680 Pathetic (1/2)

That night, she had almost lost her life. And the shortage of oxygen made her brain processing slower that's why the only dialogue she heard between Liu Mingfan and Xin Suyin was when the latter said, she'd kill her right before Liu Mingfan.

Describing it as fear would be an understatement. Because the fear slowly crawled into her bones. The day Chen Xiu committed suicide, she didn't know what went wrong with her mother but Xin Suyin was hysterical as she screamed and broke everything in the house. Later, she slapped Liu Nuan until her face swollen up like a pig. But even when she bled, Xin Suyin wasn't willing to let go.

If it wasn't for her father... She could hardly imagine what would have happened.

After that incident, her mother became totally indifferent. At her in-laws' home, she was abandoned by her husband. And at her own parent's home, she was hated by her mother. She really felt like Chen Xiu's death put a noose around her neck and slowly, it was tightening, trying to suffocate her. But the suffocation wasn't enough to kill her, but it was neither enough to let her breathe in peace as well.

She had hidden all of this from Qiu Meihui. In fact, she had never spoken a word about any of it with anyone else. She had always felt proud whenever Qiu Meihui talked about her dissatisfaction with her own mother. But now she couldn't do the same at all. Because at least, Qiu Meihui's mother didn't wish to kill her.

”Now that we do have time, how about spending some time with your mother, dear daughter?”

Liu Nuan's eyes widened as her body shuddered once again. She could clearly hear the killing intent in those simple words.

”Mom, don't you have to meet the guests here?” she could even go on her knees if she could find a way out of spending time alone with her mother.

Xin Suyin walked up and held her arm saying, ”My daughter is my priority.”

Qiu Meihui laughed at this, completely oblivious to the real situation, she said, ”Go on, Nuannuan. I'll call you if I need you. Spend some time with auntie.”

Liu Nuan looked at her best friend helplessly before she was dragged away by Xin Suyin. The grip around her arm was so tight that she felt like the flow of blood had stopped already however, she still didn't dare make a sound.

Xin Suyin brought her to a corner and flung her arm away making Liu Nuan crash into the wall. Her head bumped into the wall but she didn't even hiss loudly.

”Mom--”