‘Put me down,’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘Mummy, save me!’
Hao Yan Che slammed the door shut. He walked to the bed, and dropped Yuan Gun Gun on the bed.
‘Confess,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘Who bought the pills for you?’
‘I bought them myself,’ Yuan Gun Gun said and looked pitifully at Hao Yan Che.
‘When did you buy them?’ Hao Yan Che asked.
‘I bought them secretly when I went shopping with my mummy,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.
‘Congratulations,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘You made me angry’
Hao Yan Che cracked his knuckles, and stepped closer to the bed.
‘Don’t come here,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.
Hao Yan Che turned Yuan Gun Gun onto her stomach before she had a chance to escape. He lifted her dress, and took off her underpants.
‘Don’t,’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘Hao Yan Che, let go of me.’
Hao Yan Che hit Yuan Gun Gun’s bottom.
‘Ah…’ Yuan Gun Gun cried out.
Hao Yan Che hit Yuan Gun Gun’s bottom again.
‘I was wrong,’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘Don’t hit me.’
Hao Yan Che let go of Yuan Gun Gun, and she rolled onto the floor. She rubbed her bottom, and cried.
Hao Yan Che let Yuan Gun Gun stay on the floor. He walked to the living room.
Yuan Gun Gun crawled onto the bed. She was turning twenty-two in a few months. But her husband punished her like a little girl.
In the living room Hao Yan Che drank a cup of tea and still didn’t feel calm.
‘Xiao Che, let Gun Gun…’ Qiu Li Luo said.
Qiu Li Luo was scared of her son’s anger. She hugged her husband.
Feng Du Du pulled her husband’s shirt sleeve to signal him to save their daughter. But he ignored her.
‘She’s not eating dinner tonight,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘Everyone can eat dinner without her.’
Hao Yan Che walked to the study room.
‘Let’s go home,’ Hao Yan Que and Yuan Ting Liu said to their wives.
‘But…’ Qiu Li Luo and Feng Du Du said.
The men dragged their wives home before their wives could protest.
In the study room Yi Tu reported to Hao Yan Che, and hesitated to speak on behalf of Yuan Gun Gun.
‘Young master, they made a move,’ Yi Tu said.
‘Um,’ Hao Yan Che said.
‘Young master, Gun Gun…’ Yi Tu said.
‘Don’t say she’s a little girl,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘In this world there isn’t a little girl as big as her.’
‘Yes young master,’ Yi Tu said.
Hao Yan Che tossed the files on the desk.
‘Keep an eye on them and protect the fool,’ Hao Yan Che said. ‘You can leave.’
‘Yes young master,’ Yi Tu said.
Yi Tu bowed and left the study room.
After ten at night in the master bedroom, Mrs Chen rubbed ointment on Yuan Gun Gun’s bottom.
‘Ow… aunty Chen be gentle,’ Yuan Gun Gun said.
‘Yes,’ Mrs Chen said. ‘I’ll be gentle. Don’t cry.’
Yuan Gun Gun laid on her stomach and cried pitifully.
‘How can young master use force to hit your bottom like this?’ Mrs Chen asked.
‘Aunt Chen, you know this isn’t the first time,’ Yuan Gun Gun said. ‘Before we were married, he promised he wouldn’t bully me. He’s a liar. Aunty Chen, it really hurts.’
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End of Chapter 131