Chapter 124 Sharing the Same Misfortune
Zhou Mu immediately put down the flyer and ran over, shouting, "Wait! Stop!"
Song Lifan turned around and saw a big frog running towards him. Before he could ask anything, the big frog immediately dragged his wheelchair to a safe place.
"Why be so pessimistic? You're still so young, the world is so vast, with so many beautiful landscapes, interesting people and things. If you haven't seen them all, are you really willing to leave like this?"
Song Lifan realized that the big frog had misunderstood, but he didn't explain. He just stared at the frog's mouth, as if trying to see what was inside through the gap, but he failed.
But Zhou Mu understood what she meant, and since the hood was stuffy, she simply took it off.
Song Lifan saw her face clearly; she was a very pretty young girl with fair skin. She looked younger than him, but the sweat on her head made her look particularly disheveled, with her hair sticking wetly to her forehead and face.
The breeze from the river carried her faint smell of sweat, which wasn't pleasant. He was a germaphobe, and normally he should have kept his distance, but he didn't. Instead, he handed her a handkerchief.
Zhou Mu smiled and said, "Thank you, but no need, it'll just make you dirty."
She waved the tissue in her hand, "I have enough tissues."
Song Lifan did not insist and took back the handkerchief.
Zhou Mu wiped his sweat as he asked, "Are you having any difficulties? You can tell me. I may not be able to help you, but we are complete strangers, so don't worry about me revealing anything."
Song Lifan didn't want to show his vulnerability in front of strangers, but looking into Zhou Muqing's clear eyes, he suddenly felt the urge to confide in her. Just like she said, they didn't know each other at all, so it wouldn't be a problem to talk about it, right?
“I am disabled.” Song Lifan’s voice was so soft it was almost inaudible.
Zhou Mu glanced at his legs; it seemed there was nothing under the blanket.
"So what? You were able to endure the pain of your broken leg back then, are you going to let other people's strange looks defeat you now? Your body may be imperfect because of a disability, but that won't affect your excellence."
Song Lifan gave a helpless, bitter smile. "You wouldn't understand."
He was a proud and arrogant person, and after breaking his leg, he displayed his pride and arrogance to the fullest.
"Even my father has abandoned me, what's the point of me just clinging to life?"
“Your life is your own. If you give it up, won’t that just make your father’s wish come true? If he doesn’t care about you now, he’ll just applaud and celebrate when you die. If it were me, I would definitely work hard to prove my excellence and make him regret it.”
Song Lifan laughed at her naivety and continued, "My family has some assets. My mother accompanied my father through his struggles, but after he achieved success, he allowed his mistress, who was pregnant, to force him to resign, which angered my mother to death."
"And he married that mistress just one month later. The mistress falsely accused me of causing her miscarriage, and he beat me half to death."
"Later, after the mistress became pregnant again, she became even bolder. She had someone kidnap me, and she was the one who broke my leg. There was still hope for recovery, but she added poison to my medicine during my treatment, causing me to have my leg amputated and completely losing any hope of standing up again."
Zhou Mu asked cautiously, "Your father... hasn't done anything about it?"
Song Lifan gave a sarcastic smile. "If he had it, would I be the way I am now?"
"If he has it, will I lose hope in life?"
Zhou Mu felt a sense of shared misfortune and laughed, "We actually have a lot to talk about."
Song Lifan looked over.
Zhou Mu sat down on the bench and pointed to the hood next to him, saying, "Look, even in this hot weather, I still have to wear such a thick hood while working a part-time job."
She also shared her own story: "I grew up in the poorest slum in Haishi. I never met my father, I only had a mother, and she didn't love me."
"I don't know why. It's probably because of the sins committed by my biological father whom I've never met. In any case, my mother hates me to the core."
Zhou Mu lifted his bangs, revealing two scars on his forehead. One was quite old, and the other was a fresh, pink scar. "The old one was from when she pushed me onto the table when I was little. The new one was from when she hit me last year. I have many other scars on my body, burns, knife wounds, needle pricks, all of which were inflicted by my own mother."
There was hardly anyone around, so Zhou Mu simply took off his wig, revealing a seven- or eight-centimeter-long scar on his bald head.
“This was also done by my mother. There was blood all over the ground. She wouldn’t even allow anyone to take me to the hospital. I have no doubt that she wanted to kill me at that time.”
“When I was a child, I wanted her to approve of me and like me, so I tried to please her, but what I got in return was endless abuse and beatings.”
"Now I understand. People who aren't worth it shouldn't be cared about. I will try my best to live, to live better, and to live to see her regret and see her retribution."
Looking at this thin yet strong girl, Song Lifan was deeply moved by the resolute light in her eyes.
"Let me tell you a secret," Zhou Mu suddenly leaned closer and whispered, "Actually, I'm also disabled."
Song Lifan looked at Zhou Mu in surprise. Apart from the scar on her forehead, her body seemed to be fine.
Zhou Mu smiled and pointed to his left ear. "I can't hear in my left ear. She hit me when I was little. The first time it was a serious injury, and the second time I could only hear faint sounds. Later, I gradually couldn't hear anything at all. Didn't you notice that when you asked me to listen to you, you turned your head to the side and used your right ear?"
Song Lifan was completely captivated by Zhou Mu at this moment.
His heart was completely occupied by this girl who comforted him by revealing her own scars. Although she looked relaxed and even smiled, he still noticed a trace of sadness in her eyes.
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