Meng Yan's Transformation

"I must have had a relapse from the shrapnel in my head. The pain was so intense that I lost control. I regretted it afterwards and nearly choked my child to death. It's just that so many years have passed and I've forgotten about it since you didn't mention it."

While Zhan Yu was talking, he picked up his bowl and started eating.

"Zhan Mengyan, my extreme behavior scared Zhan Zixun and he has sequelae of shock syndrome. You are not afraid of your father, are you? Is there anything about me that scares you? Tell me!"

As Zhan Yu spoke, he looked at the frightened children in front of him.

"..."

Zhan Mengyan stood there motionless, opened her mouth, and looked at Yunqing.

"What do you want the child to say? That sentence was wrong. You are crazy again."

As Yunqing spoke, she glanced at Zhan Yu.

"Mengyan, you say it, Daddy promises not to be angry."

Zhan Yu spoke in a gentle tone.

"Then I really said it!"

As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she mustered up the courage to look at Yunqing and then at Zhan Yu.

"I remember when I was in Heilongjiang, I was about four or five years old. It was almost the New Year, and my father bought braids for my sister and me. I loved that braid so much. It was about a foot long and an inch wide, with serrated lace, one red and one green. I originally liked red, but when I saw Zhang Xiaoying and her sister Zhang Xiaoping in the front yard wearing red braids a few days ago and walking past me, I also saw that several girls in the village also had red braids, so I wanted to be different, so I took away the green braid that my father wanted to give to sister Yingying. My father asked me to return the green braid, but I didn't listen. Instead, I ran away with the green braid. My father chased me, and I ran around like a headless fly. I was caught by my father at the village's wheelbarrow well. My father lifted my legs upside down and put my head into the well mouth, saying that if I didn't behave, he would throw me in the well. "I was so frightened at that time that I kept begging for mercy, and only then did my father move me from the well. Another time, I was half asleep in the middle of the night and was awakened by my father's shouting. I happened to see my father riding on my mother and beating her. The moonlight just happened to shine on my father's angry and ferocious face, which frightened me so much that I trembled, thinking that my father was possessed by the devil. Another time, when my father killed my lovely little black dog because the little black dog had stolen pig food, my father was angry and stuck a steel fork into the little black dog's mouth. He raised the steel fork high and threw the little black dog out. The little black dog rolled on the ground and died. My father's face was really scary at that time! I secretly buried the little black dog under our pear tree. Every time I worship the little black dog, I cry and ask the little black dog in heaven to think of a way to take me to its side. I miss my little black dog so much. I hope my little black dog will be with me! Another time..."

Zhan Mengyan choked up as she spoke.

"Stop, stop, Zhan Mengyan, please stop talking. I really didn't know I was so terrifying. You're describing a sinner who is unforgivable—his crimes are truly too numerous to list! Haha... I've been working through thick and thin, toiling away to earn money to support my family, yet in your eyes, I've become someone more terrifying than the devil."

Zhan Yu couldn't help but sneer as he spoke. He shook his head and felt dizzy for a moment, as if he had been hit hard. His fingers trembled unconsciously, and the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground. His throat tightened, but he could no longer speak. A sour mist welled up in his eyes, his vision blurred, and tears welled up in his eyes. In the end, he only felt warm tears quietly sliding down his cheeks...