Just as the two were confronting each other, the door suddenly opened.

Zheng Guoqiang stood at the door in surprise, holding a briefcase in his hand, wearing glasses, and looking like a cowardly good man.

"You guys, this morning, loosen your mouth, don't bite your mother." Zheng Guoqiang said sternly, the hand holding the briefcase trembled slightly, but he couldn't see it if he didn't look carefully.

His hair was neat, and his clothes were not expensive, but they didn't look cheap, but they were ruined by the cowardice on his face.

Zheng Xichen stared at Zheng Guoqiang in disbelief, and the last hope in his eyes slowly disappeared into a dark blankness.

Her tears flowed down her eyes, and her immature little face was still scarred, which looked like she had been beaten.

Zheng Xichen didn't explain anything, but slowly relaxed, like a little beast that struggled desperately after falling into a trap, using all his strength to fight, but because he saw his mother beast leave him.

Knowing Zheng Guoqiang's virtue for a long time, why should she still have hope?

Maybe he thinks that although he is cowardly, he is the same as himself in one thing, that is, about his mother.

She often wondered if this man would be braver if she mentioned her mother.

Before she could speak, Li Li, whose hand was loosened, looked at the tooth marks on her hand, bared her teeth, and her face was hideous, like a shrew carrying a kitchen knife, she raised her arm fiercely and slapped Zheng Xichen.

The sound of "pop" echoed in the living room, Zheng Guoqiang watched his biological daughter being beaten by his second wife in a daze, and did not resist, but just suffered silently, obviously used to the pain.

This is the first time Li Li has beaten Zheng Xichen in front of Zheng Guoqiang.

Zheng Guoqiang's face turned pale, his lips turned black, he kept trembling, pointed at Li Li, and said angrily: "You, how can you beat someone!" ”

He was cowardly by nature, and he didn't dare to resist the fierce Li Li at all, but this time he couldn't help but resist.

He looked at Zheng Xichen's little face that had lost its brilliance, and finally felt a tremor in his heart, the softest part of his heart seemed to have been punched hard, and the pain was unbearable.

After all, it's her own daughter, and it hurts to hit her.

Moreover, what distressed him the most was Zheng Xichen's silence.

She neither cried out nor asked her father for help, but endured it in silence, and the dead despair in her eyes, like an awl, pierced his heart and pierced the fog of cowardice.

Zheng Xichen heard his questioning and raised his little face in surprise.

Could it be that Zheng Guoqiang will protect her this time?

Li Li also stared at Zheng Guoqiang, a little strange, this kind of misbreed actually gave Zheng Xichen a head, wasn't it because of some evil qi in his body?

"Why, I'm her mother, don't I have the right to hit her yet! Besides, if it weren't for this little bastard biting so badly, I wouldn't be so angry that I hit someone! ”

Li Li quibbled loudly, saying and talking, she also felt reasonable, and then became justified.

still pouted, and aggrievedly stretched out his hand that had been bitten with a blood mark and showed it to Zheng Guoqiang.

She felt that she was simply wronged, she would actually be bitten by a little mongrel, and she didn't care about the big and small injuries on Zheng Xichen's body, compared to her, it was a heaven and an earth.

Zheng Guoqiang had plucked up all the courage to dare to question Li Li, but now seeing that she looks righteous, even that little bit of courage has disappeared immediately.

However, even if his voice was trembling and he had no confidence, he gritted his teeth and said, "Is this really the case? But you don't have to fight so badly, you see what the children have become."

Li Li didn't care about Zheng Xichen, she didn't even look at her, "She, I think she's very good!" ”

"It's good, Li Li, you can really say it, you bully a child like this, do you still have face!" He seemed to be out of his mind, and scolded loudly.

Zheng Guoqiang's face turned red, his chest continued to rise and fall because of anger, and he actually had some terrifying feelings.

"You, don't be so fierce, I don't know what you're murdering" Li Li choked for a moment, and was startled by Zheng Guoqiang's rare anger, and her eyes fluttered as she spoke.

Although she has always been very fierce, but Zheng Guoqiang is like this, Li Li still doesn't dare to fight hard, after all, no matter how weak Zheng Guoqiang is, he is also a man.

Seeing Li Li's weak look, Zheng Guoqiang frowned, strode forward, picked up Zheng Xichen, and asked with concern: "Xichen, what's wrong, what's going on?" ”

Zheng Xichen had a cold face, and his big pupils did not fluctuate at all, like an emotionless jade doll, standing there without sorrow or joy.

It wasn't until Zheng Guoqiang's trembling hands wanted to hug her that she moved.

She frowned in resistance, and her dirty little hand gently pushed Zheng Guoqiang's hand away.

Although the force was very light, Zheng Guoqiang sensitively felt the rejection and resistance.

His daughter didn't trust him.

This realization made him feel very frustrated.

The impression of the daughter is not like this, she is well-behaved and cute, she will look up and call him daddy, and then spin around like a cheerful bird, playing at his feet.

However, now Zheng Guoqiang looked at Zheng Xichen's bruised little face with a trembling heart, and wanted to hug her with pity.

It's just that Zheng Xichen doesn't want to appreciate it at all.

This pitiful glimmer of belated mercy was nothing more than a drop in the bucket for her, and it was impossible to improve her life at all, and

Zheng Xichen looked at Zheng Guoqiang mockingly, and shook his head, "What's the use of saying it, anyway, father, you won't help me, will you?" ”

Zheng Xichen said this sentence very sarcastically, especially the word "father".

Li Li didn't interject anymore, just stood next to her with great interest, clasped her hands on her chest, and looked at the father and daughter "turning against each other", if it weren't for the fear that the war would affect her, she would even want to clap her hands.

That's it, Li Li thought evilly, kill this little bastard!

Seeing that Zheng Guoqiang was blocked by her and couldn't speak, a trace of sadness appeared in Zheng Xichen's dark pupils, and tears slipped down the corners of his eyes.

"Father, that woman she scolded her mother, I won't forgive her, as for you, I don't want to count on you anymore, I'm really, really, disappointed too many times"

Zheng Guoqiang looked at Zheng Xichen's indifferent expression a little sluggishly at this time, as if he knew his daughter for the first time, he opened his mouth and wanted to explain to her, but what could he explain?

explained that he actually wanted to help Zheng Xichen get ahead, explained that he still cared about Zheng Xichen, and explained that he reminded Li Li not to be so ruthless.

But how can he justify his cowardice.

Zheng Xichen and Li Li are right, he is a coward, a coward who can't protect his daughter!

Zheng Guoqiang sat on the ground like a dead fish, no longer alive.

And Li Li stood next to her, a little disappointed, but expected.

Isn't it, this Zheng Guoqiang is also bold today, and dares to be angry with her, I thought he couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to break out once, but it turned out to be a "squib"!

Zheng Xichen looked at the man who was paralyzed on the ground, like a puddle of mud, muttered in disappointment, pushed Li Li away, and walked out the door.

She never wanted to be in this suffocating and miserable home again.

Li Li was pushed by her and didn't stand firmly, and almost fell, and suddenly cursed with some annoyance: "The old lady said what's wrong with your mother, a dead person, can't you say it?" ”

Zheng Guoqiang heard it clearly, but he didn't dare to make a sound, but his brows were furrowed very tightly, and his fingers slowly contracted, knowing that blood was oozing.

After Li Li finished scolding, she glanced at the man on the ground, felt a little bored, and scolded in a low voice: "It's really a family, it's all waste, it's really unlucky!" ”

After that, he also kicked Zheng Guoqiang before Shi Shiran destroyed the room.

After Zheng Xichen walked out of the house, he wandered on the street, like a ghost with no place to return, his face was pale, his shape was erect, and he was very haggard, but his eyes were wide open, there was no despair, no hope, no sorrow or joy, like a pool of spring water, shining.

At this time, there were very few people on the streets, and the places where they lived were close to slums, and everyone was worried about their livelihoods, and there were not so many people who had nothing to do.

Zheng Xichen, as usual, walked into a small alley and came to the back of a pastry shop.

There are no more varieties of pastries than in the big cities, and this one sells cheap biscuits that you bake yourself, and hard dry bread that you can't swallow without drinking water.

The owner is a kind old woman and her son, and they can't sell out of cakes every day, but there won't be much left, so they feed some stray cats and the like.

This old woman knew the situation of Zheng Xichen's family, she felt very sorry for Zheng Xichen, but her own situation was not much better, she wanted to give Zheng Xichen some money so that she could live a better life, but she didn't expect her son to strongly oppose it.

Because her son thinks that Zheng Xichen is very unlucky, but he is just a little beggar who cheats money, he has nothing to eat some unwanted bread, but if it is mentioned to give money, he will never agree.

The old woman sat on the small bench, sewing some worn-out socks and clothes in her hands, and she lifted her reading glasses and looked up.

After seeing Zheng Xichen's little face that had obviously been beaten, the old woman was obviously a little emotional, "Xichen, alas, my little pity, that woman beat you again?" Come and show your mother-in-law. ”

Zheng Xichen's tears that she had endured for a long time finally fell, she threw herself into the arms of the old woman aggrievedly, and shouted in a low voice, "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law"