The Canary that couldn't escape

Chapter 807: Chapter 808: A Childhood Too Painful to Look Back On 3

Mo Ran held him tightly, biting his lip and said nothing.

"Entering the Gu family was the beginning of my nightmare. Because I am an illegitimate child, born of low status, and because I am disabled, I have no use. So everyone in the Gu family despised me and never treated me kindly."

"When I first went in, I was both cautious and terrified, living in constant fear every day.

My half-brother, in particular, thought of ways to torture me daily. I remember once, he pushed me into the swimming pool and made me climb out on my own.

My legs couldn’t move at all, and I almost drowned in there.

Such things happened nearly every day. Later, I learned to endure in silence, not resisting. He found it boring and stopped torturing me every day, only occasionally taking it out on me."

"After living in the Gu family for a year or two, I became increasingly silent, almost to the point of not opening my mouth, and I grew more and more gloomy. My mother knew I was living with the Gu family and wanted to use me to squeeze into the Gu family. Her intentions were seen through by the Gu family, and they killed her.

She was so naive. What kind of family is the Gu family? They could kill me without a second thought, let alone her.

Her existence was not only a nuisance but also a threat to the Gu family. She didn’t realize this and pushed forward step by step, ultimately costing her life."

"They lied to me, saying she jumped into the sea and committed suicide. But only I knew how much she cherished her life. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have abandoned me to save her own life back then.

But I didn’t expose them. My heart was heavy with sorrow; after all, she was my mother. But my expression did not show grief, like a soulless puppet."

"The gloomy and lifeless me was like a dirty rat, making them loathe me even more.

At first, Gu Hai was just indifferent to me. Later, seeing my lack of ambition and gloom, he too started to despise me. But in this state, Gao Meiru was very satisfied.

Actually, this was just the way of survival I had learned. If someone was too ambitious, they would have lost their life a long time ago."

"In the Gu family, I learned a lot. I knew to survive, I had to endure.

To live better, I had to work hard in secret. I loved reading, and the Gu family had a large library filled with many books.

I enjoyed immersing myself in reading there. At first, Gao Meiru was worried that I would become self-taught.