I became beautiful by eating melons

Wang Cuiwei's smile before her death was due to years of beatings from her mother-in-law and husband, as well as the complete despair and madness after the death of her son Xiaohu.

But why would Chi Keke, a young girl who had just turned 20 and had never been married, have such a complicated smile?

The only thing Ye Rou could think of was that Chi Keke was bullied in the art troupe or that she had a hard time in the Chi family after Chi Liu came back.

Perhaps her expression of concern was too obvious, Chi Keke burst out laughing.

She stood up and found cigarettes and a lighter from a hidden corner in the small hall. She pointed to the open balcony and motioned Ye Rou to follow her.

Ye Rou followed Chi Keke.

She stood among the green plants, under the bright moonlight, wearing a pure white dress, with an expression so cold that she looked like she would turn into a cloud and fly to the sky in an instant.

Chi Keke lit the cigarette skillfully, took a puff, and slowly exhaled the grayish-white smoke.

This was the fourth time Ye Rou had seen Chi Keke. At the Friendship Store, A University, and the Liang family's living room, Chi Keke gave her the impression of being weak, innocent, pitiful, thin, and in need of protection.

But at this moment, Chi Keke's expression was indifferent. Even though her body was still thin, she seemed to have grown something tougher in her bones. Anyone who saw her expression at this moment would not think that she was weak and needed protection.

"cocoa."

Meng Chaoyang's voice was heard downstairs. He was still looking for Chi Keke.

Chi Keke's hand holding the cigarette trembled, and she subconsciously moved away from the terrace, as if she didn't want to be found by Meng Chaoyang.

Ye Rou leaned over to look down and saw the sunny and cheerful boy wandering around the yard with gifts in his hands. He asked everyone he saw if they had seen Chi Keke.

She asked softly, "Aren't you going down to see him?"

"What will happen if we meet?" Chi Keke said negatively, "It will lead to nothing."

Ye Rou asked her seriously: "Chi Keke, has anyone bullied you?"

Chi Keke raised her eyebrows, "Do you want to hear it?"

Ye Rou: "I want to know."

Chi Keke sneered and poked the cigarette butt on the roots of the green plants. The sparks went out with a light puff, and the cigarette butt stuck to the roots of the green plants, making people frown.

"When I was eight years old, my family left Beijing and went to a farm for transformation." Chi Keke's voice was ethereal, and she told a tragic story in an extremely calm tone.

Before the age of eight, Chi Keke was the only daughter of Chi Tong and Meng Chunping, a little princess who grew up in the palm of their hands. Her childhood sweetheart swore to protect her and be her knight, and her life was bright and worry-free.

After the age of eight, Chi Keke lived in a farm with poor conditions. People around them were full of malice towards their family. No matter what they did, they would be maliciously speculated. They were short of food and clothing, and dared not get sick or complain. In such extreme circumstances, the three of them were stuck together like a hemp rope, struggling to cope with all the hardships in life.

Ye Rou frowned slightly when she heard this.

Under such circumstances, even if Chi Keke was not the real child of the Chi family, Meng Chunping and Chi Tong should not have been as cold towards her as they are now.

Chi Keke looked up at the bright moon in the night sky and said, "I will never forget that day..."

In the winter of 1972, a new person in charge came to the farm. He was fat, dark and had a mouthful of yellow teeth. He rose through criticism and struggle sessions from a small-time gangster to the person in charge of the entire farm.

He had a crush on Chi Keke, and for this reason he often made things difficult for Chi Tong, making him do the dirtiest and most tiring work and eat the least.

Chi Tong lost weight rapidly, and one day he was unable to get out of bed.

But the man refused to give up and chased Chi Tong home, dragging him to go to work.

Meng Chunping and Chi Keke knelt down at the same time, hugged his thighs, and begged him to let Chi Tong go.

The man suddenly stopped moving, and the laughter he made still echoes in Chi Keke's dreams every night.

He stared at Chi Keke, but said to Meng Chunping, "You have to choose between your husband and your daughter."

Chi Keke shrank back in horror, the man's yellow teeth magnified infinitely in her sight. She didn't know what was going to happen, but her intuition told her that it would be a disaster that would completely destroy everything she had.

"Mom, I'm scared."

Amid her daughter's uneasy fear and her husband's heavy and harsh breathing, Meng Chunping let go of her daughter's hand, knelt on the ground, hugged her husband, and lowered her head deeply.

"Haha!" The man laughed triumphantly.

Chi Keke's miserable despair and wailing were all drowned out by the wind and snow outside the window.

After a night of heavy snow, the man left happily early the next morning, leaving behind a series of thick, black and dirty footprints in the pure white snow.

Ye Rou covered her mouth, tears rolling down silently.

And this is just the beginning, not the end. The man will come when he is happy, and he will come when he is unhappy. He will come when the weather is good, and he will come when the weather is bad. He will come when it snows, and he will come when it rains...

Chi Keke had two abortions. One was because her mother pushed the baby away by holding her belly, and the other was because she froze to death while buried in the snow.

Chi Keke's voice was still calm when she said this. "At first, they felt sorry for me and cried day and night. Later, they seemed to get used to it. The next day, after the man left, they would remind me to keep my voice down at night and not disturb their rest."

The way her parents looked at her became colder and colder, and their attitude towards her became more and more indifferent.

It was not until after the man was rehabilitated that he was beaten to death by the father of another girl he had abused, and their family was completely liberated.

Chi Keke's nightmare did not stop.

After being rehabilitated, she followed her parents back to Jing City, back to her familiar environment and home. Her knight found her again and vowed to protect her for the rest of his life, but the princess could no longer look directly into the knight's sincere and clear eyes.

Chi Keke will never forget the relieved expressions on Meng Chunping and Chi Tong's faces when they found out that Chi Keke was not their real daughter.

"This is my story. It's not nice and there's no twist." Chi Keke said in a relaxed tone, "I'm sorry for telling you a boring story."

She lowered her head and pinched the branches growing upward from the green plants with her fingernails.

Until a soft and fragrant body hugged her, dispelling the chill that made her recall the past.

Her whole body froze instantly, like an ice cube wrapped in a spring breeze, the sweet fragrance dispelling the stench of her memories.

Ye Rou hugged Chi Keke and buried her chin in Chi Keke's shoulder. Even though she tried her best to control herself, her body was still shaking slightly.

She could utter no words of comfort.

At this moment, no words can erase the damage done by the past.

All Ye Rou could do was give her a hug.

After a long time, Chi Keke held Ye Rou tightly with trembling hands, burying her face in Ye Rou's shoulder. A dull and suppressed voice, even close to the howling of a wild beast, sounded.

It was not until today that Chi Keke realized that she just wanted a hug, a warm hug without any grudges.