Recalling the past, her voice gradually lowered.
It was like the fists and swearing of the past came back again. They mocked her for being a pig, shameless and breaking the rules when she fought with the older children over a meat bun. They scolded her for being rubbish and told her to die…
Every word pierced her heart.
Suddenly, she only felt that her shoulders were slightly warm. A man took her into a warm embrace. "Xiao Ling." Li Lei kissed her hairline and said tenderly, "You've suffered."
Her eyes were red. She turned her head around to look at the fully bloomed flowers in the garden.
That year, it happened here on this very road. They forced her to kneel and eat the soil on the ground. The children were crueler than adults. They pulled her hair, slapped her, and even more abusive teenage boys forced her seven-year-old self to undress for everyone to see.
Luckily, she fought back and was as fierce as a pack of wolves.
