Tender as wild

Chapter 18 Dividing the spoils
  There was a cherry tree in the backyard from a neighbor, which blocked half of the moonlight. Baili walked to Chengzi with the lightest steps and pretended to water the roses she planted.

She didn't know how to speak, and she was extremely nervous.

There was nothing she could do, so she sat next to Chengzi and gently poked Chengzi's arm.

Then wait for when he wakes up a bit.

Thanks to the cool night breeze, Chengzi only wore a short coat. His arms covered with tattoos were not warm, and a few gusts of wind blew through him and he raised his head in a daze.

I was about to leave.

As a result, he saw the girl sitting next to him, looking at him with hesitation.

He stopped getting up.

"Sister? Are you looking for brother if you have something to do?"

Baili's heart was pounding.

Chengzi's eyes were still cloudy, and he grinned, revealing a row of big teeth, "If you have anything to say, please tell me. Brother Chengzi can still... hiccup... Can brother Chengzi still help you?"

This is the truth.

Since getting to know them, for Fang Ye's sake, they have been very nice to her.

After hesitating for a while, Bai Li didn't say anything at all and asked softly: "Brother Chengzi, how long have you known my brother?"

Although he was drunk, he did not hesitate, "Of course it has been a long time. I have known Brother Ye since I was fourteen."

Baili nodded.

Chengzi seemed to suddenly recall those years, and the corners of his mouth suddenly became flat.

There is a type of person who likes to chat with others after drinking, and he happens to be this kind of person.

Looking at the blurry girl in front of him.

He said seriously: "Don't be afraid of him about what happened that day. Brother Ye has lived a hard life in the past and doesn't know how to protect a little girl. He didn't want you to see that scene."

Because of the alcohol, I couldn't speak smoothly.

But Bai Li probably understood what he meant.

They all thought that she was frightened by Fang Ye that day, so she came to ask him about Fang Ye.

She didn't explain it, she just grasped the key point.

"How miserable was he before?"

When asking questions, Baili heard her voice trembling.

The slightly cold night breeze in June blew through the leaves of Yin Tao, and she heard Chengzi say word by word: "I heard that he was sent back by the police back then. His grandmother was in poor health and basically had no ability to work, and his uncle was... He is not filial. As soon as he hears that he is coming back, he will come and rob the house, otherwise he will not give his grandma pension money.

How old was Ye Ge at that time? He had to go out to beg to support his grandma. Until he became half a grown-up, no one gave him any more money. He could still live on the subsidy from the school.

But grandma got seriously ill during the winter vacation and needed money. She knelt down and begged her uncle, but his uncle kicked her out.

When the weather was several degrees below zero, he had no choice but to work illegally at the bridge. As a result, because he worked so hard, he disturbed the workers' lazy mentality, and several workers beat him until he couldn't move for more than ten days..."

Follow this description.

Bai Li took a deep breath, as if she saw the scene of that winter.

The fourteen-year-old boy was kneeling in the cracked mud, with wounds all over his body and his face trampled on the ground.

Brother Chengzi said that Fang Ye had no way to resist. The society at that time was still very chaotic. He was young, had to go to school, and his shoulders were not broad enough, so no other place would use him.

He crawled home dragging his wounds, which had not yet healed, and his grandma's medical expenses were gone.

Then...he could only get up and go back to work.

He did less than others, and the foreman thought he was a child and was ready to fire him at any time.

He worked more than others, and the workers tried every means to beat him out of the construction site.

This kind of life went on over and over again for a long time.

Until the construction site offended the local community organizations, and someone came to cause trouble and wanted to force the foreman to stop the project, fifteen-year-old Fang Ye rushed to the front desperately to protect most of the expensive equipment.

This should have been a carefree age, but the world wanted to break his spine and force him to admit defeat.

He was ruthless, and he was ruthless to himself.

It was almost as if he was not afraid of pain. When someone hit him with an iron rod, he wouldn't hide. He resisted forcefully and then hit him back.

The large-scale fight didn't kill him, but he was almost half dead. He was suspended from school and stayed in the hospital for two months.

Instead, he was appreciated by the foreman. He was given a large sum of money as a thank you, but he didn't keep any of it for himself, so he spent it all in the hospital.

Several people in the city came from the orphanage. The orphanage is closed. They have no physical disabilities and no one can help them. They can only wander out and wander around. They have been bullied since they were children.

When life reached its most difficult point, it was Fang Ye who reached out to give them a hand.

By following Fang Ye, they had a chance to finish high school.

Speaking of this, Chengzi's mouth went dry, he took a sip of the wine on the table, and poured it on the table again with a slurp.

The moon hung in the sky, and Bai Li's previous drunkenness had long been dispelled.

After hearing this, she only felt chilled all over.

The heart tightens uncontrollably.

She once only thought that she might live a normal life in Fangye, but now after hearing about this kind of suffering, every one of them is unimaginable to her.

Begging, begging, being beaten, doing illegal work, and fighting.

What torture.

Why don't you go home?

This question comes to mind.

An even more ridiculous guess came to her mind.

She remembered that her soldier uncle died.

He left a lot of savings and pensions, and I heard from neighbors that the money was enough to buy a high-end car.

Sounds like a lot of money in those days.

That being the case.

Will her mother...let Fang Ye go home?

The chill spread from her feet to her head. There was no evidence to support this judgment, but she couldn't help but think about it.

Will people like Ms. Hu choose money or conscience?

In fact, she watched her mother spend the pension with her own eyes, investing a large sum of money into clothing stores and beauty salons, and frequently visited the most prosperous wine shops.

Her mother proudly stroked her delicate curly hair, crossed her legs and said to her: This is called self-investment, learn from it.

Clearly, the investment was successful.

The following year, Ms. Hu successfully met her current stepfather in those high-end places.

After a long time.

The tips of Bai Li's teeth were trembling, and she stumbled to her feet while holding on to the table, each step being heavy.

Of course, such a night was not as good as the soft snow in Jiangcheng. It was just the right amount of comfort, but she was terribly cold.

Strictly speaking, the money should belong to Fang Ye and Grandma Yun.

Because during those two years, her mother held all the salary of her military uncle, which met all the family's expenses. The house also belonged to the military uncle, but it was transferred to her mother before the marriage.

At least a large part of the remaining pensions and savings should belong to them.

However in fact.

not at all.

Not a penny ever reached their hands.

Even Baili participated in dividing the spoils.

Her mother kindly spent a lot of money to send her to learn painting and piano, just to please her stepfather and meet the standards of a child from a wealthy family, so as not to be a drag on Ms. Hu.

The more she thought about it, the more she realized it was like this. She could hardly breathe.

Open your mouth to let oxygen pour into your mouth on its own.

If these speculations are true

What kind of face does she have?
  What kind of dignity does it have to come here from Jiangcheng?

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