How to raise a father who is overly controlling of his daughter

They were hurling insults at each other, their faces flushed with rage. Xia Hong's voice wasn't as loud as Li Li's father's, so she started throwing things.

"You worthless thing!" said Lili's father, twisting Xia Hong's arm hard.

"Ah..." Xia Hong scratched Li Li's father's face with her fingernails.

"Waaaaah..." Lili started crying, covering her head with the blanket, not wanting to hear her parents arguing.

"It's all because of me!" Tears streamed down her face.

The argument continued outside the door.

……

"Moon, are you still worried about Lili?" Makise made a cup of warm milk for Izuki.

"Hmm." Yi Yue hummed in response, still thinking about Li Li.

"Don't overthink it. There's nothing we can do about it, it's someone else's business after all," Makise said, gently sitting behind Izuki and massaging her head.

“That’s what they say…” Yi Yue stopped and sighed.

"Never mind, let's go to sleep," Yi Yue said, turning off the bedside lamp and pulling the covers over herself.

Not long after, Izuki's phone rang.

"Who made that call!" Makise said, annoyed. He wanted to spend some time with Itsuki, but the call interrupted him.

Yi Yue turned on the light and glanced at the caller ID: "It's Xia Hong calling."

"Apologize? Calling so late." Makise said, annoyed, and hugged Itsuki. "Itsuki, ignore her, let's continue."

Yi Yue instinctively sensed something was wrong: "Could it be about Lili?"

Makise casually said, "I can't just run away from home again, can I?"

Yi Yue said, "It would be better to accept."

Makise glared at Izuki: "Hurry up."

Yi Yue answered the phone, and Xia Hong's anxious voice came from the other end: "Cousin, is Lili with you? She...she has run away from home again."

"Tell me what happened first," Yi Yue said.

Xia Hong briefly explained the whole story.

That's how it is.

Yi Yue said, "But Lili isn't with me."

"Where did she go? I've been looking for her since eight o'clock, but there's no sign of her." Xia Hong cried, and then came the sound of Xia Hong scolding Li Li's father on the phone: "It's all your fault, it's all your fault!" The phone was then hung up.

Makise said, "Tsuki, Lili has run away from home again?"

Yi Yue nodded, feeling a headache coming on.

Makise hugged Itsuki and said, "Itsuki, ignore them, let's go to sleep and let them find their own way. They brought it on themselves."

Yi Yue shook her head: "I'm afraid they won't be able to find it later and will come back to our house."

"No way." Makise found it amusing. "If you can't find it, come to our house. Seriously, don't you even know what time it is?"

……

Rena's room.

Rena chats with Lili.

Lili asked worriedly, "Sister Lingna, if I don't go back so late, will something happen?"

“What problems could possibly arise?” Rena said confidently, “Listen to me, you won’t go wrong. Let your parents experience what it’s like to live in fear, and see if they dare to hit or scold you again.”

"But," Lili still felt uneasy.

"It's alright," Rena comforted her.

Lili asked, "Rena-neechan, do you think my parents will come to your house?"

"I don't think so, it's so late," Rena said.

Chapter 141 Crying

The doorbell rang at the front gate.

Yi Yue glanced at the small black and white screen by the door of the room; standing there were Lili's parents.

Izuki and Makise exchanged a glance, sighed, and went downstairs.

"No way." Reina looked out the window and saw Itsuki bring Lili's parents in.

Lili panicked: "Sister Lingna, what should we do?"

"Don't worry," Rena reassured her. "Just stay in your room and don't make a sound. I'll go out and check."

In the living room, Yi Yue poured water for Xia Hong and Li Li's father.

“Lili really hasn’t been to my house. If she had, would I not have told you?” Yi Yue said.

“Yes,” Makise said. “It’s so late, you should go back first.”

Xia Hong shook her head, her eyes a little red: "How can I go back in peace without finding Lili? Cousin, do you really not know where Lili is?"

"I really don't know," Yi Yue said with difficulty. "Have you asked any of Lili's classmates who she's close to? She might be at a classmate's house."

"We've already asked them all," Lili's father said in a deep voice.

"It's all your fault!" Xia Hong punched Lili's father hard on the back.

Lili's father remained silent, swallowing his anger and letting Xia Hong vent her frustrations.

"Waaah." Xia Hong's pounding on Lili's father's back lessened, and she began to cry.

"Sigh." Yi Yue couldn't bear it and handed over a piece of paper.

Xia's eyes were red, she took the tissue but didn't wipe them, and kept blinking.

"Why don't you go back first? What if Lili has already gone home?" Yixue came downstairs and advised. She had heard it clearly from upstairs, and Lingna was following behind her.

Xia Hong nodded, knowing it was very late, but she was already mentally exhausted from searching for her daughter and wanted to try her luck at Yi Yue's house.

Even though Yi Yue said that Li Li wasn't at his house, he still wanted to come and ask her in person before he would be satisfied.

"Let's go." Xia Hong stopped crying, and Li Li's father was no longer as irritable as before; he was now physically and mentally exhausted.

"Cousin." Reina suddenly called.

Izuki looked at Reina uncertainly, as if she had thought of something.

Xia Hong immediately turned her head: "Do you know where my daughter is?"

Seeing Xia Hong's excited expression, Rena was startled and whispered, "N-I don't know."

Xia Hong seemed to have all her strength drained away, and slowly lowered her head.

“However, Lili did call me before.” Reina’s words cheered Xia Hong up again.

What did she say?

Rena mustered her courage and said, "I can tell you, but you have to promise me that you won't hit Lili anymore after you get home."

"I promise you," Xia Hong said. As long as Lili came back, nothing else mattered.

Rena looked at Lili's father.

Lili's father didn't say anything, but Xia Hong punched him hard on the back.

Lili's father said dryly, "I promise you."

"Also, you two can't fight anymore," Rena said.

Xia Hong and Li Li's father looked at each other and hummed in agreement.

Rena pointed at Lili's father and said, "Apologize to my father." She hadn't settled the score for the time he scolded her in the living room.

"Reina!" Itsuki said.

Reina refused to let go and refused to give up.

Lili's father remained silent, and Xia Hong grew impatient, pulling on his arm: "Say it!"

Lili's father had no choice but to apologize, saying, "I was a bit too harsh with my words earlier. I'm sorry."

Yi Yue said, "It's okay. I was a little harsh with my words earlier."

Xia Hong asked anxiously, "What exactly did Lili say?"

Rena smiled and called up the stairs, "Lili, come down!"

Lili came out of Rena's room and walked to a place where they could see her.

Xia Hong was so excited and moved that she shed tears. She hugged Lili, who was coming downstairs, and said, "I've finally found you."

My nose feels a little sore.

As soon as Lili's father saw her, his anger flared up again: "You ran here without saying a word! Do you know how long your mother and I have been looking for you!"

"Cough cough." Rena coughed in dissatisfaction.

Xia Hong glared angrily at Lili's father, who had no choice but to hold back.

"Mom, can we please not fight anymore?" Lili said, tears streaming down her face.

Xia Hong burst into tears: "Yes!"

Rena was deeply moved and hugged Makise.

"Ugh!" Rena covered her head and looked up resentfully.

Makise gave her a sharp rap on the head: "You little devil! You instigated Lili to run away from home. If something happens, you'll be sorry."

Rena stuck out her tongue: "Nothing happened, right?"

“Still talking!” Makise said.

"Don't do that again next time," Yi Yue said, quietly watching the weeping mother and daughter.