Chapter 130: Being Bullied

The Su family got lost in the forest.

The whole family was like headless flies, wandering around in the mountains.

“Brother, I’m tired.” Su Xinguang’s face was red, his forehead soaked with sweat, and his hand was being dragged forward by his brother.

“Hold on for a little longer. Once you are far enough away from those people, you can rest.”

Su Xinguang gritted his teeth and insisted, half-dragged by his brother to run away.

After a stick of incense, someone finally couldn’t help but burst out.

“I can’t do it anymore. I can’t do it anymore.” Su Xiaoyi sat down on a stone and didn’t want to run any more.

The others were also panting, but everyone persisted and did not dare to stop. However, when they saw Su Xiaoyi stop, the others also followed suit.

Now in the Su family, apart from Old Man Su, Su Xiaoyi had the most say and was the only young labor force.

“Dad, it’s almost time. They definitely won’t be able to catch up.” Su Xiaoyi panted heavily, addressing Old Man Su.

Old Man Su was also very tired, but he didn’t dare to relax easily because someone was chasing them.

“Everyone, take a rest first. The distance is still too close now; we have to stay farther away.” Old Man Su set the tone and did not allow others to object.

Su Xiaoyi had no objection and wanted to rest first.

“Grandpa, I’m thirsty.” Under the encouragement of her mother, Mrs. Li, Su Xinzhi walked up to Old Man Su and begged pitifully for water.

When the two brothers, Su Xinyang, heard the mention of water, their eyes brightened, and they stared at Old Man Su eagerly.

Old Man Su glanced at his wife.

After receiving the order, Mrs. Su took out a bamboo tube from the package and said, “Open your mouth.”

Su Xinzhi opened her mouth happily, and Mrs. Su carefully poured water into it.

Su Xinzhi’s two younger brothers immediately came over.

Seeing this, Su Xinyang pulled his brother and followed him, lining up behind their siblings obediently.

After Mrs. Su finished feeding the three children, when she saw the Su Xinyang brothers, she put the bamboo tube away and said politely, “No more. You two will wait for the next time.”

Su Xinguang stared in disbelief, “Grandma, I clearly heard that there was still water in the bamboo tube.”

“If I say it’s gone, it’s gone.” Mrs. Su’s face darkened.

“Grandma, my father stole this water,” Su Xinguang said angrily.

It was too late for Su Xinyang to stop him.

“Pa”…

The clear sound of a slap echoed in the silent forest.

Su Xinguang’s whole little head was deflected by the heavy slap. He tilted his head, feeling a burning pain on his cheek.

The grievance in his heart slowly turned into hatred.

“Grandma.” Su Xinyang’s eyes turned red with anger as he stared at her fiercely.

Mrs. Su met his fierce gaze and raised her hand to wave at him.

Su Xinyang was prepared and stepped back to avoid the slap.

He dodged the slap, and Mrs. Su was very unhappy. She rushed forward and grabbed his ear, pulling it hard without showing any mercy.

The pain in his ear made Su Xinyang’s eyes fill with tears, and the hurt caused his face to turn red.

“Grandma, it hurts.”

“It hurts, that’s right. I want you to remember it.”

Mrs. Su began to reprimand them.

Old Man Su and the rest of the Su family watched with cold eyes, and the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lu, looked even more gleeful.

“You two little bastards, at such a young age, you don’t know how to respect your elders and don’t listen to their advice.

You’re trying to rebel. If you were in the village now, behaving like this, the clan would have dragged you out to soak in the pig cage.”

Mrs. Su was alarmist and talking nonsense, even starting to brainwash the two younger ones.

“You’re just following that heartless mother of yours.”

“If you still want to carry the Su name, you will have to listen to whatever I say to your grandfather in the future.

If you don’t listen, I will abandon you directly. I don’t expect you to survive more than two days in this world.”

Mrs. Su kept tugging on Su Xinyang’s ears, which had turned from red to a deep purple.

Su Xinyang did not cry out loud nor beg for mercy; he simply shed silent tears.

Su Xinguang wanted to save his brother but was stopped by Su Xinyang’s pleading eyes.

“Grandma, we know we were wrong.” Su Xinguang lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

“Grandma, we understand.”

Mrs. Su calmly let go of her hold.

At this moment, Su Xinyang could no longer feel the pain in his ears; they felt numb.

The two brothers hugged each other and cried silently.

After resting for a cup of tea, Old Man Su decided it was time to continue moving forward.

Mrs. Li threw a bag at the Su Xinyang brothers and said, “Take these on your backs.”

Su Xinzhi and her three brothers followed their mother’s lead, tossing the bamboo tubes they carried over to the two brothers. “You should also take these with you.”

Old Man Su noticed it, gave it a glance, but didn’t take it to heart, even acquiescing to this behavior.

Su Xinyang originally hoped that Grandpa would stop Mrs. Su, but when he saw him turn his head indifferently, the little hope in his heart gradually extinguished.

Dad had just left, and they were treating them like this.

Su Xinyang felt sad and full of hatred.

As a little person, there are only two colors in the world: black and white, and nothing else.

They used to think that Grandpa and Grandma were good, but as they walked on the road to escape, they gradually understood that the white in their eyes was turning into black.

And the black that once seemed inconspicuous and looked down upon was gradually becoming white.

Carrying large and small bags on their small bodies, they trudged through the mountains and forests, following the adults.

“Dad, are we lost?” Su Xiaoyi looked up at the dense forest, feeling lost.

Old Man Su looked solemnly at the darkening sky. “Find a place to rest first. Wait for the sun to rise tomorrow morning, and then we can identify the direction.”

“Okay.”

The Su family found a relatively flat spot, and Mrs. Lu pointed towards it. She ordered the two Su Xinyang brothers, “You go collect firewood.”

They did not dare to refute and obediently walked into the forest.

After gathering a lot of firewood, Mrs. Lu said disdainfully, “It’s too little; keep looking.”

The two brothers ran back and forth several times like this, feeling utterly exhausted.

When they returned to the camp for the fifth time, the others were already sitting and resting, eating something.

The two brothers had not eaten a bite from morning to night. They looked at the others with hungry eyes.

Old Man Su poked Old Mrs. Su with his elbow. Reluctantly, she took out a broken steamed bun from the package and tossed it to the two brothers, pouring them a little water as well.

“Don’t say I won’t give you food.”

The two brothers took the food as if they had found a treasure.

Su Xinzhi handed the food to his brother first, and Su Xinguang took a bite. The rotten smell filled his nose, but hunger made him ignore everything else, and he swallowed the food.

Su Xinguang took two more bites and then offered the rest to his brother, saying, “Brother, you eat.”

After Su Xinyang took a bite, he immediately noticed that the food had gone bad. He refrained from spitting it out and chewed slowly.

As he did, his gaze turned toward the rest of the family, and the hatred in his heart deepened once again.