I must escape.

If I don't escape soon, I will be sold by my heartless father and my mother, who is clearly infatuated.

But where can I escape to at the age of ten?

But this is not an unsolvable problem.

I threatened my father. If he doesn't let me continue going to school, I will tell Mom about his affair.

"Chen Yanan, you're quite bold, daring to spread such rumors. Do you believe that I can tell your mom right now and have her beat you to death?" He denied it, and I directly described the scene I saw that day.

Sure enough, when Dad heard what I said, he looked at me in shock and said, "How did you know about that day? Was that little girl really you?"

"You sneaked off to the town behind your mom's back. If she finds out, I'll break your legs!"

In fact, he had always suspected that I knew about his affair.

That time, I took the pocket money I had secretly saved up and ran to the town. I saw a woman holding my father's arm, and they were intimate with each other, laughing and talking.

At that time, I was buying milk tea, five yuan per cup, with a lot of unhealthy additives, but it was the best drink I had ever had.

My father and that person passed by me like that, and I quickly turned around and headed towards the milk tea shop. As for my father, he looked at me with a puzzled frown from behind.

Because of his suspicion, when he heard from Grandpa Lin next door that he wanted to buy me as his wife, he didn't hesitate and agreed directly.

He even spent more effort persuading Mom to agree to this marriage.

He is truly heartless. Is there a more ruthless father in this world?

As for Grandma, she had long been disgusted with me. When she heard that the other party would give ten thousand, her money-grubbing and short-sighted self immediately became interested.

"You little bitch, do you believe I'll tear your mouth apart? Do you think your mom will believe what you say just by listening to you alone? Haha, do you believe your mom will only beat you and say you're causing trouble and not studying well? If you dare to tell your mom, I'll strangle you right away!"

I sneered, "Dad, maybe Mom won't believe me and she'll still beat me, but I'm used to it. However, once the seed of doubt is planted, you won't be able to escape the consequences."

"And besides, I took a photo of that day."

Of course, I was lying to him.

I've never been a foolish child. I just long for maternal love. If Mom is willing to love me again, I'm willing to be forever innocent.

I'm ten years old, but Grandma thinks studying is useless and keeps instigating Dad and Mom not to continue sending me to school.

If it weren't for Mom seeing that I had good grades and that I always ranked first in the only elementary school in town, Grandma's hope would probably become a reality.

I love reading.

The teacher always says that children like us can only broaden our horizons and strive for a better future through reading.

The teacher is from a big city. She's old, but she still enjoys teaching students. Due to the lack of qualified teachers in this backward town, she resolutely came to this land that raised her to continue educating students.

Teacher Chen likes to pat my head and say with satisfaction, "Chen Xinbao is a smart child that I've rarely seen in all my years of teaching. You must study hard, and you will definitely have a bright future."

Dad was threatened by me, so he didn't dare to let me tell Mom about this.

Because he had a guilty conscience, he couldn't afford that doubt.

All the expenses that support our family come from Mom. He is a useless man, full of chauvinism but lacking foresight. The best decision he made in his life was listening to my grandma and marrying my mom.

I can go to school again.

Not only that, but I also occasionally appear in Mom's camera, deliberately making some small gestures just to expose more of Mom's biases.