Ever since Liu Haizhong became captain of the inspection team, his temper had grown increasingly volatile. With his two younger sons having left home, he lacked a target for his rage, and Second Aunt Liu became his punching bag.
That year, Second Aunt Liu suffered more beatings than she had in her entire life. By this time, she had truly come to understand the despair Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu had once felt. What left her even more hopeless was that her son, Liu Guangqi, not only failed to stop Liu Haizhong but would actually urge her to "just endure it" while his father was beating her.
"Dad is beating you because you must have done something wrong," he would say. "Just swallow your pride and apologize to him, and this will all blow over."
Chapter 77