Capítulo 1292: Chapter 1292: What Is a Bastard?
“What were you doing? You’re so young and already thinking about spending money, be careful or you’ll get lost. I’m telling you, this is the Capital City. If something goes wrong, you’ll never get back home.” Li Lu scolded her sister while pulling her into the room and closing the door.
Li Hao pouted.
“I was just looking around, and wanted to get some popping candy.”
“All you think about is eating, what else do you know! Honestly.”
Li Lu ignored Li Hao and lay on the bed to watch cartoons.
Li Hao quietly sat on the chair.
Li Xiang came over from next door.
“Pack your bags, Dad just called and said we’re flying to Hainan tonight. There’s an ocean there, I’ve heard it’s really beautiful. Blue skies, white clouds, and the vast sea. Dad said we’re staying at a hotel by the beach.”
Li Xiang was excited; he was in his first year of middle school and was longing to see the legendary city.
Having grown up in a northern city, he had never seen the ocean.
This time, it’s winter break. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have the chance to go.
It’s said Aunt Feng specially asked Dad to take them.
Otherwise, who knows if Dad would have taken them.
“Oh yeah! Awesome, I’ve longed to see the ocean. Aunt Feng said it’s beautiful there, the weather is nice, the sea is crystal clear, you can swim, and there are all sorts of seafood and fruit with names we can’t even pronounce. Finally, we can see it all.
Aunt Feng is the best.”
Li Lu cheered; to them, a coastal city was like paradise.
“Little Hao, aren’t you excited?”
Although Li Xiang didn’t like Li Lu calling Aunt Feng “Mom,” he understood his sister was excited beyond reason and still knew to care for her, so he turned to ask Li Hao.
Li Hao flashed a small white smile, “Big Brother, I’m excited, but Mom went home by herself. It would be great if we could bring Mom.”
“Shut up, didn’t I tell you not to call her Mom? That woman is a bad person; she doesn’t deserve to be our mom. Are you not listening? If you’re not listening, I’ll send you back, and you won’t come with me. Big Brother won’t care about you anymore.”
Li Xiang flared up, harshly shaking off Li Hao’s arm.
Li Hao stumbled backward to the ground, but luckily the floor was carpeted, so it wasn’t too painful.
But being scolded by her brother made the little girl feel sad, and she began to cry.
Li Lu got angry.
Among the three kids at home, Li Lu was probably the most heartless.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t call Aunt Feng “Mom” so easily; in her heart, she was already Aunt Feng’s daughter. Who would want to be the daughter of that fat woman anyway?
Not mentioning how embarrassing it would be.
She grabbed Li Hao from the ground, “Li Hao, don’t you have any memory? How can you not remember? I’m telling you, we don’t have a mom. Our mom died long ago; that woman is the nanny who’s supposed to take care of us and has nothing to do with us.
Do you remember now? If you keep forgetting, I’ll beat you. And don’t ever mention that stupid pig in front of Aunt Feng, or you’ll see what happens. Did you hear me?”
She pinched the tender flesh on Li Hao’s arm so hard that tears streamed down Li Hao’s face.
She could only nod, “I know.”
Crying inside, she said, “Mom, why don’t they let me call you Mom?”
“I don’t like Aunt Feng.”
But no one heard the little girl’s heart’s cry.
Li Xiang pulled Li Lu away, “That’s enough, stop bullying Li Hao. She’s your real sister, not an outsider. Don’t think I don’t know you’ve been pinching and hitting her. She’s still young and doesn’t know better. You should teach her properly, not hit her.”
Seeing Li Lu bully Li Hao, Li Xiang wasn’t happy either.
No matter how Li Hao acted, she was still his real sister.
Li Lu glared, “Brother, why are you like this? Didn’t you tell me to teach her well? This is how I’m teaching her. Have you forgotten what Aunt said? Didn’t Uncle and Aunt get into college and have their lives today because Dad beat them while they were young?
Alright then, if you don’t let me hit her, you teach her. Like you’re better than me, carrying this burden around, crying all the time, and needing someone to take care of her at times. You think I enjoy it.
Honestly, Li Hao, if you like that stupid pig so much, why don’t you go back and not come to the beach with us? Looking at you doesn’t feel like you’re my sister at all. I’m even starting to wonder if that stupid pig might have stolen…”
Li Lu had no filter, having heard Li Shuanzhu, Li Guihua, and Li Shuanwen constantly talk like this. Even at a young age, Li Lu had a foul mouth.
“Li Lu!”
Li Xiang shouted angrily.
Li Lu was startled.
“What’s up, Big Brother?”
She patted her chest, scared to death.
“You’re in fifth grade now! But you’re not a little kid anymore. You should know what can be said and what can’t. Li Hao is our sister, our blood sister, and if you keep spewing nonsense, be careful, I’ll hit you.”
Li Xiang was angry this time.
Li Hao was his real sister.
That was something he knew, and so did their father, uncle, and aunt. It was the kind of talk that could hurt a child’s young mind.
“What right do you have to hit me? I’m telling you, you’re only two years older than me, what’s so impressive about that? I’m telling you, I’m just saying, Li Hao is a bastard. Maybe that woman got her from stealing, and I certainly don’t want her as my sister.”
Slap!
Li Xiang gave Li Lu a hard slap.
Li Lu didn’t expect her big brother to actually hit her, and tears uncontrollably streamed down her face.
“Li Xiang! I’m going to tell Dad, just wait!”
She turned and ran out.
Li Xiang didn’t stop her.
Li Hao looked at Li Xiang dumbfounded, “Big Brother! What does ‘bastard’ mean?”
She timidly asked the question.
She didn’t understand the meaning, but she knew it wasn’t a good word.
“Don’t ask! Don’t ever ask again, do you hear me? It’s all your fault. If it weren’t for you, would I have hit your second sister?” Li Xiang was a bit regretful.
That girl always had her head in the clouds, and she might really go to complain.
Ah!
Li Hao lowered her eyes and obediently sat on the sofa without a word.
Li Xiang glanced at her, what a wooden block.
He turned and went to Li Shuanzhu’s room.
She definitely went to complain.
This sister wasn’t easy to deal with either.
Li Xiang was upset.
Why couldn’t their family be like others, with harmonious parents and happy children?
The thought alone made him hate Liu Hong.
If that mom of theirs was any good, it should be Liu Hong taking care of his sister now, instead of leaving Li Lu as a child to take care of another child.
Why did that Liu Hong leave?
If she were here, wouldn’t it be Liu Hong taking care of his sister?
She was probably thinking of meeting someone again, or else how could someone just not care for their kids?
Li Xiang talked to himself and went out.
Didn’t even think why people should be treated like housemaids, or why they should willingly take your abuse. Isn’t a real mom a person too?
Liu Hong is also a person.
Maybe in Li Xiang’s eyes, he no longer saw Liu Hong as his real mom.
So no matter how you look at it, Liu Hong could do no right.
She was an eyesore here, and if she wasn’t here, she wasn’t caring for or watching over them.
Whatever she did was wrong anyway.