Chapter 120: The gambling-addicted stepmother, the unconscious father, the dependent brother and the broken self.
Meng Zhiyi's words angered Wang Rui even more.
He turned around, his eyes quickly swept across Shen Que, and finally stopped on Meng Zhiyi.
He looked disdainful and said arrogantly: "What's wrong with me touching her today? Even if I sleep with her, you can't do anything about it."
As soon as he finished speaking, a bottle flew over and hit Wang Rui in the face.
Wang Rui screamed in pain, then covered his face and said viciously, "Damn it, you stinky bitch, you're looking for death!"
He rushed towards Meng Zhiyi swearing, and Lin Luoluo was so scared that she ran over and tried to hold him back.
However, before Wang Rui could touch Meng Zhiyi, he was kicked to the ground by Shen Que.
The already crowded living room became even more messy after Wang Rui bumped into the cabinet.
He lay on the ground, holding his butt and wailing.
"Xiao Rui!" At this time, a well-dressed woman opened the door and came in. After seeing Wang Rui lying on the ground, she shouted in pain.
She quickly ran over to help Wang Rui up: "Where did you fall? Is it serious?"
Lin Luoluo stood beside Meng Zhiyi, her face pale and her eyes full of panic.
"Zhiyi, you guys go first..." She was afraid that her stepmother would cause trouble for Meng Zhiyi, so she had to quietly let them go first.
As a result, before Meng Zhiyi could answer, her stepmother Wang Ping looked at them sharply.
"Okay, Lin Luoluo, you've really grown wings, haven't you? You actually dared to bring someone home to beat up your brother!"
"No..." Lin Luoluo wanted to explain, but Wang Ping didn't give her a chance to explain.
"Who did it? Pay the money!" Wang Ping walked up and glared at Meng Zhiyi and the others fiercely.
"Auntie!" When Lin Luoluo heard that Wang Ping wanted to cheat her of money, her voice immediately became tough: "Wang Rui was the first to commit the crime. My friend was just protecting himself!"
"Stop talking nonsense here. I know my son better than you do. He never conflicts with others. You must have brought people back to bully him!"
"I tell you, if you don't pay me for hurting my son today, you will never be able to leave this door!"
"You are simply unreasonable!" Lin Luoluo was shaking with anger.
Meng Zhiyi reached out and pulled her back, then looked at Wang Ping and her son with a smile.
She raised her phone and pressed play.
The next second, every word Wang Rui said echoed back to him.
In an instant, the living room fell silent.
Wang Rui's face turned as red as pig liver, and even Wang Ping's face looked as if a plate of paint had been overturned.
"Sorry, I just like to record something." After she finished speaking, she asked Shen Que in a questioning tone, "If I hand this over to the police, it should be considered as evidence, right?"
"Okay." Shen Que was very frugal with his words.
Wang Ping's face turned ashen, and she stared at Lin Luoluo with gritted teeth and an expression that looked like she wanted to kill someone.
After a while, she squeezed out a sentence from between her teeth: "My son was just talking casually, but you guys took action!"
"If you say so, I'll have to take out the recorded video." Meng Zhiyi said with a smile.
“……”Wang Ping was almost angry to death.
Looking at the phone Meng Zhiyi was playing with, I didn't dare to bet whether she really had the video.
In the end, Wang Ping could only glance at the three of them unwillingly, then pulled Wang Rui into the room.
As the door was slammed shut, Lin Luoluo's tense nerves finally relaxed.
Meng Zhiyi also put away the smile on his face and his expression became serious.
"Have you always lived with them?" she asked.
What Wang Rui said just now didn't seem to be a casual remark.
The way he looked at Lin Luoluo was not normal at all.
Lin Luoluo nodded.
"Move out and don't live with them anymore." Meng Zhi said without thinking.
Lin Luoluo opened her mouth and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Meng Zhiyi's words.
"I will arrange the accommodation for you. You are not allowed to refuse."
Lin Luoluo bit her lip, tears welling in her eyes. She looked at Meng Zhiyi with grievance and gratitude and called out, "Zhiyi..."
"If you still consider me a friend, then listen to me." Meng Zhiyi's attitude was firm, leaving no room for negotiation.
Because she knew that if she didn't help Lin Luoluo, she would soon face an endless abyss.
"But my dad..." In fact, the person Lin Luoluo couldn't let go of the most was her father.
"Let's go see uncle first."
Although Meng Zhiyi is not a savior, she is still capable of helping Lin Luoluo.
Lin Luoluo did not refuse her again. Instead, she nodded with tears in her eyes, then turned and walked towards the room in the corner.
The house is not big. It appears to have three rooms, but actually there are only two, one of which was converted from a storage room.
Meng Zhiyi followed behind Lin Luoluo, and when she pushed open the door, an indescribable smell surged out.
She frowned and held her breath slightly.
"Dad!" Lin Luoluo's face changed and she rushed in immediately.
Meng Zhiyi stood at the door, watching this scene with mixed feelings.
In the narrow space was a one-meter-wide single bed, on which lay a skinny man.
The whole room was dimly lit, with only a little light coming in through the half window shared with the bathroom.
There was an old oxygen machine at the head of the bed; its harsh mechanical sound seemed particularly depressing in this cramped space.
And on the wall hangs a plaque that reads "Home of the First-Class Meritorious Service".
Seeing this, Meng Zhiyi's heart twitched violently.
Lin Luoluo turned on the light, and everything in the room became clearer.
She quickly lifted the quilt and the smell became even more foul.
The person on the bed was so thin that only a skeleton was left, and the bedding beneath him was covered with excrement.
When Lin Luoluo saw this scene, the tears that had been suppressed for a long time burst out.
"I've already given you the money... why... do I still abuse you like this..."
Lin Luoluo cried, ignoring the excrement on the bedding, and struggled to move the person on the bed, trying to help him clean up.
"I'll help you." Meng Zhiyi walked in, stepped forward and helped her to lift the person up.
"Thank you." Lin Luoluo wiped her tears with her arm and then pulled off the dirty mattress.
Shen Que wanted to go in to help, but the room was too narrow and they could hardly get out of the way with only the two of them.
By the time Lin Luoluo changed the bedding and carried water to wash her father's body, it was already late at night.
She was about to wash the bedding she had just changed, but was stopped by Meng Zhiyi.
"Give uncle a change of environment."
Lin Luoluo bit her lip, having something to hide.
"I told you, leave everything to me, you don't have to worry."
Perhaps he was worried that his words would make Lin Luoluo uncomfortable like before.
Meng Zhiyi thought about it for a moment, and then said, "I've found a job for you in my brother's company. I guarantee that you are very capable. If you are too busy taking care of your uncle's affairs, I will be the one to get slapped in the face."
"Besides, I'm helping you now, but it's just a loan. You have to work hard and earn money to pay me back."
Meng Zhiyi kept making excuses, but she didn't know that her clumsy appearance was what moved Lin Luoluo the most.
"Zhiyi, thank you!" Lin Luoluo rushed over and hugged her in a bear hug.
She buried her face in Meng Zhiyi's shoulder, and the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time collapsed at this moment.
"It's nice to meet you."
But at this moment, Wang Ping in the living room suddenly shouted sharply: "You want to take him away, I won't allow it!"