Although his father had remarried as far as he could remember, he saw his father often go to his mother's original room and cry secretly for a long time while holding his mother's photo.

The items in my mother's room were kept intact by my father, and he did the cleaning himself. He didn't let anyone in because he was afraid that outsiders might damage my mother's things.

His father often hugged Fu Jie and said what a gentle and considerate woman his mother was.

He said he missed her very much.

Fu Jie grew up in an environment of strong fatherly love.

Although he had a stepmother, she was a very nice person and he was gentle and polite to her. Later, when his stepmother gave birth to his younger brother Fu Xun, Fu Jie sincerely wanted to get along well with his younger brother.

But my younger brother doesn't like him, even hates him.

Fu Jie was not unaware of his stepmother's partiality towards him.

He felt a little guilty because, being ignorant, he could only instinctively try to make up for his brother's kindness by himself.

Fu Jie gave all his favorite toys, delicious food, and models to Fu Xun, but Fu Xun mistook it as a provocative show-off.

Everything was thrown into the trash.

Young people always have their own pride.

Fu Jie was heartbroken, and Fu Xun was too embarrassed to explain.

From then on, a serious rift developed between the two brothers and they no longer spoke to each other.

Until suddenly one day, when Fu Jie was on his way to school, someone rushed out, grabbed his hand, and told him that his mother did not die in childbirth, but was killed by his father.

Fu Jie didn't believe a word of it.

His parents are obviously the most loving parents in the world.

Fu Jie didn't take it to heart at all.

At that time, he was just thinking that his younger brother Fu Xun had become increasingly silent at home. Yesterday, his brother skipped classes and was punished by his angry father, who confined him for two days without allowing him to eat.

I was struggling with this all day.

Fu Jie finally couldn't bear it and decided to go home and secretly get some food for his brother.

Through the slightly opened door.

Fu Jie saw a scene that completely subverted him.

He saw his brother kneeling on the floor.

The usually gentle and loving father held a baseball bat in his hand, with a ferocious look on his face, and hit his younger brother hard.

One by one.

The dull sound seemed to hit Fu Jie's heart.

In his opinion, even if he skipped classes, his father shouldn't beat him so hard, hitting him to the bone.

This is not a beating, but more like one-sided abuse...

Fu Jie couldn't believe that the devilish-looking man in front of him was his father.

The first thing he wanted to do was to run and tell his stepmother that his younger brother had been beaten by his father and to save his younger brother.

But the stepmother said that Fu Xun deserved the punishment because he skipped classes.

He also said that his brother looked like he was going to be beaten to death.

The stepmother shook her head and said it was impossible, that her husband was a well-mannered and sensible man. Then she carried her bag and went out to visit the art exhibition with her friends.

Fu Jie also struggled with this impression of his father.

But from then on he became more cautious. He observed that when Fu Xun clearly did nothing wrong, his covered cuffs and trouser legs were covered with scars from beatings. He wanted to check, but Fu Xun got angry and told him to get out.

Fu Jie suddenly recalled the strange man who stopped him on the road and said strange words.

He didn't want to believe what the man said.

But in the end, I couldn't suppress the doubts in my heart.

He borrowed a classmate's credit card to hire a private detective. (End of this chapter)