Shen Limin looked at Shen Hongmei in embarrassment.
How could he make the decision on such a big thing as taking Chen Hongmei back to her parents' home?
If he took the person away at this time, and Zhao Changgui went to the Shen family to make trouble, the Dongliang Village, which had just calmed down, would become lively again.
Shen Limin lowered his head to avoid Shen Hongmei's face, and said with a guilty conscience: "Sister, I...I...it was my mother who asked me to come and see you, or...or should I go back and tell my father to let him come and see you?"
When Shen Hongmei heard this, she immediately struggled.
She knew it was useless for him to tell her when he went back. When the incident happened, her mother forced her to come back with Zhao Changgui. How could she come to save her now?
The tears that were almost dry were filled with tears again.
She held Shen Limin's hand tightly and begged him in an almost pleading voice: "Dali, sister...sister, please, take me away now, otherwise I will really...really die here."
Shen Hongmei struggled to get up, but her whole body felt like it was falling apart and she felt pain everywhere when she moved.
Shen Limin tried to help her, but as soon as he touched her shoulder, Shen Hongmei couldn't help but utter a sound of pain: "Don't touch, don't touch, it hurts, it hurts."
"Sister, you...you..."
Shen Limin said "you" twice and didn't say a complete sentence.
In the past, he only called Chen Hongmei "sister" when he asked for something, and otherwise he would call her by her full name.
The brother and sister always quarreled and fought over trivial matters.
Even today, when Shen Limin was on his way here, he was still thinking about giving a good scolding to vent his anger when he got here!
But now seeing her being beaten into this state, I feel very sad.
The voice was choked with sobs: "Is this how they treat you? Zhao Changgui is such a scoundrel."
"I'll go back and tell Dad to come and settle the score with Zhao Changgui."
Chen Hongmei lay weakly on the cold kang, her eyes filled with despair as she thought about what she had experienced in the past few days.
When he came back that night, maybe because Zhao Changgui was too tired or he hadn't recovered yet, he didn't beat her when he got home.
But the next morning, when Shen Hongmei opened her eyes, she saw Zhao Changgui was not even wearing any clothes. He was just sitting on the quilt with his upper body naked, staring at her with a sullen face.
That look was as if Shen Hongmei had killed his mother.
I wish I could eat her flesh and drink her blood right there and then.
This cannibalistic expression frightened Shen Siyue so much that she hid to the side involuntarily.
Seeing her avoiding him like this, Zhao Changgui became even angrier. He knelt down, grabbed Shen Hongmei's feet and dragged her over.
What followed was a continuous barrage of fists and curses.
Bitch, bitch, slut, whore...
Zhao Changgui used all the curses that could be used on women on Chen Hongmei.
The four children of the Zhao family quietly hid aside, lowered their heads, and pretended to be dead like statues.
This time, Zhao Changgui really took ruthless action.
Even though Shen Hongmei screamed and begged for mercy, he still couldn't stop.
It wasn't until Shen Siyue lay motionless on the kang that he was tired of fighting, and then he sat down to the side, panting.
That morning, Shen Hongmei barely got up until after breakfast.
In the following time, Zhao Changgui looked at Shen Hongmei with murderous eyes.
Shen Hongmei thought that Zhao Changgui beat her because she had made him lose face in Dongliang Village.
According to past experience, as long as we can endure the two days when Zhao Changgui is angry, everything will be fine.
But early the next morning, Zhao Changgui sat on the kang with a sullen face and stared at her, just like the day before.
What followed was a punch even more violent than the last time that landed on her.
This time she was beaten so hard that she couldn't get out of bed for the whole day.
The same thing happened on the third day.
Moreover, Zhao Changgui directly asked Zhao Ping'an and several other children to carry Shen Hongmei to the utility room.
The windows of the utility room were not sealed tightly, and the kang was not heated every day, so it was not much warmer than outside.
Chen Hongmei was injured and if she lived in a house like this, she might lose her life if she wasn't careful.
For Zhao Changgui, beating women is a common occurrence.
So the children of the Zhao family have become accustomed to this.
But this time, Zhao Changgui's cruelty was unprecedented.
In the following days, every morning, Zhao Changgui would come to the utility room and punch Shen Hongmei a few times.
With new injuries and old ones added to them, Shen Hongmei had been beaten beyond recognition.
If Zhao Ping'an hadn't secretly heated the kang for her and fed her some porridge every day when his father was out, she would not have lived to see Shen Limin come to see her.
Shen Hongmei didn't know why Zhao Changgui looked like he wanted to kill her this time.
But she doesn’t want to die yet, she is still so young!!!
Although she always shouted in front of Wang Huilian that she didn't want to live anymore, it was not until she was really on the verge of death that she felt that it was better to live a miserable life than to die.
This time Shen Limin came over, and finally gave her hope of survival.
So she didn't want to miss this opportunity no matter what.
But under Shen Hongmei's entanglement, Shen Limin became more and more afraid to take her back.
After comforting Shen Hongmei for a while, he forcibly pulled away Shen Hongmei's hand that was grabbing his sleeve and fled away from the Zhao family.
On the way home, Shen Limin cried as he walked.
He wanted to save Shen Hongmei, but he didn't dare to think about what would happen if Zhao Changgui went to the Shen family to make trouble?
This contradictory thought made the teenager very upset.
Even when he returned home and Wang Huilian kept questioning him, he was still immersed in the regret of his cowardice.
It was not until Wang Huilian could not help but hit him and hurt him that Shen Limin told her about Shen Hongmei's situation in a fragmented manner.
When Wang Huilian heard that her daughter was going to be beaten to death, she collapsed on the kang and started crying.
Shen Chunshu sat aside with an angry face: "The blisters on your feet are caused by walking alone, you can't blame others."
When Wang Huilian was feeling sad, Shen Chunshu's words hit the nail on the head and immediately aroused her anger.
She threw herself on Chen Chunshu without a care in the world, scratching and clawing him: "Are you a human? That's your own daughter!"
"My red plum, my poor red plum! Woo woo woo..."
Wang Huilian's crying alarmed everyone in the east room, including Li Xiang.
From Wang Huilian's cries, which got louder and louder, she also learned about Shen Hongmei's situation.
That's why he was waiting for Shen Siyue late at night and wanted to educate her.
And from Li Xiang's words full of heartache for Shen Hongmei and complaints about herself, Shen Siyue actually felt that she might have noticed the reason for Zhao Changgui's abnormality.
That old guy, maybe he’s no longer able to do that after being frightened last time?
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