Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

These words stunned Wei Qiqi.

Autumn Moon Festival?

Isn't that the time when the hero and heroine in the storybook fall in love? So this is what it means.

Wei Qiqi hesitated for a while before saying, "Go back to sleep first, don't worry about these things, these are adults' business."

After saying this, he dried Li Yuan's hair and let him leave.

Li Yuan stood at the door for a while before turning around and leaving.

Qiniang did not refuse.

When Li Yuan closed the door, his eyes fell on the door of the housekeeper and his son.

His eyes were grim, but as if he was thinking of something, they slowly subsided.

The next day at noon, after lunch, Guan Lu wanted to take a nap, while Guan Zhou and Li Yuan went out to collect firewood.

After the two of them left, Wei Qiqi grabbed her apron, washed her hands, and followed them out.

Li Yuan and Guan Zhou were walking well in front, and Guan Zhou was even happy.

Not long after they left the village and entered the back mountain, Wei Qiqi saw two people who had not spoken much along the way start to talk slowly.

To be precise, it was Guan Zhou who spoke unilaterally.

"Hey, brother, my dad told me this morning that we are going to the city to play."

Guan Zhou pulled out a dogtail grass from the ground, held it in his mouth, and said incoherently: "Qiuyue Festival, do you think my father can propose to your Qi Niang?"

"When Qi Niang agrees, will we have to organize the wedding?"

As Guanzhou spoke, he stopped and looked at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan still didn't speak. There was some firewood on the ground. He ignored Guan Zhou and squatted down to pick up the firewood.

Guanzhou sneered at him when he saw him like this, but he didn't have the courage to fight Li Yuan alone.

For some reason, Guan Zhou would feel a sense of fear every time Li Yuan stared at him with that dark gaze.

Obviously, this kid is one year younger than him, but he was inexplicably afraid and didn't dare to face Li Yuan alone.

When Li Yuan had finished picking up the firewood on the ground, three children about the same age as Guan Zhou jumped out from the woods.

Wei Qiqi frowned since Guan Zhou started speaking.

Anyone could hear the smugness in Guan Zhou's tone.

She didn't expect that Guan Zhou was like this behind her back.

Several people surrounded Li Yuan, pushing and shoving him, and no one knew what kind of argument they had.

One of the children suddenly attacked Li Yuan and punched him hard in the face.

This punch stunned Wei Qiqi and Guan Zhou, and then Li Yuan was pinned to the ground and beaten by the child.

He was beaten so hard that he had no chance to fight back.

Guan Zhou standing next to him was a little dazed. He didn't participate and also didn't understand what was going on.

In the past, they seldom took action. At most, they would let Li Yuan do work for them. Even if they had to fight, they would not bear obvious injuries.

Before Guan Zhou could think of anything, a female voice came from behind him: "Stop!"

The voice sounded quite familiar, and Guan Zhou suddenly panicked.

When I turned around, I saw Wei Qiqi rushing towards me.

Immediately pull up the child who was hitting others.

Wei Qiqi had already run over and she picked up Li Yuan.

The corner of Li Yuan's mouth was cracked and blood was flowing out.

There was also a large bruise at the corner of his eye, which was particularly conspicuous against his skin.

"Qiniang?"

Wei Qiqi hugged Li Yuan, patted him on the back, turned to look at the four children, one of whom was still holding on.

"There are so many of you, bullying the weak and the few with the strong. Do you bully him like this every day when you go out?"

Wei Qiqi's voice was trembling with anger. She looked at Guan Zhou, but the child ignored her gaze and refused to look at her.

The child who was beating others didn't say anything either.

Because they can't say anything at all, they are the first to curse and the first to take action.

Even though what the boy said was really unpleasant to him, he still acted impulsively.

I didn't expect to run into an adult.

"well."

Seeing that no one responded or argued, Wei Qiqi's anger gradually subsided, but the rage in her heart was not suppressed at all.

She pulled Li Yuan over, brushed the dust off his body, and then left holding his hand.

The nature of this matter has gone beyond imagination.

She finally understood why the person who used to be so soft and cheerful became increasingly silent.

Becoming more and more withdrawn.

For such a long time, she let her children go out every day, and all she received was ridicule and beatings from others?

How could she have imagined that being cute and gentle was just a disguise for this child, and now being gloomy and taciturn is his true nature.

"Why didn't you ever tell me?"

Wei Qiqi asked. Li Yuan, who was standing by, looked at his held hand and replied, "It's okay. They didn't hit me that hard."

This is obviously not believed.

The kid is also stubborn. He has been keeping it to himself for such a long time. Now it is almost impossible to expect to dig some information out of him.

After returning home, she carefully applied the ointment at home to the corners of Li Yuan's mouth, and used flower oil to dissolve the bruises on the child.

As she was doing it, she asked, "Xiaobao, we won't come back this time when we go into the city, right?"

Li Yuan turned around and looked at her.

"Let's just stay in the city and find a way to do something, just the two of us living on our own."

Li Yuan said nothing and lowered his head.

"Qiniang, how can we, an orphan and a widow, survive in this world?"

It turns out that this is the reason why Li Yuan had been tolerant and did not fight back.

Wei Qiqi touched his head and said, "It's okay. We'll take it one step at a time. There's always something to do in the city."

"Besides, just because I can't survive, do I have to rely on Brother Guan for the rest of my life?"

After hearing this, Li Yuan nodded and said, "Okay."

While they were talking, the sound of the yard door opening was heard, and Guan Zhou came back.

He just stood at the gate of the yard without saying a word.

Wei Qiqi opened the door, glanced at Guan Zhou, then took out a spoonful of water from the water tank outside and went back into the house.

Guan Zhou's eager eyes then turned lost, and he walked dejectedly into his and his father's room.

Li Yuan could see Guanzhou's frustrated expression. He knew best what Wei Qiqi meant to Guanzhou, a man who had never enjoyed maternal love.

The same is true for him.

Li Yuan lowered his eyes, concealing his emotions, and watched Wei Qiqi busying herself for him.

"I have to go out this afternoon. You wait here and pack your things. Take what you can with you."

Wei Qiqi made up her mind to leave Guan Lu's house. Her original plan was to buy another house in the village, but now she has changed her mind.

It’s better to go to the city. The security there is slightly better than in the village, and there are more things to do than in the city.

It's not a solution for them to stay here forever.

She called Guan Zhou out, and the child stammered when he saw her.

"Take me to the homes of those kids just now."

Guanzhou hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

Wei Qiqi visited every household. She rarely appeared in the village. Now she knocked on other people's doors so openly, which made people around her very curious.

The whole story was explained clearly, even where Li Yuan was injured was clearly stated.

But at the end, Wei Qiqi said seriously, "The child has been bullied by them and doesn't like to talk. If you don't discipline your child, they will be the hooligans in the village in the future."

These words are really serious.

She didn't say much else and went to four restaurants in a row. All four restaurants said the same thing.

Guan Zhou kept his head down and followed behind Wei Qiqi. He kept his head down and didn't say anything, so the parents believed it. Before she left, she heard ghosts howling in the house.