Chen Qing and Mi Xiuhua went to play cards, leaving only Chen Zhou at home. Chen Zhou repeatedly urged Chen Jiamu to take a shower, but Chen Jiamu remained unmoved. He even pushed Chen Zhou against the wall, causing Chen Jiamu to hit his head on the corner of a cabinet and get a big bump on his head.
After Chen Zhou cooked noodles for the two of them in the kitchen, Chen Qing and the other returned. Mi Xiuhua touched Chen Jiamu's feverish forehead and then slapped Chen Zhou several times.
That evening, Chen Jiamu developed a high fever and was taken to a small clinic.
Chen Zhou was alone at home, his face bruised and swollen from the beating, and he finished two bowls of cold noodles.
Since the fever, Chen Qing and Chen Zhou have blamed Chen Jiamu's poor academic performance on Chen Zhou.
They said it was Chen Zhou's irresponsibility that damaged Chen Jiamu's brain, and if Chen Jiamu's life was not good in the future, it would all be Chen Zhou's fault.
Chen Zhou was only in sixth grade at the time. She was powerless to defend herself and could only study hard. When she entered junior and senior high school, Chen Zhou, who had excellent grades, became a stark contrast to Chen Jiamu, who was at the bottom of the class.
Chen Zhou's parents intentionally suppressed him and tried to make him drop out of school to work. Chen Zhou told his teacher, and the teacher came to visit his home the next day. Only then did Chen Qing and his wife become much more restrained.
In his second year of high school, Chen Jiamu, who was still in the second year of junior high, pulled a female classmate into the woods...
Fortunately, the teacher discovered it in time, preventing a serious mistake.
The female student's parents refused to let the matter rest and forced the Chen family to pay compensation for emotional distress.
The Chen family couldn't afford to pay, so Mi Xiuhua forced Chen Zhou to work. That night, Chen Zhou ran away from home. She didn't know where to go, so she went to the school and was taken in by the gatekeeper for the night.
The next day, Chen Zhou told her teacher everything. The homeroom teacher, a young woman, felt very sorry for Chen Zhou's situation and applied for boarding school for her. She also gave Chen Zhou more than 20 yuan privately for her to spend as she pleased.
Throughout her senior year of high school, Chen Zhou never returned to her family home. When Chen Qing and his wife came to the school to look for her, Chen Zhou told the principal and the dean of students the truth, and in the end, Chen Qing and his wife had to be asked to leave the school.
In the days leading up to the college entrance examination, Chen Qing and his wife came even more frequently, even crying loudly at the school gate, all to force Chen Zhou to go home. Inevitably, Chen Zhou's mentality was affected, and he failed the college entrance examination. Later, Chen Zhou stopped living at school and moved to an urban village, living in the apartment above Yu Fang's, working part-time while continuing to prepare for the college entrance examination...
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