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Seeing Chi Xia's collapse, Chi Qiu couldn't continue talking. So, he wanted to stop the topic at this point.
But the angry Chi Xia mistakenly thought that he was about to say something terrifying again, so she directly raised her hand and slapped it, but the moment she was about to touch Chi Qiu's cheek, she stopped.
The wind brought by her palm messed up Chi Qiu's slightly long hair. Her whole arm was trembling, her teeth were clenched, and her neck and face were flushed.
She was surprised to find that she couldn't do anything.
"Shut up." Therefore, she looked at Chi Qiu resentfully, and kept scolding him, "Shut up!"
Chi Xia really hated Chi Qiu, but she was also cowardly. This elder brother who was blind due to her father's fault, what right did she have to slap her
What made him most desperate was that every word Chi Qiu said was actually guessed right.
It was indeed because of Lu Yinliang's indifference to her that she turned around and chose Jin Chengjun who had given up by herself. She fantasizes that Jin Chengjun can give her the love she wants and help her take care of her own company. She even fantasizes that one day she will be recognized by Chi Lanyan.
She is so humble to want a foothold in this family.
Confused, she kept raising her hand, neither retracting nor striking down. Chi Qiu stood motionless in front of her, looking like he was not afraid of anything, which really upset her.
Especially Chi Qiu's eyes, as if she could see, frightened her uncontrollably. These beautiful spring-like eyes, in Chi Xia's eyes, are just a nightmare. It was the eyes that had begun to crack in the harmony of their family.
Suddenly, Chi Qiu took Chi Xia's trembling hand, pulled it away, and said calmly, "You have no reason to hit me."
As Chi Xia wished, he didn't say anything more.
Chi Qiu directly passed Chi Xia, opened the door of the study, and was about to go downstairs.
However, standing at the door was Lin Yuming with a sullen face.
Chi Qiu made up his mind, thinking that he had already made it clear to Chi Xia, so there was no need to argue with Lin Yuming again. As a "blind man", he pretended not to see Lin Yuming and passed Lin Yuming quickly, wanting to return to his room early.
But what Chi Qiu didn't expect was that Lin Yuming stood outside the door and listened to all the conversations between their siblings.
Inside the door, there was Chi Xia's weak cry.
Lin Yuming's hands were bulging with veins, he stopped pretending to be peaceful, turned around and grabbed Chi Qiu's arm, pulled him back, and pushed him against the hard wall.
Chi Qiu's back hurt from being hit, and he exclaimed.
Immediately afterwards, a fist fell down.
The dull sound and the vibration of the tip of the teeth reminded Chi Qiu of the pain when he was punched and kicked by the couple who kidnapped him when he was 11 years old. He raised his eyes, and what fell into his eyes was Lin Yuming's distorted hatred, rushing like a tide.
"You bastard!" Lin Yuming's hoarse breath exhaled quickly, "You and Lu Ming did it, but you still want to put the blame on Xiaoxia..."
Under the impact of violence, Chi Qiu's nose began to bleed, and it flowed to his lips. After so many years, the fear of being beaten came to my heart again. He covered the lower half of his face, and without further delay, he hurried towards the stairs.
It was Lin Yuming who pushed him back hard, and questioned him in a suppressed voice: "You hate me for blinding you, so you deliberately targeted my daughter? Don't you?! You come to me if you have anything, why did you do this to Xiaoxia? matter!"
Lin Yuming is different from Chi Xia. In these years, because of the conflict between Chi Lanyan and him, his boredom for Chi Qiu has already flooded, and he can't pretend anymore.
The gentleness and elegance he used to have was the need of his work and the need for him to deceive Chi Lanyan.
Now, he punched Chi Qiu in the face again, causing Chi Qiu's whole head to sink into a barren blank, and his eyes were pitch black.
At that moment, Chi Qiu's tinnitus flooded, and he couldn't hear anything clearly. An adult male's fist with all his strength almost knocked him out of consciousness.
If it weren't for Chi Xia screaming and holding Lin Yuming back, maybe, just today, Chi Qiu might be beaten to death by Lin Yuming.
Chi Qiu was bewildered, and knelt on the ground, leaning against the wall, exhaling slightly. His hearing slowly recovered, and his vision gradually became clearer.
He heard Chi Xia yelling like crazy: "Dad—stop!" He also saw Chi Xia dragging Lin Yuming away from him.
This pair of father and daughter is like a farce in a TV series, absurd and funny.
It's a pity that Chi Qiu couldn't smile at the moment, his mouth was filled with a smell of rust, he moved his body with difficulty, and slowly stood up while leaning on the wall.
Lin Yuming was dragged all the way downstairs by Chi Xia, he angrily told Chi Xia to let go. He pointed to Chi Qiu upstairs, raised his head, and saw that Chi Qiu was also looking at him—
Chi Qiu's eyes were filled with a broken cliff, and the howling wind was blowing inside, like a cold winter face. He stared at Lin Yuming fiercely, and the tolerance he had at the age of 11 would be completely broken, and it was Lin Yuming who broke it with his own hands.
Going forward, Chi Qiu thought about it many times, who caused this family to be broken
If Lin Yuming hadn't asked him to buy ice cream back then, neither he nor Ji Yanchen would have been discovered by the kidnappers on that terrible rainy day.
At least Lin Yuming should let them stay in that cafe and put an end to this unfortunate start.
Obviously that day, it was raining heavily outside the window, so Chi Qiu shouldn't have gone out. And as parents who cherish their children, how can they rest assured to let their children go out to run errands in such bad weather.
But Lin Yuming still selfishly pushed Chi Qiu out of the door and took care of Chi Xia in his arms, just because they were not biological father and son
Chi Qiu remembered very clearly that Lin Yuming said to him, "Can you do me this favor?"
It was clearly a question, but the tone was full of an attitude that did not allow rejection. At that moment, Lin Yuming didn't treat Chi Qiu as a child, or didn't treat Chi Qiu as his own child.
The young Chi Qiu was afraid of his seriousness for no reason, accepted what he didn't want to do with aggrievedness, and walked into the rain silently.
A rain, an accident, completely changed Chi Qiu's life.
To this day, Chi Qiu has not even received a share of their guilt and apology. What he got was contempt, insults, ridicule, and beatings.
Really chilling.
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Lin Yuming was terrified when he saw him, and said, "He can see..." He anxiously grabbed Chi Xia's hand, pointed at Chi Qiu and shouted, "He's lying to us, he's been lying to us all the time !"
"Dad! What nonsense are you talking about!" Chi Xia ignored Lin Yuming's discovery, dragged him out of the door in panic, and pushed him into the co-pilot of the car. During this time, Chi Xia never glanced at the injured Chi Qiu.
The car sped away.
After Lin Yuming went downstairs, the noise was too loud, and Aunt Su, who was doing cleaning work in the kitchen on the first floor, rushed out belatedly. She never imagined that within half an hour after she went to the kitchen, the situation at home would turn out like this.
After all the messy voices disappeared, she eagerly looked for Chi Qiu's figure.
She also raised her head, only to see Chi Qiu on the second floor walking towards the stairs holding on to the wall, his posture was precarious. In less than a few seconds, Chi Qiu's eyes went dark, and he fell down the stairs and lost consciousness briefly.
I don't know how long it took, but Chi Qiu woke up a little bit. His head was in severe pain, and Chi Qiu vaguely heard a familiar voice in a semi-conscious state.
This voice used to always linger in his dreams, stroking his cheeks with a pair of warm hands.
Unfortunately, today his face was injured, and the bruises and redness made him look distraught and in dire condition. He was afraid that when these hands touched him, it would cause pain, so he moved his hands hard, trying to refuse.
But the strength of these hands is very light, as if they are afraid of breaking him, they are extremely careful and cherished.
"Chi Qiu—can you hear me?"
"..." Chi Qiu wanted to respond.
Reluctantly, he opened his mouth, a heavy weight fell to the bottom of his throat, and he lost his voice. His head was also heavy and he couldn't fully open his eyes.
"Chi Qiu, Chi Qiu!"
The shouting didn't last long, Chi Qiu's body was numb and heavy, he felt himself being picked up, and he was running steadily towards some direction.
Chi Qiu's ear was pressed against the man's chest, and he heard the heartbeat like a drum beating, which was so sweet.
There was a blur of light in front of his eyes, getting darker and darker. He tried hard to open his eyes and see who was holding him, but he couldn't.
But the familiar smell on this person reassured him. It also seemed that subconsciously, Chi Qiu's weak voice recognized this person.
So, he called softly: "Lu Ming?"