Of course, this was only what Li Su saw, what Wu Daqiang and Kong Hua saw on the surface. In reality, the deep thoughts and disgust in their eyes were almost overwhelming. The only ones who saw it were Li Yiyi and Liu Wen.
Because of the different angles from which you stand, you will see different things.
After confirming that revealing her actions hadn't offended Wu Daqiang and his group, Li Su removed the ropes binding her herself.
He stared intently at Li Su, his gaze filled with resentment and accusation, before finally speaking after a long while.
"Mother, do you want to know why I targeted Li Hun?"
"think."
Li Su was practically raised by Li Hun, and Li's mother really wanted to know why Li Su could do such a thing.
"Mother, there's no need."
Li Hun pushed the wheelchair to his mother's side. Did he need to know? Absolutely not. Regardless of Li Su's reasons for attacking, once she attacked, she attacked.
Facts are facts; what difference does it make whether you know the reason or not?
Li Hun's attitude angered Li Su, and in an instant, her hateful gaze shifted from Li's mother to Li Hun.
"Li Hun, are you very proud of yourself? Are you proud of how I am now, or rather, how I used to be?"
No one needed to answer; Li Su continued talking to herself.
“Li Hun, look at your name, and then look at mine. One is 'Hun' (meat) and the other is 'Su' (vegetarian). Isn’t there a big difference? You can tell from our names that we are different. Your parents hope that you will have a good life, so they named you Li Hun.”
"Because I'm not a son, I can only use the name Li Su. It's a combination of meat and vegetables, which is nutritious and delicious. You see, vegetables are an auxiliary to meat. So, from the beginning, my parents hoped that I could help you and support you. That's all I could do, not that they wanted me to live my own life."
The words hidden deep in Li Su's heart, she said, and then she cried.
Everyone only saw that she broke Li Hun's leg, but if Li's mother and the others had treated everyone equally, she wouldn't have gone to such lengths.
At first, she didn't believe it either, but Li's mother's indifference made her understand.
Yes, that's all she could do.
Li Hun, Li Hun, everything is for Li Hun. She will even continue to do things for Li Hun. With years of feelings for each other, she wasn't so heartless at first. But then she heard something with her own ears, which made her make up her mind.
Wiping away her tears, Li Su proudly raised her head.
“Mom, I admit you’ve had a hard time. I also admit you were very good to me at first. When I realized there was a difference between us, I didn’t really think anything of it. Other girls were having a worse time than me. I was already very happy. But you shouldn’t have let me hear those words.”
"What did you say?"
At this point, Li Hun couldn't help but open his mouth and ask,
"What are you talking about? Li Hun, do you even remember what year it was when you had that accident?"
"When I was transitioning from elementary to middle school."
The time was only two years since his leg was broken; Li Hun remembered that date clearly.
"Yes, you're going to junior high. Because you're going to junior high, your mother is discussing with you whether I can stop going to school. She says that junior high will be more expensive and the burden on the family will be heavier. If we support two people, you might have to suffer at school."
"Li Hun, do you remember what your answer was back then?"
As the past was brought up, Li Hun's thoughts slowly returned. He rarely reminisced about the past because it was filled with Li Su's image.
"I answered no."
"No, Li Hun, your answer was a tacit yes."
Li Su let out a sharp voice, pointing at Li Hun with extreme agitation, her face showing a mixture of sorrow and grief.
“Li Hun, what you said at first was indeed possible, but later Mom said that sending me to the fourth grade was already more than enough, that girls only need to know how to read, and that other children don’t have this privilege of going to school. Li Hun, you nodded in agreement.”
"Then my mother continued, saying that after you go to junior high school, I will go home to do housework and mend your clothes. If the expenses of junior high school are too high, she will find me a husband in advance so that I can go out and earn some money to help support the family. After all, I have been to school, so it will be easier for me to find a husband."
“Li Hun, you didn’t refute it back then, did you? Because subconsciously you thought so too. You didn’t want to suffer, so you acquiesced to your mother not letting me go to school, and you acquiesced to me being the one to support the family and support you in the future.”
The last sentence was shouted by Li Su, directed at Li Hun, and also at Li's mother.
Li Yiyi and the others listened in silence. This matter was difficult to judge, much like how even an upright official finds it hard to settle family disputes.
Were Li's mother and Li Hun wrong? Yes, they were.
Is Li Suquan right? No, not really.
“Li Su, I admit I wronged you back then, but that’s not the reason you hit your brother. No matter what, you were able to go to school a few years ago because your brother begged me.”
Li Su had overheard what she said, something Li's mother hadn't expected. She felt a moment of guilt, but then her mind was filled with images of Li Hun's despondency and growing depression after his leg was broken.
At that time, Li Hun was very emotionally fragile, and she had to stay by his bedside almost day and night to prevent him from doing anything foolish.
"Hehe, Mother, is it really because of Li Hun that I went to school? Or are you putting on an act for me?"
If it were really because of school, Li Su wouldn't be too angry.
Because Li's mother was right about one thing: very few people could go to school back then, and she should be content. But if she hadn't gone to school because of Li's mother or Li Hun...
They also want to deprive her of her right to go to school, and they want to deprive her of her future, which changes the nature of the situation.
Li Su's eyes were too shrewd; Li's mother didn't dare meet her gaze, nor did Li Hun. They knew Li Su must know something.
The two were silent, but Li Su had something to say.
“Mother, I was able to go to school because of my father, not because you are so generous, nor because I begged you.”
“Mom, my father was just like you, his heart and soul were all for his son. The person my father loved most was me, not Li Hun. Father is gone, but his things are not gone. I saw a little notebook that my father often wrote in your room. It was filled with his expectations for me, his expectations for me after I was born, and he also wrote in it how he would spoil me in the future.”
Li Su couldn't stop her tears from flowing. She realized there was someone in this world who loved her, someone who truly loved her, unlike her mother who tormented her under the guise of love, and unlike Li Hun who treated her like a pet.
She'd come if she was interested, and leave it aside if she wasn't. She claimed it was for his own good, but really it was because Li Hun didn't like the things she received.
So she became a ready-made excuse: she accidentally tore her clothes while washing them, and Li Hun didn't like them anymore, so tearing a little bit of them became her new clothes.
If word got out, it would become that she wanted to wear new clothes, and Li Hun tore up her own new clothes for her younger sister.
Li Hun is a good older brother, while she is a bad younger sister.
In Li's mother's eyes, Li Hun was perfect in every way. In her eyes, Li Hun was someone who enjoyed the benefits but still wanted to bully her from a position of superiority.
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