Chapter 55

Kexin looked at her own hands and then sat on the bed in a daze. The situation was getting worse and worse. Just when her relationship with Sijian had started to improve, it had unexpectedly regressed to square one—and it seemed even more severe than before. This was the first time Kexin had hit Sijian, and she had hit him quite hard. After thinking for a while, Kexin slowly got out of bed and walked toward Sijian’s bedroom. She hesitated for a moment outside his door, then took a few deep breaths and prepared to open it. After all, Sijian was still a child, and that slap must have caused him significant physical and emotional harm.…