Zhu De slowly unbuckled his belt. Hearing his words, Liu Shen lowered her head and sighed heavily before walking to the main door and locking it.
"Mom! Mom... Dad's going to hit me, Mom! Please save me!" Seeing Zhu De take off his belt, Zhu Xi, terrified, quickly ran behind Liu Shen.
In the past, such things only happened to her elder brothers. Back then, she loved to stand aside and secretly watch her two brothers being beaten by their father, because she knew her father would never hit her.
She had always felt that this would never happen to her, and had been fearless.
Now that it was her turn, Zhu Xi panicked.
"From childhood to adulthood, we've treated you well enough! Other girls help their families cook at seven, yet you still can't even boil water. Whatever you want, we give you. Your mother and I admit we've spoiled you too much. Now, the consequences have befallen you. We've spoiled you so much that you're arrogant and shameless. A fourteen-year-old girl, spewing words like 'vixen' every other sentence. You truly dare to say anything." Zhu De, holding his belt, slowly walked towards Zhu Xi.
"Dad! Dad, I was wrong! I'll never dare to do it again, Dad..." Zhu Xi, trembling with fear, knelt on the ground and hugged Zhu De, crying.
"Wrong? You don't know what wrong is. You just think I wouldn't hit you. When you were little, you watched your two brothers get beaten and clapped your hands with glee," Zhu De said with a cold laugh, flicking his wrist.
"Ah!!!" Zhu Xi was severely whipped. The belt struck her body, the burning pain making Zhu Xi scream.
"Brother! Brother, save me! Mom, save me..." Zhu Xi tried to escape back into her room. Zhu De stood at the doorway, leaving Zhu Xi nowhere to hide. Liu Shen stood behind Zhu De, looking at Zhu Xi with disappointment and heartache.
"It's useless to call anyone today!" Zhu De whipped Zhu Xi three times fiercely. Zhu Xi was already sobbing uncontrollably.
"If you ever dare to spread nonsense outside again, you'll have only yourself to blame! I didn't teach you these things before because I believed you wouldn't. The facts prove otherwise; not only can you do it, but you've mastered it to perfection! Your father has never been so humiliated, being cursed at by his own daughter! You're something else!" Zhu De whipped Zhu Xi three times and looked at her coldly.
If Fu Wenwen hadn't been present, he would have already beaten her.
"You can't even do your own job properly, and you have the nerve to speak! From now on, you'll stay at home! You'll do whatever your mother does every day! You disgrace to the family! After spoiling you for so many years, I've raised an ungrateful wretch!" Zhu De pointed at Zhu Xi and said angrily.
Wanting to whip her again, Zhu Xi, seeing Zhu De raise his hand, was so terrified that she scrambled away.
Seeing her like this, Zhu De's anger only grew. He threw down the belt and returned to his room with a stern face.
Seeing her husband storm off in anger, Liu Shen walked over to Zhu Xi and helped her up.
"Mom..." Zhu Xi felt extremely wronged.
"Do you know what would happen if Fu Zhiqing's reputation was ruined because of you, and she was forced to die?" Liu Shen looked at Zhu Xi seriously.
"What does that have to do with me? It's her own lack of self-restraint..." Zhu Xi said to Liu Shen, feeling wronged.
Before she could finish, Liu Shen slapped her. "Slap!"
Zhu Xi's tears had not yet dried. She covered her face and looked at her mother, who had always doted on her, with shock as she had actually slapped her.
"You've disappointed me too much!" Liu Shen's eyes welled up with tears, filled with disappointment as she looked at Zhu Xi. She never expected her pampered daughter to say such things.