Chapter 90 You Have to Like Him
“Mommy, why don’t we call the police?”
Five-year-old Ji Naitang cried as he asked Qiu Yue. Qiu Yue hugged him and shook her head. “We can’t call the police. TangTang, no one will believe what we say. If your dad knows we called the police, he won’t let us off.”
“But I’m scared.”
“Don’t be scared. If your dad sees that you’re scared of him, he’ll be unhappy. If he’s unhappy, he’ll hit us again. So, you have to show him that you like him and respect him a lot.”
“I don’t like him……”
“You have to like him!” Qiu Yue’s voice was a little serious. Her eyes were red as she enunciated her warning. “TangTang, you have to like your dad. If you don’t like him, we’ll be beaten to death. Do you understand?”
Ji Naitang nodded. He was extremely reluctant, but he didn’t dare to oppose her. Six months later, when he saw Ji Weihong hit Ji Moyu, he asked Qiu Yue again if they could call the police.
Qiu Yue’s reply was the same as before. “We can’t call the police. If Little Yu was sent away, you and I will be hit again. TangTang, we’re not being hit right now. Isn’t that good?”
“But I don’t want my brother to be hit. Mommy, help brother.”
“If I help Little Yu, who will help us?”
“Grandfather. Let’s go find grandfather.”
“Your grandfather won’t care about us.” Qiu Yue hugged Ji Naitang and cried in the room. And Ji Moyu’s painful cries were isolated to the basement.
Ji Naitang didn’t know what Qiu Yue’s “Your grandfather won’t care about us” meant. If he knew, maybe there wouldn’t so many tragedies afterwards.
“So, at the same time you hated your dad, you hated your mom too?”
Yan Yebai heard Ji Naitang’s accounts of his past and asked. He could tell that Ji Naitang didn’t have a good relationship with Qiu Yue. Every time he mentioned Qiu Yue, Ji Naitang’s tone was very indifferent without any trace of affection at all.
“In reality, she was a victim in a sense. But I can’t make myself not blame her at all.”
“With your dad’s social status at the time, it wouldn’t have been easy to completely topple him. But your mom shouldn’t have not tried at all. And the Qiu family is her maiden family. How could they not care about you?”
“The Qiu family?” Ji Naitang smiled desolately. “Yes. They’re her maiden family, so they came up with an idea to get rid of those punches and kicks.”
Yan Yebai frowned. “You mean……”
“It’s my good grandfather’s idea for my dad to adopt a child as a birthday present for my fifth birthday.”
Yan Yebai was stunned. Ji Naitang put down the already cold coffee on the table. His hands clutched his forehead as he said painfully, “If I knew – If I knew, then maybe my brother wouldn’t have died.”
“What really happened with your brother?”
The rumors stated that Ji Moyu was killed by the kidnapper. But as Ji Naitang’s psychologist for such a long time, Yan Yebai could guess that Ji Moyu’s death wasn’t like what the outside rumors said.
“Twelve years ago, my little uncle wanted to take me and my brother away. He wanted to take us far away and start a new life. But my grandfather detained him. He was talking to Yu Xuan at the time, so he told him to call the police.”
“But Yu Xuan didn’t call the police?”
“Yes. My brother and I hid outside and waited for my little uncle. But we waited for a long time and he didn’t show up. Later, my grandfather called me and said my little uncle told him about what happened. He was very angry and wanted to seek justice for us. He told us to find him.”
Yan Yebai subconsciously held his breath because he already guessed what was going to happen next. But he was in disbelief about his guess.