ding broth soaked through my thin shirt in an instant, like being pricked by a thousand hot needles. Blister

f someone were branding my skin

skin under the intense heat, with the nerve endin

to show weakness in front of Zhou Zhe, and I definitel

he nauseating smell of fish soup mixed with the burnt odor of scalded skin. My shirt clung to me, a

a thousand bees were beating their wings against my eardrums. I struggled to stand, but m

h you?" Her voice was piercing, l

His body trembled slightly, and his lips were a purplish hue, as if he had been greatly frightened. But I knew it was all an

Zhou Zhe. Our mother held him, tears falling like a tor

glanced at me, his eyes filled with anger a

him away instinctively. But when I opened my mouth, it felt like something was stuck in my throat, a

bullied his brother. Even now, covered in injuries and on the ve

hat, from an angle invisible to everyone else, the corners of his mouth were

father decided immediately, scooping

ven pause to look at me as she passed by. In her heart, a single

ning back to glare at me with a look full of hatred. Her eyes

?" Her voice was icy,