Li Heng returned home on the first day of the high-speed train journey.
When he opened the door, he was hit by the smell of alcohol and the sour odor of rotting garbage.
He frowned and stepped into the place he called "home".
The house was a mess.
There were several empty wine bottles leaning on the ground, and takeout boxes that had been there for who knows how long were piled up on the table. The grease had solidified and attracted sporadic flying insects.
Li Heng watched all this with an expressionless face.
Silently he rolled up his sleeves and began to clean up.
He tied the garbage bag tightly and put the wine bottles away, his movements mechanical and skillful, as if he had done it tens of millions of times.
He pushed open the bedroom door.
The curtains in the room were closed and the light was dim.
He glanced over with cold eyes, and suddenly saw Li Changgui sleeping drunkenly behind the curtains in the corner.
His father.
The moment Li Heng saw him, he felt that he was just like the puddle of vomit on the ground. Even if he cleaned it up, the stench would still come from his soul.
Li Changgui was awakened by the noise.
The cloudy eyeballs moved with great effort, and the moment they saw Li Heng, a terrifying gleam suddenly lit up.
"Son! Good son! Tell daddy quickly, have you made any money recently?!" He staggered over, his skinny fingers eagerly grabbing at Li Heng's pockets, "How much do you have? Take it all out! Give it to daddy!"
Li Heng pushed him away in disgust.
He took two steps back and said coldly, "I don't have any money."
Li Changgui stumbled and fell to the ground.
"No money?"
He was stunned for a moment, then raised his swollen and blue face.
Upon closer inspection, Li Changgui's facial features can actually be considered handsome.
Just because of long-term alcoholism and a reversal of day and night, his cheeks looked depressed and thin, his lips were pale, and his hair, eyebrows, and beard were all messy.
There was a greedy gleam in his eyes.
His eyes suddenly fixed on Li Heng's wrists and trouser pockets.
"You don't have money?!" The voice suddenly became sharp and piercing. "Then what is this?! Such an expensive watch! And a cell phone! How dare you lie to me?!"
He looked around frantically, suddenly grabbed an empty wine bottle beside him, and smashed it towards Li Heng with a ferocious look on his face!
Li Heng dodged sideways and subconsciously put his hands up to cover his face.
He suddenly grabbed his watch.
“Snap!”
The bottle exploded at his feet, fragments flying everywhere, a sharp pain cut through his arm, and blood quickly oozed out.
Li Changgui took the opportunity to rush forward like a beast!
"You ungrateful bastard! I worked so hard to raise you and send you to college, and yet you're living it up, enjoying the good life, owning a brand-name cell phone, and wearing such a nice watch!"
"Where's me?! I'm being beaten by debt collectors at home every day!"
"How could I have ever made such an unfilial son of a bitch like you!"
He roared, grabbed Li Heng's bleeding arm and tore it down fiercely!
The other fist took advantage of his loss of balance due to pain and hit him in the cheek!
Li Heng suddenly fell towards the living room, staggered a few steps, and fell to the floor.
The glasses flew off.
The wound on his arm was extremely painful and quickly turned purple.
Blood oozed from the corner of his mouth. He touched his cheek with the tip of his tongue and tasted the strong smell of rust.
His hair hung down, hiding the surging emotions in his eyes.
He didn't resist.
Because he knew he wouldn't stay here forever.
Poverty, violence, pain... He will not always be associated with these words.
And his father...
Li Heng reached out, fumbled for his glasses, and put them on.
Turning around, he saw Li Changgui, his face filled with anger and reeking of alcohol. On his face he saw endless stupidity, ignorance, greed, and hopelessness.
He will not save him when he escapes from this purgatory.
He would watch his father struggling in the abyss forever.
And these beatings he received were his repayment for the price he paid.
"Speak up, you beast!" Li Changgui was so angry and embarrassed by the cold and mocking look that he roared, "Where the hell did you hide the money?!"
Li Heng sneered.
"say what?"
"I already told you I have no money."
"Do you want me to repeat it to you? How did you work so hard to beat me up? How did you gamble away my scholarship money and almost let me go to school?"
"Or do you want to hear about how you left me outside to stop the debt collectors from coming to your house while you hid away?"
"Li Changgui, you are such a good father."
Li Heng smiled with his lips pursed.
The wound at the corner of his lip hurt, but he had already become numb.
Li Changgui was completely enraged. He roared and rushed over to grab his watch, "You don't want to give it to me, right?"
"I'll take it myself!"
This watch, this phone, you can sell them for money!
With money, he can turn the tables!
A trace of genuine panic finally flashed across Li Heng's eyes, and he suddenly put his arms tightly in his arms to block the watch.
He promised her.
I will never take off this watch at any time.
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