Mark Xavier just shook his head. His stepmother never hit him. All she had to do was give him a look or say a careless word, and his dad's fists and feet would come flying.
Amanda Chapman grew anxious. "You're not being starved or beaten, so why the long face?"
Tang Xiaonan was also completely bewildered. But Mark Xavier refused to say anything, his mouth shut tight as a clam. Amanda Chapman was so agitated by him that she lost her appetite and just kept prodding him to speak.
Mark Xavier suddenly burst into tears, choking out, "Even if I tell you, you can't help. My uncles won't even get involved anymore..."
His sister had gone to their uncle for help. A while ago, their uncle had stood up for him, but this time, he refused to help. He even told his sister to be more considerate of their parents and not be so willful. The other elders were all the same; they all thought his father and stepmother had done nothing wrong.
