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Chapter 259: Extra: Zhou Nan (1)

Zhou Nan knew that he was different from other children when he was very young.

When other children still needed the whole family to chase after them and comfort them because they didn't eat well, he already knew what posture to use to protect himself as much as possible and minimize injuries when being abused by his father.

In his memory, his father always smoked, drank, gambled, and often abused his mother. He and his mother lived under his father's insults and fists every day.

He would never forget those nights when his father would come home drunk after losing money gambling, lose his temper with his mother for no reason, and then start beating her.

His mother always stood timidly in the corner, crying and begging for mercy, while he could only hide in the room, covering his ears, trying not to hear those terrible noises.

Because his father had no job and liked to gamble, the family could only rely on his mother's meager income to get by.

After all the children around him went to kindergarten to start preschool education, Zhou Nan didn't even have a decent piece of clothing, and his mother couldn't afford to send him to kindergarten.

It was not until he reached primary school age that his mother tried every possible means to send him to school.

Although he had not received any preschool education, Zhou Nan was very smart and hardworking. He absorbed knowledge like crazy every day, hoping that he could become stronger quickly and escape from that suffocating home with his mother as soon as possible.

Until one day, my father was cheated in gambling again and owed a large sum of money. The debt collectors came home.

But almost all the money in the family was taken by his father to gamble, and there was no extra money to pay off his debts.

My mother begged and pleaded until the debt collectors agreed to give them some time.

However, not only was the father ungrateful, he also blamed all the faults on the mother.

Zhou Nan will never forget that night when his father beat his mother like a madman and threw everything he could get his hands on at her.

That day, Zhou Nan finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he secretly ran out and went to the convenience store downstairs to ask the owner to help him call the police.

Everyone around knew that Zhou Nan's father was a complete scumbag, and they all sympathized with Zhou Nan and his mother.

So the convenience store owner readily helped Zhou Nan call the police.

The police arrived quickly. When they arrived, Zhou Nan's mother was already dying. They had no doubt that if they had arrived a few minutes later, she would have been beaten to death by that scumbag.

With the help of the police, the mother finally made the strongest and most correct decision in her life, which was to divorce her father.

Zhou Nan originally thought that after his mother and father divorced, they would be able to live a peaceful life.

But things went against my wishes. My mother had been weak for half her life. Although she finally stood up for once, she was still a weak woman at heart.

After my father went to prison, my mother was always criticized by some people, especially his relatives. Their spitting made my mother unable to raise her head.

The mother had no choice but to take Zhou Nan away from the place where she had lived for half her life and go to an unfamiliar town.

Zhou Nan didn't know when his mother found another man, and they even decided to start a new family together soon.

That night, his mother happily introduced him to the man named Li Jianguo, and she said that this man would be his new father from now on.

Because of the precedent of his biological father, Zhou Nan did not agree with his mother's decision, but he was just a child and could not stop her.

On the way to Li's house the next day, his mother told him that the man who was about to become his stepfather had a daughter a few years older than him named Li Lu.

Along the way, his mother kept telling him to get along well with his sister after he arrived at the Li family.

But Zhou Nan was not very interested in this so-called sister. He just hoped that this time his mother's vision would not be as bad as the first time.

After arriving at the Li family, the first man he saw was the man named Li Jianguo. He looked simple and honest, and was indeed very different from his biological father.

Li Jianguo prepared a large table of food to welcome Zhou Nan and her son. He was also very enthusiastic and caring towards Zhou Nan, the boy who was about to become his son.

Zhou Nan had been accustomed to his father's cold face and violence since he was a child, and had never felt such enthusiasm. He was a little uncomfortable for a moment, so he sat in the corner holding his small schoolbag to reduce his presence.

Seeing this, the mother just smiled and told Li Jianguo that this was how the child was and he should be ignored.

After a while, a girl of about eleven or twelve walked into the living room. Although Zhou Nan did not look up, he heard the girl talking to Li Jianguo.

Finally, everyone sat down at the dining table, and Li Jianguo enthusiastically introduced Zhou Nan and his mother to the girl.

Zhou Nan still didn't say anything, but just silently lowered his head and ate the white rice in the bowl. This was a habit he developed at home. Whenever he sat at the same dining table with his biological father, he would never take the initiative to pick up food.

In the past, his mother would always notice this and secretly put some food into his bowl.

But today, his mother was busy talking to Li Jianguo and his daughter and had no time to pay attention to him.

Zhou Nan was not sad, but he had long been accustomed to the feeling of being ignored.

Until he felt a burning gaze falling on him.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw the source of that gaze: the girl named Li Lu.

He thought that this girl who grew up without a mother but was loved by her father must hate him, her cheap brother who suddenly broke into her life and shared everything with her.

His mother probably noticed that Li Lu was looking at him, so she quickly urged him to call her sister.

But facing this strange girl, I couldn't call her "sister" at all.

The mother became anxious and raised her hand to hit him.

As far as I can remember, my mother always liked to use this method to force him to do things he didn't like.

He was ready to be beaten, but he didn't expect that Li Lu would actually speak up to stop her and even gave him a few pieces of meat.

It turned out that she just looked at herself because she noticed that there was no food in his bowl.

He finally raised his head and took a look at this so-called sister. Although the family did not seem to be very wealthy, the clothes she was wearing were very clean and beautiful, without a single patch on them.

Although they lived under the same roof, he still felt that he and this "sister" were not from the same world at all.

After dinner, his mother took him to a small room with two beds. Before coming, he had not thought that he would live in the same room with Li Lu.

He didn't say a word to her that night, but he could feel her eyes on him all the time. Strangely, that look didn't disgust him.

Although Li Lu and Zhou Nan go to school at different times, she always cares about him. Zhou Nan doesn't say it, but he keeps it all in his heart.

Since Zhou Nan transferred to the primary school in this town midway through his studies, and because he was a loner and didn't like talking to his classmates, he quickly became a freak in the eyes of his classmates.

In this way, he became the object of exclusion and attack.

Zhou Nan had learned to be patient a long time ago. He knew that resistance would only make those people more violent. Until one day, a group of classmates blocked his way and snatched away his only schoolbag.

That day he was pinned to the ground by a group of people, and he knew that this time he had to fight back.

So he silently took out a small knife used to sharpen pencils from his pocket. Although this knife was not sharp enough, as long as he controlled the strength just right, it could cut their necks.

Just as he was about to take action, a clear female voice interrupted her.

He didn't expect that Li Lu would actually help him drive away the guys who bullied him.

He silently put away the knife in his hand and took his schoolbag from Li Lu.

"Remember, I am Zhou Nan's sister. If I catch any of you bullying our Zhou Nan again, I guarantee that your fate will be worse than that of this little fat guy."

These words were deeply engraved in his heart.

In his memory, there has never been anyone like her standing in front of him and telling him not to bully Zhou Nan.

A beam of light seemed to shine into the cold and dark place in my heart. It was a wonderful feeling, like groping in the dark for a long time and finally finding a ray of light.

The light was not strong, it just gently illuminated the corner, allowing him to see something that had been ignored.

In that corner, he saw his own fears and anxieties, the troubles and anxieties that had been plaguing him. They hung over him like a shadow.

But when this light came in, they didn't seem so scary anymore.

"Thank you."

That was the first time Zhou Nan thanked someone.

Later, Li Lu really cared for Zhou Nan like a sister, chatting with him and taking him out to play. At that time, he felt an unprecedented warmth.

However, the better this feeling became, the more scared he became. He was afraid that Li Lu was only so nice to him because she had never had any brothers or sisters before, and that she was only caring about him temporarily.

He was afraid that the light would suddenly appear and disappear just as suddenly.

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