Soon the chain stopped moving, something approaching in the darkness.
It moved very slowly and made almost no sound.
However, Shen Qingwu could clearly capture its aura.
She silently told herself, don't be afraid, don't move, don't make a sound.
Just don't scare it.
However, her body couldn't help but tremble even more violently.
Like a drowning person, fear overwhelmed her like a wave, and the oxygen became thin. The only thing she could do was to fight desperately with the desire to survive.
Suddenly, cold black scales swept across her ankles, and the huge snake's tail wrapped around her calves inch by inch. Shen Qingwu froze instantly, and the light in his eyes slowly passed away.
The sound of "Hiss~" was like a spell, opening the small box she had hidden.
Cold, sticky...
Terrible memories emerged bit by bit.
That year, she was eleven years old.
At school, everyone shunned her, calling her a bitch behind her back, pouring sand into her water glass, secretly putting thumbtacks into her schoolbag, squeezing superglue into her braids...
She is always the most embarrassed one in the school, completely different from her sister Shen Yuyao.
Shen Yuyao is cheerful, considerate, and always wears neat school uniforms and expensive handmade leather shoes. No one will refuse to make friends with a little princess like her.
At first, she tried to resist, she told the teacher. The teacher quickly punished the classmates who bullied her and contacted Shen Deren. However, in exchange for more intensified bullying, there was also Shen Deren's threat: "Damn girl, don't keep causing trouble and hurting me. Otherwise, I will dig up your mother's grave."
She went to the best private school in Jingzhou and was famous for its sky-high tuition fees.
The wealthy people in Jingzhou all want their children to attend this school, not for anything else but to build relationships with higher-ups.
However, the school's enrollment attaches great importance to the social status of the child's family. In other words, the children studying there are in a formidable circle.
At that time, the Shen family was at the bottom of the circle, and relying on the Lu family's connections, she and Shen Yuyao were admitted to this school.
Therefore, Shen Deren did not dare to offend each of her classmates and the families behind them.
Xiao Qingwu learned to be silent. She kept telling herself that no one could really hurt her, as long as she didn't care.
Until that day, she was walking in the corridor of the classroom and accidentally touched the desk. The person in the seat whispered: "Her mother deserves to die early for giving birth to such a blind thing!"
At that moment, Xiao Qingwu felt that all the blood in his body was rushing to his head.
She could tolerate others teasing her and making all kinds of cynicism about her, but she did not allow them to say a bad word about her mother.
She walked back to her seat, picked up the chair, and threw it at the man without saying a word.
That was a big fat man, but he was stunned by her blow. The two of them struggled with each other, but the fat man couldn't take advantage at all. In the end, Fatty was hospitalized with a concussion. She only scratched her face and lost a few hairs.
The impact of this incident is great, and the school will punish her. Shen Deren was very nervous. Of course, he was not nervous about her being punished. He was nervous about the business he had just negotiated with the Zhou family, and the fat man happened to be the young master of the Zhou family.
He took her to the hospital to apologize to the fat man's family. Xiao Qingwu refused and refused to speak.
She thought Shen Deren would fly into a rage and punch and kick her as usual. Unexpectedly, after returning from the hospital, he just calmly took her into the small house in the backyard.
"I just don't understand. Apologizing is just a matter of lip service, so why is it so difficult for you to get here?" Shen Deren's voice was cold, "You should be glad that you still have a chance to apologize. If the Zhou family really wants to argue, We all have no good fruit to eat.”
At that time, Xiao Qingwu was full of thorns. He was at an age where he had high self-esteem and pursued justice. She didn't want to bow her head.
"I'm not wrong! It's his fault. He told my mother first!"
"Dad, Shen Yuyao said in school that I was an illegitimate daughter, that my mother was a shameless bitch who specialized in seducing men, and that she deserved to die early."
These were all what Fatty told her when she was pinned to the ground and beaten until he howled.
"Dad, you know that I am not an illegitimate daughter, and my mother is not a third party. She is obviously your wife..."
Xiao Qingwu thought at that time that his parents used to be loving, and he would never allow Shen Yuyao to maliciously slander his mother behind his back.
"It's not important." Shen Deren interrupted her, "As long as Mr. Zhou is happy, why do you have to be stubborn with him? There is no need to fight for a dead person and interests."
Xiao Qingwu loosened his grip on Shen Deren's sleeve, "So, Shen Yuyao is not wrong?"
Shen Deren narrowed his eyes and paused, "From Yu Yao's point of view, her mother is my only wife. You should be more considerate and considerate of your sister. Isn't it normal for her to have difficulty accepting your sister when you suddenly appear? ?”
Yes, how could she have hope for a man who abandoned his wife and children for fame and fortune?
She is so stupid.
Xiao Qingwu wiped away his tears, "No matter what you say, I will protect my mother's reputation. I will never apologize to Zhou Han, because it is him who is wrong and he is the one who should apologize."
If she really apologized, it would be equivalent to acquiescing to everything Zhou Han said.
"Okay, then don't blame dad." Shen Deren said and walked to the corner of the room, squatted down, and pulled something.
Only then did Xiao Qingwu see clearly that there was a locked iron door on the ground.
With the sound of the chain dragging, Shen Deren opened the iron door.
"You stay here and think carefully about when you are willing to apologize and when you will come out." After Shen Deren finished speaking, he ignored her and walked out of the room.
With a bang, the door closed firmly.
There was a snap sound, and the power suddenly cut off in the house, and the surroundings were dark.
A dark room?
This was Xiao Qingwu's first reaction at the time.
But she still underestimated Shen Deren, her father who knew her weaknesses well.
When the "hissing" voice came around, Xiao Qingwu didn't even resist at all. Her soul had been withdrawn. She saw the thin and small self huddled in the corner, with a dull expression, motionless, despite the big Black snakes wrapped themselves around her body.
Shen Deren knew that she was most afraid of snakes, so he specially built this house and raised snakes in the basement below the house just to punish her, his biological daughter.
Did he think this would make her give in?
Zhang Yashu's slow voice came from outside the door: "Qingwu, these snakes were raised by your father, and they are very well-behaved. Don't be afraid, as long as you are obedient from now on, Auntie will let you out."
Shen Deren snorted coldly, "Is this method really effective? I think it's better to give her a beating to make her be honest."
Zhang Yashu lowered her voice: "Okay, this girl won't take soft and hard, and it's useless even if you beat her to death. What's more, Mr. Lu likes her. Have you forgotten what happened last time?"
It would be great if her mother was here, she would never make her scared like this, Xiao Qingwu thought.
When they still lived in the village, every time they encountered a snake, their mother would hug her tightly, and then use the other hand to pick the snake away with a branch.
Mom always said that she was her little princess and she would not let her little princess get hurt.
Xiao Qingwu feels that her mother's arms always smell fragrant and she never gets tired of smelling them. Her mother's arms are very warm and she is like a superman, always protecting her and her brother.
But, later, her superman disappeared...
