"Grandma'······"

As soon as the door opened, the entrance to the living room was on the right, Tang Ling turned his head and saw Zhao Fang sitting on the sofa in the living room, with Erlang's legs crossed, his face expressionless, and his eyes staring coldly at Tang Ling who was standing at the door at a loss. Hearing Tang Ling call her timidly, Zhao Fang closed her eyes calmly, slowly stood up from the sofa, bypassed the coffee table, and the hand behind her back slowly appeared, and the bamboo whip in her hand flashed cold under the illumination of the light.

"Grandma, grandma, me······ Yes! ”

Tang Ling became more and more uneasy in her heart, she was eager to explain, but found that she had no confidence to explain that she ran back from the outside of Tang's house late at night, and when Tang Ling still wanted to speak, Zhao Fang's bamboo whip had already been swung down, and the arm that she subconsciously blocked was a whip, and this time Zhao Fang used all her strength without any mercy.

Tang Ling screamed in pain, her tears burst out of her eyes at once, the arm that was beaten was already uncontrollably stiff, unspeakable pain, Tang Ling's whole person just wanted to retreat, but was quickly pulled over by Zhao Fang's eyes, Zhao Fang stuffed a ball of cloth into Tang Ling's mouth, and then threw Tang Ling to the ground, the whip in his hand began to wave vigorously continuously, and the whole person's face was cold and vicious.

Tang Ling, who was gagged, couldn't even cry out in pain, she whimpered in despair, the whole person curled up on the ground, just wanted to avoid Zhao Fang's beating, and the next second she would be kicked back by Zhao Fang, and then the whip continued to wave, Tang Ling's eyes widened, looking at Zhao Fang expectantly, her eyes were blurred, she begged Zhao Fang not to beat herself again, but she had just raised her head, and in the next second, a whip swung towards her face, Tang Ling quickly turned her head, so as to avoid the vicious whip hitting her eyes, The face was really attacked, Tang Ling shrank to the ground in despair, tried to protect her head with both hands, and no longer dared to ask for Zhao Fang's forgiveness, she could only be forced to bear it, letting the ruthless whip attack her body, Tang Ling's consciousness became more and more blurred, and finally overwhelmed, whimpering in pain, and passed out.

When she woke up again, Tang Ling saw the ceiling of her bedroom, the light pierced her eyes a little painfully, Tang Ling blinked a little dazedly, and was about to move her body, her arm just shook a little, and the pain that almost made Tang Ling feel suffocated suddenly rushed to her Tianling cover, Tang Ling raised her head uncontrollably, and the scream she wanted to make was blocked in the fabric that was still stuffed in her mouth, after getting used to the pain a little, Tang Ling felt an obvious sense of restraint, her limbs were tied by something, and the whole person could not move, Tang Ling looked around helplessly, and saw Zhao Fang standing at the door of the bedroom, leaning against the door frame and watching her struggle coldly.

Tang Ling whimpered a few times at Zhao Fang, looking at her expectantly and helplessly, trying to get Zhao Fang's soft-hearted forgiveness.

"I always thought you weren't going to be so lawless, it seems that I underestimated you. I don't care what you did last night, where you went, or who you were with. Zhao Fang suddenly opened her mouth, and broke Tang Ling's illusion in a cold voice, "The child who has learned badly from others, he has been taught repeatedly, I am already tired, not to mention that I am also old, and I have no extra energy to care about you after your wings are stiff." So, just stay in this room and reflect on me, and when you figure it out, I'll consider whether to let you out. ”

"Mmmmmm Tang Ling listened to Zhao Fang's words, where was there anything she didn't understand, she shook her head frantically, whimpering kept coming out of her mouth, Tang Ling's tears came out of her eyes again, she anxiously wanted to keep Zhao Fang, who had turned off the bedroom light and was about to lock the door.

Don't, don't! I was wrong! I don't dare anymore, grandma, leave me alone, I still have important things, grandma, our village is in danger now! No!

No matter how anxiously Tang Ling's heart shouted, she could only watch Zhao Fang's figure being blocked by the slowly closing door, and as the last bit of light disappeared from Tang Ling's desperate and collapsed face, with a "click", Tang Ling fell into darkness, and her last bit of hope was extinguished.

One day? Five days? Or weeks?

Tang Ling couldn't remember clearly, she had shrunk in the corner of the bedroom all day, slumped on the cold floor, the curtains in the bedroom were tightly closed by Zhao Fang, and no light could penetrate at all, Tang Ling didn't know anything about what happened outside during this time. During this time, Zhao Fang would only send her a pitiful amount of food and water every day, whether she wanted to or not, she would be opened by Zhao Fang and forcibly stuffed with these foods. After staying in the dark for a long time, Tang Ling was almost numb, her brain was no longer so flexible, she just looked numbly at the closed door in the bedroom all day long, and read a set of times she had designed in her mouth, counting minute by minute, looking forward to when the door would open again, that was the only consciousness that Tang Ling was locked in the room.

I don't know how long it took, but one day, the door opened again and never closed again. Zhao Fang's kind face appeared from the light, she walked in front of Tang Ling like a god who purifies all beings, and gently helped her untie the rope that bound her and the cloth stuffed in her mouth, her eyes were full of pity and distress, obviously these were from her handwriting. Zhao Fang touched Tang Ling's face, looking at the clear and hideous scar on her face, Zhao Fang's mouth moved slightly, and asked softly: "Good baby, do you know that you are wrong?" ”

“······ I was wrong, grandma. ”

Tang Ling's eyes had lost their luster at this time, numb and hollow, Tang Ling heard Zhao Fang's words and felt her gentle touch, but Tang Ling couldn't help but tremble, her dry mouth was separated for a long time before she made a sound mechanically and obediently.

"It's really good, this is the good baby that grandma loves." Zhao Fang touched Tang Ling's head with satisfaction, she slowly pulled Tang Ling to stand up, took her to the bathroom, and took out a change of clothes, put them in Tang Ling's hands, and then urged with concern: "Good baby, hurry up and wash yourself, it's been so long, your body must be dirty, grandma will go down and make something to eat for you." ”

Zhao Fang didn't wait for Tang Ling's answer, slowly closed the bathroom door, and with the footsteps away, Tang Ling looked down at the change of clothes in her hand in a daze, Tang Ling raised her head, Zhao Fang kindly turned on the warm light, warm temperature, unreal feeling, Tang Ling closed her eyes, she lowered her head, slowly took off her clothes, stood in front of the bathroom mirror, looking at her naked body, crawling with ugly and hideous scars, the old and the new are intertwined, Looking at what looks like the pure and immaculate body of a twelve-year-old girl.

Tang Ling slowly raised her hand, tentatively touching the scar on her body, even if it was now scabbed, but as soon as she touched it, it seemed to be able to recall the pain of being unruly abused by the bamboo whip at that time, Tang Ling's eyes darkened, and the self in the mirror, those empty and wooden eyes, faintly flashed with a decisive light.

After washing, go downstairs, Zhao Fang rarely let Tang Ling sit on the soft sofa to eat, Tang Jianguo, who was drinking on the side, didn't say anything, Tang Ling didn't care much, after all, every time she was severely beaten before, Zhao Fang's attitude towards herself would have a period of hypocritical overzeal, Tang Ling quickly finished eating, filling her stomach for the first time in so many days, Tang Ling finally felt as if she was alive, and breathed a long sigh of relief, after the meal, she didn't delay anymore, After talking to Zhao Fang, he hurriedly ran out of the house.

Tang Ling has never forgotten his purpose, the night when he was tortured so inhumanly, those appalling truths, Tang Ling can't find any adult who can be trusted to say these things and solve them, the only thing she wants at the moment is just to remind Qiao Lingxiang, no matter what Qiao Lingxiang's reaction is after hearing what she said, Tang Ling must try her best to prevent Qiao Lingxiang from continuing to work under Chen Qing's hands.

"Tang Ling!"

Just out of Tang's house, on the way to Qiao Lingxiang's house, Tang Ling met Gu Qingzhi who was going home again, Tang Ling saw him, and hurriedly ran over to him to say hello, Gu Qingzhi, who was still looking at Tang Ling with a smile, after she got closer to herself, she found a clear scar on Tang Ling's face, Gu Qingzhi's face changed, and he asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter with your injury?" Who did it? ”

"Ah, this, leave it alone. Brother Gu, come with me to Sister Qiao's house, I have something very important to tell you! Now there was no time to care about how the scar on her face came from, Tang Ling grabbed Gu Qingzhi's hand and pulled him towards Qiao Lingxiang's house.

"Brother Gu, why did you come back so early? Is this another month? On the way, Tang Ling remembered something, and suddenly asked Gu Qingzhi, Tang Ling suddenly realized one thing, she had been locked up by Zhao Fang for too long, and she didn't know how long it had been, if Gu Qingzhi came back according to the school vacation time, then wouldn't she have been locked in the bedroom for at least two weeks?!

Tang Ling's heart swelled with a bad premonition.

"yes, it's been another month, I'll be back, what's wrong?" Gu Qingzhi asked.

"Brother Gu, let's hurry up and go to Sister Qiao's house."

Tang Ling didn't answer Gu Qingzhi's words, she only felt that the uneasiness in her heart was getting stronger and stronger, and the fear of the unknown often increased exponentially, Tang Ling couldn't wait to fly in front of Qiao Lingxiang at this time and tell Qiao Lingxiang everything.

"Uncle Qiao, good morning, let's find Qiao Lingxiang."

Finally arrived in the courtyard of Qiao Lingxiang's house, Tang Ling and Gu Qingzhi saw Uncle Qiao who was about to go out from afar, his face was filled with a happy smile, and the whole person looked very good, Gu Qingzhi and Tang Ling had some doubts in their hearts, but they didn't ask, Gu Qingzhi greeted Uncle Qiao in a friendly manner.

"Ouch, Qingzhi, I'm going home for the holidays again. Are you looking for incense? Ouch, I'm really sorry, our Lingxiang has been a little busy lately, so I may not be able to play with you. ”

Uncle Qiao responded to Gu Qingzhi enthusiastically, the whole person was a little too happy, especially after quarreling with Qiao Lingxiang not long ago, Uncle Qiao could actually call Qiao Lingxiang so affectionately at this time, Tang Ling felt more and more wrong, she asked a little anxiously, "What's wrong with Sister Qiao?" ”

"Lingxiang, she's about to marry the mountain god."