Ding Youtian initially thought she had developed a new habit of talking in her sleep, but only when he heard her turn over and sit up did he put down his book and stand up. As he moved, Guoguo also stood up, and Baimei flew onto Guoguo's back. Guoguo carried it to the door of the inner room and then stopped.
Jane Ning didn't let them into the bedroom, and both of them pricked up their ears.
"But did Brother Ma send a letter?" Ding Youtian walked in and saw her looking up into space. His heart suddenly trembled. "Could something have happened to Sister Bao'er?"
He rushed to the bed in a few steps, and Jian Ning reached out to grab him, and the two of them disappeared from the room. Guoguo and Baimei were no longer surprised by this scene. Guoguo flicked his tail and carried Baimei on his back to the charcoal basin.
"Is that Dajun?" Ding Youtian walked into the herb room and first saw Dabao and Da Niu on the electronic screen. The two kids had grown a little taller and were standing side by side beside the bed, staring at the blood-stained boy on the bed with nervous and angry expressions.
Yang Jinyu was treating the injuries on the boy's face. The half of the boy's face that was exposed on the screen was covered with blisters, was swollen, his eye sockets were blue and purple, and half of his forehead was covered with blood stains, both old and new. It was impossible to tell whether it was Dajun. Ding Youtian could only guess that it was him.
There is no one else except him.
Huo Jincheng, his daughter, and the Ma family are all in the picture.
Jian Ning was already asking Ma Fuquan: [What happened? Who hit him? His stepmother?]
Ma Fuquan sent several screenshots in succession. In addition to Dabao and Da Niu, A'man, Ma Xiaomi, Ma Xiaodou and the slightly pregnant Tian, there was also Lu Huaian squatting on the side with his head in his hands.
There were tears in the eldest girl's eyes. The children had grown up. Ma Fuquan then typed what had happened on the screen.
Because Duan Yu bought the dolls for Erniu and Sanniu in a shop in the east, Ma Fuquan wasted a lot of time searching before he found Lu Huaian's new wife's home in the capital in the south city.
Lu Huaian later married a widow. Her previous husband had died during the smallpox epidemic in the capital, leaving behind a son and a daughter. The woman was incredibly cruel, beating and scolding her own daughters daily. Knowing her true identity, who would dare marry her? Unable to support a son and a daughter herself, she asked a relative to find her another husband.
Coincidentally, the woman had a cousin from Baisha Town who had business dealings with Lu Huaian. The two of them were drinking together one day, and Lu Huaian, while drinking Yunshan Cui, thought of Jian Ning and sighed. He mentioned to the woman's cousin that Sanniang had a short lifespan. If she had lived, given her friendship with Jian Ning, there was no need to worry that Princess An Ning would not help them. Perhaps he could even expand his business to the capital.
When the woman's cousin heard this, he was moved, because the woman had asked someone to write a letter to him, asking him to find a man for her who had some wealth, was handsome and could earn money to support the family.
In this way, Lu Huaian and the woman became husband and wife.
The woman was a bit of a flirt, and seeing that Lu Huaian was also handsome and a businessman, she was very happy. She used all her tricks in bed to make Lu Huaian bewildered and do whatever she said.
The woman's own son was only four years old. She didn't like Lu Huaian sending Da Jun to school, and wanted Da Jun and her own six-year-old daughter to stay at home and work.
Lu Huaian initially refused to agree, so she started crying and making a scene at home, refusing to let him get into her bed at night. Lu Huaian, perhaps having tasted the joys of the boudoir, which he had never experienced before, couldn't resist. After just a few days, he really stopped sending Dajun to school.
After the woman had Lu Huaian firmly under her control, she slowly started to beat and scold Da Jun behind his back. Poor Da Jun, at such a young age, had endless work to do every day, and often he couldn't even eat any leftovers at the end of the day.
This morning, when Da Jun was cleaning his stepmother's room, he accidentally dropped her horn comb on the ground, leaving a crack on it, and was beaten up by the woman.
He wasn't even allowed to have lunch.
At night, the woman still did not give him any food. She locked all the leftovers and other edible food in the cupboard to prevent him from stealing them.
Whenever Lu Huaian saw scars on his son's body, he would touch his head, sigh and tell him to be patient.
What to do if you can’t bear it?
The woman even beats her own children, and his stepdaughter suffers new injuries every few days. In addition, the woman is pregnant again recently, and he is still hoping that she will give birth to another child for him!
That night, Lu Huaian was out on business, and the woman was thirsty. Coincidentally, there was no water in the thermos in the room. She screamed at the top of her lungs several times, but Dajun was a little late getting out of bed, so she grabbed him and beat him up again.
It was freezing cold, but she was sweating, so she ordered Dajun to boil water for her. As Dajun lit a fire in the kitchen, he thought of his mother and couldn't stop crying. When the water boiled, he took a wooden bucket and scooped it into the bucket, then carried it to the bathroom and poured it into the tub.
After not having a grain of rice for two consecutive meals and being beaten twice, Da Jun, who was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his back, had to carry several buckets of water in a row and was almost exhausted.
When the last bucket of boiling water was brought to the tub, he gasped for breath, his vest soaked with sweat in the winter. Thinking he could rest soon, he breathed a sigh of relief while secretly gathering his strength. As he gritted his teeth and used all his strength to lift the bucket, and as he lifted one foot to support it and pour it into the tub, the woman came over, cursing.
Hearing her voice, Da Jun's heart started to panic. He was already hungry and tired, and his legs couldn't help but tremble. Somehow his body tilted, and he fell headfirst into the bathtub, which had not yet been filled with cold water.
The woman came in and saw it. She screamed in fear and hurried to fish it out of the bathtub. As her hand touched the water, she immediately pulled it back and was scalded and shivered several times.
In a panic, she ran out to call for help, and happened to meet Ma Fuquan who was being led there. Ma Fuquan rushed in without saying a word and picked up Dajun who was struggling in the bathtub.
After learning what had happened, Jian Ning was filled with anger. She first went to the pharmacy to get the best burn ointment and other medicines and put them in the armory. She then asked Ma Fuquan to tell Yang Jinyu to notify Xiao Si and ask him to go to the capital to find Lu Huaian to argue.
Ma Fuquan: [I've already spoken to Lu Huaian, and he said that as long as Dajun is willing to follow you, he has no objection.]
Jian Ning: [That woman is worse than a pig or a dog! Lu Huaian is even more of a beast!]
Ding Youtian took Jian Ning in his arms and patted her on the shoulder. "Fortunately, Brother Ma left in time today. Dajun is still lucky after all. Jinyu must have taken his wife back to the capital to celebrate the New Year. With Jinyu here, he will definitely be able to cure Dajun. You should be at ease and don't get yourself hurt by getting angry."
"How can people's hearts be so evil..." Jane Ning suddenly broke down and buried her head in his arms, crying silently with tears streaming down her face.
Ding Youtian silently hugged her tightly and stroked her back. At this moment, he was more grateful to God for sending Jian Ning to him, and he cherished this hard-earned happiness even more.
He gently stroked Jian Ning's temples with his forehead, and all his words were unspoken...
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