Chapter 6: Painful Memories

  The night wind carried a hint of coolness, and Xu Wei'er, wearing a sleeveless evening gown, felt the chill. She wrapped her arms around her chest and strolled alone by the riverbank.

  The scenery here is beautiful, the colorful night scene shines on the river surface, forming a beautiful reflection, and everywhere are couples who are in love, their faces filled with happy smiles.

  A gentle breeze blew in, disturbing Xu Wei's thoughts.

  The scenery is beautiful, the place is great, next to Xu's villa, there is a clear and beautiful river. Logically speaking, people living nearby should feel happy, shouldn't they? In the evening, you can take a walk with your loved ones, isn't that supposed to be joyful?

  But happiness and joy had long since bid her farewell, 10 years ago. Happiness and joy were already a luxury she couldn't afford, she had lost all sense of joy, she had lost her soul, hadn't she?

  A person sat huddled on a stone bench, the piercing chill of the stone seeping into her heart. Xu Wei's legs were lightly curled up as she sat huddled on the stone bench, and the painful experiences of the past decade slowly floated to the surface of her mind.

  It's as if it just happened, and still makes people shudder...

  "Xu Wei'er, go wash the clothes for me right now!" That year, she was only ten years old. She should have been enjoying a happy childhood, playing happily with children of the same age, and studying hard at an age when she should be learning well. But all of this was taken away by her stepmother Chen Manli. Not only did she not allow Xu Wei'er to go to school, but also made her take on all the household chores, even taking in clothes from neighbors for her to wash together!

  "I, I'm going right away!" Every time Xu Wei'er saw her foster mother Chen Manli, she would be so scared that her whole body would tremble. She wanted to rush to the toilet, but due to her extreme anxiety, she lost her balance and suddenly fell to the ground, accidentally landing on top of Chen Manli's red high-heeled shoes. Her fingernails inadvertently scratched the surface of the shoe, tearing off a layer of skin and exposing the black inner layer.

  Xu Wei'er knew that the nightmare was about to arrive.

  As expected, Chen Moli picked up the stick on the ground and viciously hit Xu Wei'er's back, "You stupid girl, are you doing this on purpose? Do you know how much these shoes cost? Several thousand yuan shoes were ruined by you like this, I won't let you off today if I don't beat you to death!"

  A large stick heavily hit Xu Wei'er's back, once, twice, three times...

  Her foster mother's mouth was like the devil incarnate, mercilessly beating her, as if she were not human, but a soulless creature.

  Enduring the intense pain, Xu Wei'er bit her lower lip tightly, each strike was so painful that it pierced her heart, until the corner of her mouth bled with bright red blood, but she didn't cry out loud. She knew she couldn't cry and didn't have the right to cry. Even if she did cry, her stepmother Chen Manli wouldn't let her off!

  Pain, slowly becoming numb, Xu Wei'er suddenly felt no more pain, the physical pain was not painful anymore, because her heart had long been dead, it had thoroughly died on the day her father abandoned her!

  "You're going to die, you little wretch! I'll beat you to death!" The more Xu Wei'er clenched her teeth and persisted, the bigger Chen Manli's temper became. Until finally, she got tired from beating and sat down on the sofa, panting, with her fingers stained with nail polish still raised, and didn't forget to scold viciously: "You're a jinx, you're a burden, you're a good-for-nothing that nobody wants! Your own father doesn't want you! You'd better obey me! Listen to me and go wash my clothes right now!"