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Hao Hao was startled and immediately retorted.

"I didn't, I don't know any paparazzi."

Smack!

Hao Hao's words were interrupted by Zhou Zhu's slap, and he looked at Hao Hao in disappointment.

"You and your mom can't stand to see me doing well, do you have to ruin me today? Just to force me to confirm her identity, you'd even resort to methods that could destroy my future?"

I was so angry I almost lost my mind.

What right do you have to hit Hao Hao?

How could a four-year-old child possibly know what paparazzi are?

But no one could hear what I was saying.

Hao Hao held his swollen little face, so aggrieved that he couldn't even speak clearly.

"Why do you never believe me, before or now, you only listen to that bad woman!"

Hao Hao's crying didn't make Zhou Zhu feel sorry for him, instead, it made him even more annoyed.

He picked up a belt and swung it hard at Hao Hao!

"I told you not to lie!"

"And not to speak the truth!"

The belt hitting the body was already painful, and the furious Zhou Zhu showed no sign of holding back.

He struck Hao Hao again and again.

Xu Qing watched all this, barely able to hide the smugness on her face.

But, Hao Hao, who was always afraid of pain, did not cry.

He looked at Zhou Zhu with empty eyes, as if he didn't recognize him.

Seeing Hao Hao looking at him with such unfamiliar eyes, Zhou Zhu's raised hand stopped in mid-air.

After hesitating for a moment, he put down the belt.

"Qingqing, lock him in here to reflect properly. Let him out once he admits his mistake."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left with a stern face.