Something happened. This is not going to be bloody.

Tao Yan had actually mentioned divorce many times, and Liu Changli threatened her verbally and beat her violently every time, and then asked his son to go to Tao Yan to cry to her. Every time, Tao Yan chose to endure it after being persuaded by her parents and children.

Tao Yan chose to persist despite her son's repeated cries of "Mom, don't leave me, I can't bear to leave you, don't get divorced," until she became depressed and could no longer hold on and chose to commit suicide.

Liu Changli married another woman two years after Tao Yan committed suicide. She was also a kind woman and even a rare good stepmother.

Liu Zimo saw from the perspective of an outsider everything his mother had experienced, giving birth to a daughter, taking care of the family, seeing her change from a sunny woman to an unkempt woman, and then being belittled, abused, and beaten by Liu Changli.

The stepmother's ending was different from Tao Yan's. When her stepmother's family came home, they also beat Liu Changli up and then divorced him. They were not afraid of Liu Changli's threats, and the sister was not like Liu Zimo in the past. She hugged her mother tightly and stared at her father fiercely, and she stood firmly beside her mother.

Liu Changli called the police and the police took away the relevant people.

When the farce was over, Liu Zimo was the only one left at home. He stood in a daze in the mess, then suddenly thought of something. He squatted down, hugged his knees and cried bitterly.

Liu Zimo was eighteen years old this year. He finally realized that it was not that his mother did not have the courage to resist, but that he had extinguished that courage. The child born from his belly thought that he was a waste, and the parents who gave birth to him thought that he was spilled water. This was the key reason why Tao Yan did not want to stay in this world.

Liu Zimo would wake up in tears every midnight. In his dreams, his mother would ask him with red eyes why he treated her like that, why!

Liu Zimo became depressed due to his self-blame day by day, and then on the anniversary of his mother's death, he chose to end his life in the same way as his mother.

The morning sunlight shone through the curtains, casting a hazy pink hue throughout the room. Zhou Leng rubbed his eyes and stretched himself. He hadn't been a child for many years, so he still felt a little uncomfortable.

Zhou Leng opened the door and there was the aroma of food in the room. Tao Yan was sitting at the dining table wearing an apron, and she looked nervous.

"Mom, have you had breakfast?"

"Nope."

Zhou Leng sat at the table. She looked at the woman and said, "Mom, divorce my dad. I will be with you. You should have a better life."

Tao Yan's body was trembling. She looked at her son in disbelief. That familiar face spoke unfamiliar words.

The phrase "tears pouring out like a spring" can be used to describe Tao Yan at the moment. She covered her face with her hands, tears flowing out uncontrollably. She wanted to control her sobbing, but all her grievances seemed to be vented out at this moment.

Zhou Leng walked over to comfort Tao Yan, and then was hugged into her arms. His tears soaked the clothes on his shoulders. He wanted to reach out to comfort her but couldn't move. He said softly: "Mom, I'm sorry, I will protect you in the future."

"Mom, I'm sorry. I was wrong before."

Tao Yan hugged her son tightly and couldn't control her tears anymore, crying out all her grievances.

After more than ten minutes, Tao Yan finally calmed down. She asked twitchingly: "What did your father say to you yesterday?"

Zhou Leng said softly: "Dad told me to tell you that I can't leave you and I won't let you get divorced. Then he took me to eat hamburgers, but I heard your conversation yesterday. Dad did something wrong."

Tao Yan hugged her son in her arms again. She kissed his forehead hard and then hugged him tightly. It was as if endless courage was rising and she had the strength to fight against everything.

Zhou Leng was in Tao Yan's arms. She said in a muffled voice, "My father always told me this before. Now that I've grown up, I know it's wrong to do this. Mom works very hard every day, busy from morning till night."

Tao Yan touched her son's hair and said gently, "I never feel tired because of you."

The mother and son began to have breakfast in a warm atmosphere.

***

After dinner, Liu Changli looked at the mother and son sitting together in the living room, and he thought everything was the same as usual.

Tao Yan looked at her husband and said calmly, "I've made up my mind. Let's get a divorce. The child will be mine."

Liu Changli said with a mocking look on his face: "If the son is yours, won't he starve to death? How will you raise the child?"

Tao Yan clenched her fists and raised her voice, "Why can't I raise the child? I can also go out to work. After the divorce, you still have to pay child support. Even if I don't eat or drink, I will make sure Zimo eats and drinks well."

Liu Changli gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger and said, "Son, go back to your room."

Zhou Leng stood in front of Tao Yan and said, "I won't go back, so don't even think about hitting my mother again."

Liu Changli felt doubly betrayed by his son and wife. He walked over with gritted teeth, grabbed Zhou Leng's clothes and pulled him behind him, then reached out to hit Tao Yan.

Seeing this, Zhou Leng rushed over from behind, grabbed the man's arm and bit it.

The pain in Liu Changli's arm stimulated his nerves. He used his other hand to pry Zhou Leng's head open. When he failed, he spanked his butt hard.

"Let me go, I'm your father, are you crazy?"

When Tao Yan saw her son being beaten, she seemed to be enraged. She stood up and went forward to scratch Liu Changli.

Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. After all, Tao Yan was his own son. Liu Changli had some reservations and didn't beat Tao Yan with all his strength as before, otherwise a girl and a child would not be able to beat a strong man.

Liu Changli felt that his son was his own family and that he had spent his own money and effort to marry his wife, so he could not spoil her. Having a child would tie a woman down, so her attitude took a sharp turn for the worse after Tao Yan gave birth to a child.

After both sides were exhausted, Liu Changli pointed at his son and cursed: "You ungrateful bastard, I feed you, I clothe you, every penny you spend is earned by me, what's your last name, your last name is Liu, her last name is Tao, you are helping her now, right? What did I tell you, we are a family, we have the same last name, do you understand?"

Tao Yan was chilled by these words. What she thought was working for the family was just a matter of course in the other party's eyes. She was just cheap labor, not even as good as a nanny.

Zhou Leng stared without saying anything.

After Liu Changli pointed at the two people and cursed them for a few minutes, he saw that they didn't say anything, so he returned to his room angrily.

In the living room, Zhou Leng hugged his mother and whispered in her ear: "Mom, let's ask the police to help you, okay?"

Tao Yan looked at her son hesitantly. She didn't want to call the police for fear of being embarrassed.

"Mom will take you back to grandma's house tomorrow and we'll talk about it later."

Zhou Leng buried herself in her mother's arms. She was too young and had only been here for a day. She needed to eat more starting tomorrow. The first step now was to protect Tao Yan.