Chapter Eleven: Hope and Despair (Part Two)
When she was very young, she didn't understand that kind of pain, only feeling like an unloved daughter, as if she were a guest in this home. Only by listening and working hard could she stay, could she survive. And at the age of fifteen, when she had already understood many things, his one sentence, spoken lightly, with just a few simple words, directly sent her heart, which still held a thread of hope, plummeting into hell!
Under the command of Xu Peifen, Li Ma kept slapping her, but Cheng Hanlei didn't cry. Even though it hurt so much that her eyes turned red, and tears welled up in her eyes, she still stubbornly refused to cry.
In a world shrouded in darkness, my heart is as cold as ice, and my entire body trembles with fear.
Her eyes were sore and aching, she promised her mother to live on strongly. She had been trying hard to live, she had been trying hard not to expect anything.
Yearning, expecting. Ultimately turning into despair, such pain is inflicted by oneself.
Cheng Hanlei, this kind of heartache is what you deserve.
The physical pain had really numbed, only feeling that the heart was dug open a hole, and fresh blood was flowing out gurgling.
All sounds around disappeared, lightning struck down, through the window, tore apart the darkness.
Tears all over his face, mixed with blood on his face, looked ferocious and frightening.
Lying quietly for a while, the blood in his body seemed to have frozen.
The dizziness was getting worse, with a feeling of lying there and sinking into the dark world without waking up again. She was really tired, fifteen years old, her shoulders had borne too much.
A silent breath, in the darkness, unable to hear any sound but clearly sensing someone standing beside her.
That breath was the most familiar, almost as soon as she felt Leichenyi's breath, Cheng Huanle's breathing tightened in an instant, and her eyes widened slightly to look at where Leichenyi's breath was coming from.
The lights were off, and Lei Chenyi stood tall, looking down at Cheng Huanlei who was lying motionless on the ground. The darkness made it impossible to see Lei Chenyi's expression.
It's as if the air has thinned out just because he's there, making it hard to breathe. The space feels suffocating with him in it. She wonders what else she can say to herself. The humiliating kiss still lingers on her lips, and his breath still wafts through her nostrils.
Something hit her face, right on the red and swollen cheek that had been slapped, the pain made Cheng Huanlei squint for a moment, and by the time she looked up, Lei Chenyi had already turned around and left...
Cheng Huanlei was stunned for a moment, then reached out to pick up the thing that had slid down from her cheek to one side. The flash of lightning illuminated what was in her hand - a medicinal paste for reducing swelling and bruising...
He...
"Why..."
Her lips moved, almost inaudibly. She was accused of seducing him and would be beaten like this, he had never spoken a word to explain himself, now he actually gave her medicine, what did he want to do...
The figure climbing the stairs didn't pause for a moment due to Cheng Huanlei's bewildered words, and those deep eyes sparkled in the darkness...
"Don't step out of the Lei family until your face is no longer swollen."
A dull and icy voice, devoid of any emotion or concern, simply stating that he only cared about the reputation of the Lei family, while she thought he had a bit of self-blame.
"I don't need it!"
It was unclear whether it was because of her own self-delusion that made her feel ashamed, or because of his condescending attitude, that Cheng Huanlei's heart suddenly tightened, and without thinking, she threw out the medicinal paste in her hand.
