Chapter 122: Don't Bully My Mom
Chapter 122: Don't Bully My Mom
Anran crawls toward Hengheng with difficulty. A fishy taste rises in her throat, and she coughs violently, spitting up blood.
This is the most serious injury she has ever suffered since childhood. Her vision darkens, and she nearly faints, but the sound of Doll crying in her ears pulls her back. She reaches out, grabs Hengheng’s small body, and shouts:
"Baby, daughter, Hengheng, Hengheng, run with Doll, run!"
Hengheng ignores her and Liu Yuan. With his tiny body trembling, he runs straight to Yun Tao, clutching the crying baby in his arms. When Hengheng finally reaches Yun Tao, his legs shaking, he places Doll on the ground. Then, he lunges at Yun Tao, punching and kicking with his little fists and feet, shouting:
"Don’t bully my mother! Don’t bully my mother! I’ll beat you to death, don’t bully my mother!"
On the ground, Anran watches her daughter placed on the grass, crying. She coughs again and crawls toward Doll with difficulty. When she finally reaches her, she lifts the little body into her arms, her eyes blurred with tears.
Poor baby. How did Hengheng carry her here? How did he, so young, walk from a building to the security room with a baby in tow?
In the future, when it comes to caring for babies, no matter the gender, age, or reliability of the person, Doll must never be left alone. Chen Jiao is too old, unreliable, and Hengheng is too young. She herself is unreliable too.
The one crying alongside Anran isn’t Liu Yuan or Hengheng, but Yun Tao—who lets Liu Yuan and Hengheng beat him without resistance.
Yes, it’s Yun Tao.
He sits on the ground under Liu Yuan, his eyes closed, enduring Liu Yuan’s punches and Hengheng’s kicks. Though Liu Yuan is strong and Hengheng is weak, Yun Tao remains unmoved. He neither resists nor retaliates. Two streams of tears fall from his closed eyes, and a faint smile forms on his lips.
It’s as though, not long ago—just the day before the apocalypse—he had drunk heavily and fought fiercely with his wife. His son, about Hengheng’s age, had stepped in bravely, punching and kicking him to stop him from bullying his mother.
That night, he had drunk too much. When he finally sobered up, he realized his wife had been in the wrong, but he hadn’t taken it to heart. And in the end, he could only watch helplessly as his wife turned and bit their son to death.
Wife. Son.
At this moment, when Hengheng makes his move, Yun Tao’s dead heart feels a sharp, searing pain. He raises his head and howls in anguish. Then he turns, picks up Hengheng with one hand and Liu Yuan with the other, crying:
"Wife, wife, I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’ll never drink again, never drink again! I’m sorry, wife~~~"
He sobs like a child, holding Hengheng tightly and kissing him fiercely.
"Son, son, son~~~"
The scene takes an abrupt turn. Anran, who has been crying beside them, freezes in shock, her mouth forming an "O." If not for Doll in her arms humming softly and nuzzling against her chest, she wouldn’t have been able to snap out of it.