Heaven Domain (Iwan Cliff) novel Chapter 2

Chapter 2 My Dad Is a Peerless Hero

It was getting very late at night, and time passed quickly. Iwan was burning with anxiety. The daughter he had never met must have been so afraid that she could cry like that...

An hour passed quickly. At 23:00, a few local ruffians were beating the woman on the ground with their clubs in a spacious villa yard in the suburbs of Southpool. Soaked in blood, the woman screamed again and again. Not far away from her, a little girl no taller than one meter, kneeling on the ground, was pleading with the man in black next to her.

"Sir, I beg of you, I beg of you. Don't hit Zora anymore! She didn't give me the mobile phone. I stole it myself. I stole it myself. Sir, I beg you not to hit her anymore, not to..." The little girl kneeling on the ground begged the leader beside her so hard for mercy. Her eyes were red because of crying, her cheek was swollen high, her clothes, which had been washed many times, had lost some of their colors and they were broken with dirt, and her face was extremely pale...

"Huh, she dared to bring in the mobile phone. Even if she was beaten to death, she deserved it. Doesn't she know the rules, eh?" The man in black beside the little girl remained unmoved, without a wish to ask his men to stop.

The next moment, the man in black looked at the girl called Zora who was being beaten, and said, "You have a good heart, right? Don't forget your agreement with us! We've given you the money to cover your university expenses, but you gave the little bastard the mobile phone! How stupid you were! If you want to die, I'll let you die!"

Zora was only twenty. She was a university student these people found to watch the little girl. But after a few days, when she saw that these scums let the little girl stay in the pigpen and eat the swill, she couldn't bear it anymore. She knew that the little girl's mother had offended a few people and that these people had brought the girl here, aiming to force her mother to do what they demanded.

Having been with the little girl these days, Zora knew about her miserable life. Even before she was brought here, she had lived like a beggar. Her mother was a hotel waitress, who couldn't make a lot of money. Each month, after paying their rent, food, and daily necessities, she wouldn't have anything left in her pocket. Therefore, the clothes the little girl was wearing were from other people's garbage.

The little girl had told her that her name was Emily Cliff, that her mother was the best in the world, that she herself was very obedient, that she often helped her mother wash the dishes and pick up empty bottles to sell, that her mother would sometimes buy her meat, and that although it only happened once in a very long time, she was really very happy...

When the little girl stayed with the pig in the pigpen at night, she would also look up at the stars in the sky. At that time, Zora asked her curiously, "What are you doing?"

"I'm looking at my dad," the little girl said with a smile.

"Your dad? Oh, by the way, where has your dad gone? Why didn't he keep you and your mother company?" Zora asked with confusion.

The little girl said, "Mom said that Dad had gone to a very faraway place to make money. Mom told me: Dad also had a hard life and he was also very tired, but he would come back to me when he had made enough money..." That night, while she was saying this to Zora in the pigpen, she also gave her a smile.

Zora instantly shed tears and subconsciously said, "Your dad might... might have died..."

The little girl was unhappy, and she said hurriedly, "That's not true! Mom said that Dad is a peerless hero. He will ride colored clouds to come to me! My dad is sure to come back. I'm so obedient, and he must also like me..."

Seeing the little girl's star-bright eyes full of hope, she couldn't suppress her sadness anymore. Taking the risk of being beaten by the ruffians, she stealthily brought a few pieces of bread to the little girl, letting her eat them and quickly hiding the uneaten...

In this way, she chatted with the little girl in the pigpen for a few days. But the little girl suddenly fell silent tonight. Looking at the gloomy sky, she said, "Zora, look, the stars are gone..." As she spoke, she cried. After being silent for a while, she added, "Zora, the stars are gone. Then my dad won't be able to come back..."

Zora's heart shook violently when she heard these words. "In fact, the little girl knows everything..." she thought.

After being silent for a while, she hurriedly wiped her tears away, forced a smile, and said to the little girl, "Emily, don't think so stupidly! Your dad will surely come back. He will, he will..."

The little girl miserably smiled, held her knees, which were covered with mud, then shook her head, and said, "Zora, don't fool me. Actually, I have long known it. I've already known Mom was cheating me. The bad people are bullying me, and they've also taken Mom away. If that was not a lie, why didn't Dad come back?" While speaking, the little girl cried.

Zora looked up at the extremely dark sky. "Is this a prosperous age?!" she asked in her mind. She took a deep breath and suppressing her inner pain, said to the little girl with a smile, "Emily, I'm not cheating you. Think about it. Your dad is a peerless hero, and he will come back to you! You're such a good girl, and your dad must like you very much! By the way, do you know your dad's phone number? Call your dad..."