan was chatting and laughing with the villagers. Some people checked the time and realized it was already one o'clock, so they thought about going back to cook.

Mo Yan didn't move, continuing to play cards with the old man under the big tree—what a good witness!

Those two should really get a good taste of what it's like to be brutally beaten.

Mo Yan threw a handful of ashes; they were hypnotic, and an immersive kind of hypnosis.

When you believe that something is real, your body will also feel that it is real, and all the pain will be real.

...

Wan Han ran a very, very long way, thinking he had escaped the clutches of evil. But he was too exhausted to run any further, so he bent over, gripped his knees with both hands, and gasped for breath.

He thought to himself, "Little sister, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I have no choice. Dad's appearance is just too frightening."

It's much better for one person to be beaten than for two people to be beaten, right?

Thinking about it that way, he felt at ease.

He thought he would go back to see his sister after his father calmed down.

He took several deep breaths before looking up, and what he saw was a particularly terrifying face.

His dad was grinning at him with his mouth wide open, and his eyes were terrifying; it was chilling to look at.

"Run! Why have you stopped running?"

Wan Lin's voice became shrill, and excited.

A special kind of excitement, like the excitement of wanting to do something... and being able to do it right away.

"Dad, calm down. Have you been drinking? Or are you worried that Mom will sue you?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said that, because once he did, Wanlin went crazy.

"You two little bastards! You can't even do a simple task right! What good are you? I'll beat you to death!"

As he spoke, Wan Han brought his club down, striking Wan Han's knee with a crack. Wan Han could clearly feel that the club had hit his bone...

My bones are broken, it hurts so much, it hurts so much...

This is just the beginning.

Next, Wan Han experienced what despair truly meant—endless despair.

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