Chapter 205: Heart-wrenching feeling of powerlessness
Chapter 205: Heart-wrenching feeling of powerlessness
After hearing her words, there was nothing that grandma didn't understand.
"You two have already colluded with each other! Xiaojiu is only ten years old, what can she understand?!"
"Mom," An Feng interrupted her, "Ten years old is not young anymore. It's good enough that I've raised her for nothing for ten years. Don't say anything more. I've already registered her separately. Now she's no longer a member of my family.
"Anjiu, go wherever you want. We are not your parents anymore, so don't come looking for us."
"What are you still doing here? Get out of here." Liu Qin's eyes were full of disgust.
An Duoxian, who is two years younger than her, stuck out his tongue and laughed: "You have no home, your parents don't want you~"
The light in Xiaojiu's eyes, who was huddled in the corner, was completely extinguished.
Their words, their voices, their gazes, were like sharp knives stabbing deep into her body, leaving her in excruciating pain.
Amid the sounds of being driven away, Xiaojiu stood up sluggishly and walked out with heavy steps.
The fear of being abandoned grew stronger and stronger, blinding her eyes and swallowing up her tears.
She kept walking forward, but this road that she had walked countless times suddenly became unfamiliar.
She couldn't find the direction.
I was terrified, but I couldn't find anyone to talk to. I couldn't even hide in the quilt and cry.
Oh, she doesn’t even have a blanket…
Xiaojiu sat down against the wall and looked back with an unfocused look.
Her home was not far away, she did not walk very far, but that was no longer her home.
She didn't know where to go, her mind was empty, she only knew that she was abandoned...
Suddenly, there was a loud and fierce noise in the corridor, but she didn't have the energy to look up and just wanted to sit there.
Her hand was taken by someone, and a force pulled her up.
"Grandma will go with you!"
Grandma turned her head and spat at the back: "You heartless people want to abandon my granddaughter? I tell you, no way! As long as I am here, it will never be possible!"
"…Granny."
Xiaojiu's nose felt sore and her eye sockets filled with tears.
An Feng stood at the door of his house: "Mom, you wanted to leave on your own! Don't say that I drove you away, or that I am unfilial!"
Liu Qin pretended to chase after him and said, "His grandmother, what are you doing? You are just a little girl, you can leave if you want. You made such a scene without knowing the occasion. Not only did Duoxian hate you, but you also offended Anfeng. How can he take you in again in the future?"
An Feng was irritated, and he jumped up and shouted: "Why should I take her in? We will move downstairs right away. It will be one less mouth to feed, and the contribution points saved can buy more wine!
"Go and register your household registration now, and from now on you will treat me as if you don't have a son! I will also treat you as if you don't have a mother!"
Grandma swayed and fell backwards, obviously angry at what she heard.
Xiaojiu slowly let go of grandma's hand and pushed her arm, "Go back."
She already has no home, and she can't let her grandma end up like her.
After she recovered, grandma burst into tears: "What a sin, what a sin!"
"I'm too lazy to talk to you so much." For the first time, An Feng took action and pulled his wife and son to the office.
"What contribution can you make to this family now? Don't you see which old lady on this floor is holding her son back? As I said, let's part ways in peace. How long you can live depends on your luck!"
The neighbors sat on their doorsteps and watched the fun, but no one came up to say a word.
Everyone knew that the boy in this family was a talented person, and he immediately became a third-class citizen. His parents also benefited from it and became fourth-class citizens.
People are about to go downstairs to live a good life, and the remaining old and child will definitely not be taken away.
This can be seen from the way the couple behave in their daily lives.
It’s a pity that a mother will never doubt her own child, so naturally these outsiders will not be disliked.
Unable to resist, grandma finally cut off ties with them.
Witnessed by the administrator, Anfeng gave his grandmother the final buyout payment of 100 contribution points, and they were done with each other from then on.
Grandma's eyes were as red and swollen as walnuts. She held Xiaojiu's hand and prepared to go home to pack some luggage, but she found that the door could not be opened.
Looking inside, I saw that the house was completely empty, without even a stone.
She finally understood why Liu Qin and Andoxian didn't go with them, and realized that all this was a plan they had prepared in advance.
No matter what she chooses, she will be abandoned in the end.
Grandma was completely heartbroken.
But Xiaojiu didn't understand. She just thought that her grandma was like this because of her. For a moment, guilt, fear, uneasiness, tension... all kinds of emotions lingered in her heart.
She secretly vowed to work hard and give all the contribution points she earned to her grandmother so that she could live a good life.
From then on, they moved to the 48th floor, lived in a smaller house, and led a harder life.
But Xiaojiu's ambitions were shattered after being rejected again and again and unable to find a job.
It was grandma who held up this crumbling home.
For five years, she watched her grandmother become thinner and thinner, her complexion becoming increasingly pale, until she could no longer stand up straight, her legs were so thin that she could not even walk without the support of a wall.
Xiaojiu became more silent and more cautious.
Just living in a muddle.
Until the selection day, she was selected.
Xiaojiu couldn’t know exactly what she felt at that time. She might have felt scared, reluctant, or relieved…
At this point, Anjiu finally understood Xiaojiu's past thoroughly.
After watching it to the end, she felt complicated.
I also understood why Xiaojiu buried her past memories and brainwashed herself over and over again. She only depended on her grandmother.
She wanted to forget the past, deny that she was abandoned, and protect herself from being hurt again and again by the thorny memories.
When she saw that her grandmother was getting weaker and weaker and seemed to be approaching the end of her life, she felt so helpless that she couldn't cry or move.
It was like every bone in my body had been pulled out.
She couldn't do anything, couldn't even find a job...
Anjiu felt deeply about this.
In the first few days after she arrived at Hive, she also tried to find a job on the platform.
Among the vast sea of job seekers, there were only a few recruiting team leaders, and due to her height and body shape restrictions, her chances of being selected were zero.
But without work, you can't earn contribution points, and you can't buy food, your body will become weaker and weaker, and then you will not be favored by the captain and will not get job opportunities...
This is a completely vicious cycle.
She only tried for a few days before she felt powerless and had no idea where to start.
Xiaojiu has survived in this environment for five years.
The appearance of Pu Huai and his occasional hiring of her to work in the mines were like a ray of light in the darkness for this family and Xiaojiu herself.
Including Anjiu, he also felt as if the burden on his shoulders had been lightened.
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