inside the house
A shirtless man with a buzz cut grabbed a woman's hair and cursed at her.
"You two are ungrateful. I didn't even have a wife back then, but I came here to raise your daughter, and you treat me like this."
“…”
"Hurry up and call that damn girl. If you don't get the money today, I'll beat you to death!"
But no matter how he scolded her, the woman just shed tears silently without saying a word.
The man became more and more angry and was about to slap her again when the doorbell rang.
“Ding Dong.”
...
"Mom and Dad, open the door. I'm back."
Wang Shoucai became alert when he heard Su Man's voice, and left Chen Yu to go and open the door.
The security door opened and Su Man saw Wang Shoucai.
He had a fierce look on his face, his bare upper body reeked of sweat, and he was wearing baggy shorts. He looked sloppy and unkempt.
At this moment, he was looking at Su Man's bag, as if wondering if it could hold 100,000 cash.
Su Man naturally knew what he was thinking and smiled, "Dad, I really shouldn't have asked so many questions just now. I brought you the money. It's in my bag."
Upon hearing this, Wang Shoucai felt relieved and a smile appeared on his face. "I think you haven't forgotten your roots. Come in."
As soon as Su Man entered the room, she saw Chen Yu. She was wearing a loosely washed sweater and was so thin that she seemed like she could be blown down by a gust of wind.
That face, which was obviously older than his peers, had purple eye sockets, half of the face was swollen, and emitted a greasy glow.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"I..."
As soon as Chen Yu opened her mouth, Wang Shoucai glared at her. She timidly said, "Mom just bumped into something. It's okay. Sit down and eat some fruit. I'll go make you some food."
"Stop dawdling and go cook. I have to go out later." Wang Shoucai slumped on the sofa, his crossed legs swinging back and forth.
Su Man looked at him with disgust, said, "I'll go to the kitchen to help," and went to find Chen Yu.
kitchen
Chen Yu was cutting vegetables, rubbing his eyes with his sleeves from time to time.
Seeing her butterfly bones that even clothes couldn't cover, Su Man's brows became tighter and tighter, "Mom."
Chen Yu turned around in shock, and only relaxed a little when she saw Su Man. "The kitchen is dirty, don't come in. Go to the sofa and watch TV. Mom will make you some spare ribs."
Su Man did not answer. She glanced at the living room and saw Wang Shoucai fiddling with his phone, probably trying to make an appointment with another poker friend.
She closed the kitchen door and lowered her voice, "He hit you again, didn't he?"
Chen Yu avoided the look and said, "No, no, I bumped into it accidentally."
"Mom." Su Man's tone became serious. "I'm not a child anymore. I know Dad has been beating you. Are you going to keep enduring like this?"
Chen Yu sighed, "Although your father has a bad temper, he has changed a lot. He hasn't hit me in a long time since we moved to Jiangcheng. He just lost badly yesterday, it wasn't intentional."
Su Man wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Chen Yu, "Man Man, I know you're doing this for Mom's own good. But your father agreed to the vasectomy because he only wanted you as his child. Now he's old, do you want me to abandon him?"
“…”
Su Man felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
When it comes to debts, no matter how much money you owe, you will have to pay it back one day.
But if you owe someone a favor, even if you pay it back for the rest of your life, you will always feel guilty.
...
After Chen Yu remarried, she finally no longer had to worry about her livelihood, but she was still anxious.
Although Wang Shoucai is quite strong, it is still a bit too much for him to raise two children. So even though Chen Yu knows that this is wrong, she still secretly buys birth control pills, for fear that if she becomes pregnant, it will make Zhou Man's situation difficult.
The truth will come out sooner or later, and Wang Shoucai discovered the medicine she had not finished.
Faced with Wang Shoucai's questioning, she could only tell the truth.
She thought Wang Shoucai would be furious and was prepared to bear his anger, but what she didn't expect was that Wang Shoucai actually understood her approach and took the initiative to go to the hospital for a sterilization.
From then on, Chen Yu told herself that no matter what happened in this life, she would never divorce Wang Shoucai.
Hearing this, Su Man became more helpless.
She tried to reason with Chen Yu, "Mom, if you feel you owe Dad, then I will pay him alimony every month, and I can also give him this house, but can you..."
"Manman."
Chen Yu stopped chopping vegetables, lowered her head, her hair obscuring her eyes, and said, "Don't worry about Mom, okay?"
Su Man heard the fragile plea in her words and had to put it aside for the time being.
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After the meal was ready, Su Man and Chen Yu brought the dishes to the table together.
Wang Shoucai sat down and started eating without saying a word, and moved all the meat and vegetables in front of him.
Chen Yu only ate some vegetables and put a piece of the remaining ribs into Su Man's bowl. "Man Man, you've worked hard filming, eat more."
"snort."
Wang Shoucai snorted in disdain. "What's so hard about filming? It's just reciting lines in front of the camera. In the early years, I worked hard to support you and your mother, working as a taxi driver. Which one of them was not harder than hers?"
"Yes, yes."
Chen Yu stopped talking awkwardly and dared not say anything more. He could only silently help Su Man pick up the food.
After Wang Shoucai finished eating, he put down his bowl and asked Su Man for money, "Give me the money."
“…”
Su Man swallowed the rice in her mouth first, otherwise she might have choked from anger.
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