The atmosphere was tense.

I was worried that Mr. Zuo would make a move on Zhou Mei, so I blocked him sideways.

Zhou Mei stubbornly raised her head, did not retreat, and looked at Mr. Zuo.

But after all, she is still young, and she is a girl, and her momentum is much worse than Mr. Zuo.

I was sandwiched between the two of them, my palms sweaty, my legs twitching.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Zhou Mei to finally give in, and her head slowly tilted to the side.

Mr. Zuo also put away his coercion, snorted coldly, and flicked his sleeves away.

Looking back at Zhou Mei again, she was already sweating profusely, and her face was ugly.

She shook her head at me, meaning it was fine.

I let out a long sigh of relief and quickly chased after Mr. Zuo.

In the next few months, Mr. Zuo asked me to focus all my energy on memorizing mantras and using fingers.

One hundred and eight sets of formulas are rotten to memorize.

The corresponding tips are also ripe.

But Mr. Zuo's anger never appeared.

During this period, Zhou Jixian only took me to meet Zhou Mei once.

Zhou Mei is getting more and more beautiful, but the resentment on her face is getting deeper and deeper.

No matter how stupid I am, I can see that Zhou Mei is actually not sick, and it is Zhou Jixian who has the problem.

He imprisoned Zhou Mei in an iron cage, there must be some special reason.

"Time is really fast, in a few years, it will be the age to talk about marriage." Zhou Ji looked at Zhou Mei first, but he glanced at me and sighed: "I hope Mei'er's illness can get better soon, and I will definitely hold a grand wedding for you and Qin Fang when the time comes." ”

Zhou Mei snorted coldly twice, pulled the chain with both hands, and gritted her teeth and said: "If you want to hide my eyes, just say it, don't be so fake." ”

I also hate what Zhou Jixian did, but I can't show it.

Before I didn't have the strength to take Zhou Mei out of the Zhou family, I could only choose to forbear.

Zhou Jixian didn't seem to think much of Zhou Mei's attitude, but his gaze at Zhou Mei became extremely deep.

The last time I was arrested when I fled from Zhou's house, he also looked at me like this for a long time, and then starved me for seven days.

I was secretly worried about Zhou Mei.

Zhou Jixian squinted his eyes, turned his head to me and said, "Mei'er is talking nonsense and delirious, it should be that the illness has worsened...... Let's go, and don't come and disturb her again until she gets better. ”

This means that I will have fewer opportunities to meet Zhou Mei in the future.

After following Zhou Ji to leave Zhou Mei's room first, I couldn't fall back with my heart in suspense.

With Zhou Jixian's urine nature, he will never stop there.

For a while later, I will be paying close attention to Zhou Mei's movements, but there is nothing abnormal.

Mr. Zuo is very satisfied with my recent performance and gave me a three-day break for the first time.

After three days, he would take me out for training.

This is the last threshold for me to enter the Heavenly Master's Gate.

For more than nine years, I can only see the four corners of the sky in the Zhou family's courtyard.

Hearing Mr. Zuo's words at this moment, I can't help but be full of yearning for the outside world.

The night before I left, I had insomnia and couldn't sleep after tossing and turning in bed.

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden sound of chains crashing in the next room, mixed with Zhou Mei's painful groan.

I put on my clothes and tiptoed open the door of Zhou Mei's room.

Zhou Mei looked surprised when she saw me.

This has always been a forbidden area for me, and Zhou Jixian absolutely forbade me to come alone.

If I let him know that I came to see Zhou Mei secretly, the consequences would definitely be more serious than escaping from the Zhou family.

I glanced at Zhou Mei and was immediately shocked and angry.

Shockingly, she only wore a suspender dress on her upper body.

The snow-white skin is covered with "scales" the size of a fingernail.

On both sides of the forehead, near the ears, a bulge bulges outward, and at first glance, it looks like a horn of the head.

What made me extremely angry was that Zhou Mei was covered in injuries, and her two collarbones were nailed by steel nails the thickness of chopsticks, and blood continued to bubble out.

The top of the garment was already covered with a thick scab of blood.

How similar it was to what I saw that night in a half-asleep dream!

Zhou Jixian, this bastard, how can he treat a weak girl so cruelly?

At that moment, I was even more convinced that Zhou Mei was definitely not born to Zhou Jixian.

Tiger poison does not eat children.

How could a father do such a bad thing to his daughter?

Zhou Mei frowned, and her expression was very painful.

But the source of the pain doesn't seem to be the wounds on the body, but the scaly things.

"You...... What are you doing here? A shy flush rose on Zhou Mei's face, and her voice trembled slightly.

My eyes were red, I was furious, and I opened the iron cage and said, "I'll take you away." ”

The cage was unlocked, so it shouldn't be difficult to break the chains on her hands and feet.

Zhou Mei was stunned for a moment and shook her head: "If you leave the Zhou family now, you and I will only have a dead end." If you really want to help me, go and learn art from Zuo Yi. ”

"Why did he do this to you?" My teeth rattled as I tried to suppress my impending outburst.

The enemy of life and death is nothing more than that, Zhou Jixian is too vicious.

Zhou Meixiu moved her eyebrows, smiled faintly and said, "If you knew my true identity, you might do the same." ”

"What?" I looked at Zhou Mei puzzled, not understanding what she meant.

"You should have noticed that I'm different from ordinary people." Zhou Mei said slowly: "In your eyes, I am an ugly and terrifying monster, right? ”

I nodded, then shook my head, not knowing how to answer.

Zhou Mei is right, when I saw the "scales" on my body at first glance, I did subconsciously distinguish her from normal people.

But I don't think she's a monster.

When Zhou Jixian brought me here for the first time, he said that Zhou Mei was suffering from a strange illness.

I attributed the abnormality of her body to a strange attack.

Things in the world are strange, and it's normal to encounter some strange people and strange things.

"You don't have to deny it, and you don't need to hide it, since I was a child, I have always been regarded as a monster by the people around me, and I have long been used to it."

Zhou Mei looked lonely, her eyes were red, and she murmured: "When I become a real monster, I will not let go of all the people who have hurt my mother." ”

I couldn't fully understand the meaning of her words, but I could fully understand her anger at her mother's hurt and feel the murderous aura rising in her.

"When you have the ability to help me get rid of the control of the Zhou family, I will tell you my secrets, as well as my grievances with Zhou Jixian and the Zhou family." Zhou Mei paused, and then said: "These may also be related to your future fate, and you will have to know sooner or later." ”

Even though I didn't quite understand what she meant, I nodded vigorously.

At this time, a touch of moonlight came in through the window, shining right on Zhou Mei's body.

Zhou Mei snorted twice, her brows furrowed, and her hands tore the chains hard, making a "clanging" screeching sound, which looked very painful.

I opened my mouth wide to look at Zhou Mei, a little at a loss.

"Don't be nervous, I'm fine...... You have to go out with Zuo Yi tomorrow to practice, go back and rest early! ”

Zhou Mei's eyes were scarlet, as if she was about to drip blood: "I hope that when you return from your studies, it will be the day I get out of the sea of suffering." ”

I couldn't be more surprised.

Mr. Zuo took me to the experience, Zhou Jixian only found out this afternoon, where did Zhou Mei hear about it?

"The man spits a nail in one mouthful, I will definitely take you out of the Zhou family as soon as possible." I swore that I would turn around and leave.

As soon as I got out of the door, I bumped into Mr. Zuo.